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REGULATIONS 


FOR 


THE  ARMY  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES 


1913 


CORRECTED  TO  APRIL  15,  1917 
(CHANGES,  Nos.  1  TO  55) 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1917 


WAS  DEPARTMENT, 
Document  No.  454. 


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WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
Washington,  November  15,  1913. 

The  PRESIDENT  OP  THE  UNITED  STATES  directs  that  the  following 
Regulations  for  the  Army  be  published  for  the  government  of  all  concerned, 
and  that  they  be  strictly  observed.  Nothing  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  these 
Regulations  will  be  enjoined  in  any  part  of  the  forces  of  the  United  States  by 
any  commander  whomsoever. 

LINDLEY  M.  GARRISON, 

Secretary  of  War. 
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The  following  paragraphs  embody  material  changes  in  the  1910  edition  of  the 
Army  Regulations,  which  have  not  been  published  in  Changes. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE   I. 
Military  discipline,   1-5. 

ARTICLE  II. 
Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 

ARTICLE   III. 

Rank   and   precedence  of  officers  and  non- 
commissioned officers,  7-12. 

ARTICLE   IV. 
Command,  13-20. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Appointment    and    promotion    of    commis- 
sioned   officers,    21-37. 

ARTICLE    VI. 
Details,  38-42. 

ARTICLE   VII. 
Chaplains,  43-46. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 
Transfer    or   exchange    of   officers,    47,    48. 

ABTICLB  IX. 
Leaves   of   absence   to   officers,   49-67. 

ARTICLE    X. 
Officers  traveling  on  duty,  68-75. 

ARTICLE    XI. 
Retirement  of  officers,  76-78. 

ARTICLE   XII. 
Resignation   of  officers,   79-82. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 
Deceased  officers,  83-87. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

Veterinarians,    cavalry    and    field   artillery, 
88-92. 

ARTICLE   XV. 
General  noncommissioned  staff,  93-103. 

ARTICLE   XVI. 

Detached    soldiers :    Service    records,    104, 
105. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 
Furloughs  to  soldiers,  106-113. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 
Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114,  115. 


ARTICLE  XIX. 
Deserters,   116-133. 

ARTICLE   XX. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  134-138. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

Discharges.  Certificates  of  disability,  139- 
161 :  Discharges  and  final  statements, 
139-158;  Certificates  of  disability,  159- 
161. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 
Deceased  soldiers,  162-167. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

Working   parties :    Extra   and   special   duty 
men,    168-177. 

ARTICLE  XXIV. 
Soldiers'  Home,  178-181. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

Medals  of  honor  and  certificates  of  merit, 
182-189. 

ARTICLE  XXVI. 
Territorial  departments,   190-200. 

ARTICLE  XXVII. 

Military  posts  and  reservations,  201-214 ; 
Posts,  201-210;  Post  records,  211;  Res- 
ervations, 212-214. 

AETICLE  XXVIII. 

Flags,  colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  215- 
244. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

Regiments  and  battalions,  245-264  :  Bands, 
260-264. 

ARTICLE  XXX. 

Troops,  batteries,  and  companies,  265-302 : 
Interior  economy  of  companies,  283-295  ; 
Messing  and  cooking,  296-302. 

ARTICLE  XXXI. 

The  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  303-315:  The 
Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303 ;  The  coast 
defense  command,  304-309 ;  Noncommis- 
sioned staff  officers,  310-312 ;  Coast  ar- 
tillery practice,  313-315. 

ARTICLE  XXXII. 
Councils    of    administration,    316-321. 

ARTICLE  XXXIII. 

Regimental,  company,  and  mess  funds,  322- 
330:  General  provisions,  322-324;  Regi- 
mental fund,  325,  326 ;  Company  and 
mess  funds,  327-380, 

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CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  XXXIV. 

Libraries,    reading    rooms,    post    laundries, 
331-341. 

ARTICLE  XXXV. 
Post    gardens,    342-344. 

ARTICLE  XXXVI. 
Post  exchanges,  345,  346. 

ARTICLE  XXXVII. 

Visits  to  lake  and  seacoast  defenses,  347, 
348. 

ARTICLE  XXXVIII. 

Field  artillery,  machine-gun,  and  small-arms 
practice,  349-354. 

ARTICLE  XXXIX. 

Roster,  detachments,  and  daily  service,  355- 
374  :  The  roster,  355-364  ;  Detachments, 
365-369;  Daily  service,  370-374. 

ARTICLE  XL. 

Honors,  courtesies,  and  ceremonies,  375- 
440 :  Honors,  375-392  ;  Salutes  with  can- 
non, 393-397  ;  National  salutes,  398,  399  ; 
Personal  salutes,  400—105 ;  Visits  and 
courtesies,  406-415 ;  Escorts  of  honor, 
416 ;  Funeral  honors,  417-434 ;  Ceremo- 
nies, 435-440. 

ARTICLE  XLI. 
Guards,    441-443. 

ARTICLE  XLII. 
Route  maps  and  journals  of  march,  444—448. 

ARTICLE  XLIII. 
Military  education,  449. 

ARTICLE  XLIV. 
The  Organized  Militia,  450-463. 

ARTICLE  XLV. 

The   Government  Hospital   for  the   Insane, 
464-470. 

ARTICLE  XLVI. 

Indians,  471-483 :  Indian  country,  471- 
477 ;  Purchases  from  Indians,  478 ;  In- 
dian scouts,  479-483. 

ARTICLE  XLVII. 

Employment  of  troops  in  the  enforcement 
of  the  laws,  484-489. 

ARTICLE  XLVIII. 

Cemeteries,  490-498 :  National  cemeteries, 
490  ;  Battle-ground  cemeteries,  491,  492  ; 
Post  cemeteries,  493-498. 

ARTICLE  XLIX. 

Advertising  and  printing^  499-514 ;  News- 
paper advertising,  499-509  ;  Job  printing, 
510-514. 


ARTICLE  L. 

Purchase  of  supplies  and  engagement  o£ 
services,  515-566 :  General  provisions, 
515-521  ;  Advertising  for  proposals,  522- 
526;  Proposals,  527-543;  Award,  544- 
548  ;  Abstracts  of  proposals,  549  ;  Forms 
of  agreement,  550-554 ;  Contracts,  555- 
565  ;  Marking  supplies  by  contractors,  566. 

ARTICLE  LI. 

Bonds    of   disbursing   officers,    bidders,    and 
contractors,  567-581. 

ARTICLE  LII 

Money  accountability,  582-656 :  Public 
moneys,  582,  583 ;  Disbursing  officers, 
584-596;  Transfers,  597,  598;  Checks, 
599-607  ;  Official  check  books,  608-610 ; 
Certificates  of  deposit,  611-616 ;  Pro- 
ceeds of  sales,  617-619 ;  Appropriations, 
620-630 ;  Money  vouchers,  631-652  ;  Pe- 
cuniary responsibility  of  officers,  653, 
654 ;  Administrative  examination  of 
money  accounts,  655,  656. 

ARTICLE  LIU. 

Public  property  accountability  and  respon- 
sibility, 657-703 :  General  provisions, 
657—681 ;  Property  damaged,  lost,  de- 
stroyed— Rewards,  682-692 ;  Property 
accountability,  693-701 ;  Administrative 
examination  of  property  returns,  702, 
703. 

ARTICLE  LIV. 

Lands,   buildings,   and  improvements,   704- 
709. 

ARTICLE  LV. 
Surveys  on  property,  710-726. 

ARTICLE  LVI. 

Civilian  employees,  727—739  :  General  pro- 
visions, 727-731 ;  Traveling  expenses 
732-739. 

ARTICLE  LVII. 
Staff  administration,  740-751. 

ARTICLE  LVIII. 

General  Staff  Corps,  752-773 :  War  De- 
partment. General  Staff,  759,  760;  Chief 
of  Staff,  761-769;  The  General  Staff 
serving  with  troops,  770-773. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 
Adjutant    General's    Department,    774. 

ARTICLE  LX. 
Military  correspondence,  775-790. 

ARTICLE  LXI. 
Orders,   791-806. 

ARTICLE  LXII. 
Muster    rolls,    807-810. 


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ARTICLE  LXIII. 

Returns  of  troops,  records,  811-824  :  Bat- 
tle reports,  returns  of  effectives,  casual- 
ties, 815-819;  Records,  820-824. 

ARTICLE   LXIV. 
Personal    and    efficiency    reports,    825-833. 

ARTICLE   LXV. 
Penalty    envelopes,    834-839. 

ARTICLE  LXVI. 

The  recruiting  service,  840-877 :  Medical 
examination,  864-871 ;  Recruits  sent  to 

organizations,  8J2-877. 

AKTICLH  LXVII. 

Inspector  General's  Department,  878-914  : 
General  provisions,  878-884  ;  Special  du- 
ties, 885 ;  Classification  of  inspections, 
886 ;  Annual  tactical  inspections,  887 ; 
Annual  garrison  inspection,  888-892 ; 
Special  and  miscellaneous  inspections, 
893-899 ;  Reports,  900 ;  Disbursements 
and  accounts,  901,  902  ;  Property  for  con- 
demnation, 903-914. 

ARTICLE  LXVIII. 

Judge  Advocate  General's  Department,  915- 
921. 

ARTICLE  LXIX. 

Arrest  and   confinement,   922—944. 
ARTICLE   LXX. 

Courts-martial,  945-988  :  Subpoenas  to  wit- 
nesses, 950,  951 ;  Writs  of  attachment, 
952 ;  Charges  and  specifications,  953- 
960;  Trials,  961,  962;  Sentences,  963- 
978;  The  record,  979-984;  Reporters, 
clerks,  interpreters,  985-988. 

ARTICLE  LXXI. 
Civilian   witnesses,    989-994. 

ARTICLE  LXXII. 

Employment  of  civil  counsel — Summons  by 
civil  court,  995-999. 

ARTICLE  LXXIII. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1000-1385 :  General 
duties,  1000-1009 ;  Barracks  and  quar- 
ters, 1010—1023  ;  Allowance  and  assign- 
ment of  quarters,  1024-1035 ;  Fuel  and 
stoves,  1036-1049  ;  Illuminating  supplies, 
1050-1061;  Stationery,  1062-1065;  Pur- 
chase of  public  animals,  1066-1073 ; 
Veterinary  medicines,  1074—1076  ;  Forage 
and  straw,  1077-1085;  Care  and  ac- 
countability for  property,  1086-1094 ; 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1095-1099 ; 
Military  attache's,  1100 ;  Transportation, 


ARTICLE  LXXIII — Continued, 
general  provisions,  1101-1109 ;  Trans- 
portation of  persons,  1110-1115  ;  Trans- 
portation requests,  1116—1125 ;  Ferries, 
turnpikes,  and  bridges,  1126 ;  Street-car 
and  ferry  tickets,  1127 ;  Parlor  and 
sleeping  car  accommodations,  1128-1134  ; 
Transportation  of  baggage,  1135-1139 ; 
Transportation  of  supplies,  1140—1145 ; 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1146-1183;  Tele- 
graphing, 1184-1193  ;  Telephoning,  1194  ; 
Subsistence  stores  in  bulk,  1195-1199 ; 
Fresh  meats,  1200 ;  Bakeries,  1201 ;  The 
ration,  1202-1207  ;  Liquid  coffee,  1208 ; 
Ration  returns  and  accounts,  1209-1214 ; 
Extra  issues,  1215-1218 ;  Issues  of  sub- 
sistence stores,  1219-1222  ;  Commutation 
of  rations,  1223-1238  ;  Sales,  1239-1252  ; 
Blank  forms,  1253;  Payments,  general 
provisions,  1254,  1255 ;  Payments  to  offi- 
cers, 1256-1266;  Additional  pay,  1267- 
1271 ;  Mounted  pay,  1272-1274 ;  Pay 
during  absence,  1275—1278 ;  Mileage, 
1279—1298 ;  Commutation  of  quarters, 
1299-1307 ;  Stoppages,  1308-1311 ;  Pay- 
ment of  cadets,  1312-1314 ;  Payment  of 
enlisted  men,  1315-1337 ;  Reenlisted  and 
continuous-service  pay,  1338-1340 ;  Cer- 
tificate of  merit,  1341  ;  Additional  pay  to 
enlisted  men,  1342-1346 ;  Allotments, 
1347-1360;  Deposits,  1361-1369;  For- 
feitures and  deductions,  1370,  1371  ;  Pay 
of  deserters,  1372-1374 ;  Payment  of  dis- 
charged soldiers,  1375-1383 ;  Miscella- 
neous, 1384,  1385. 

ARTICLE  LXXIV. 

Medical  Department,  1386-1492 :  General 
provisions,  1386,  1387 ;  Appointments, 
1388,  1389 ;  Contract  surgeons,  acting 
dental  surgeons,  1390-1394  ;  The  Dental 
Corps,  1395-1403;  The  Hospital  Corps, 
1404-1420;  Nurse  Corps  (female),  1421- 
1426 ;  Garrison  service,  ambulances  and 
litters,  1427-1432 ;  Field  service,  1433- 
1438;  General  hospitals,  1439-1446; 
Service  of  hospitals,  1447-1463  ;  Hospital 
buildings,  1464-1470;  Sick  call,  1471, 
1472 ;  Medical  attendance,  1473-1485 ; 
Medical  supplies,  1486-1488;  Returns, 
1489;  Artificial  limbs,  1490-1492. 

ARTICLE  LXXV. 
Corps    of    Engineers,    1493-1510. 

ABTICLB  LXXVI. 

Ordnance  Department,  1511-1555  :  General 
•     provisions,  1511,  1512 ;  Issues  and  sales, 


Expenditure  of  ammunition, 
Surplus  and  damaged  stores, 
Inspection  of  ordnance  and 


1513-1527 
1528-1531 
1532-1542 

ordnance  stores,  1543 ;  Packing  and 
transportation,  1544-1548 ;  Returns  and 
reports,  1549-1552 ;  Tests  and  experi- 
mental trials,  1553-1555. 


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CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  LXXVII. 

Signal  Corps,  1556-1568. 

AETICLH  LXXVIII. 

Uniform,   1569. 

ARTICLE  LXXIX. 

Manuals  of  staff  departments  and  blank 
forms.  1570-1572. 

ARTICLE  LXXX. 

The  Army  Reserve.  Regulations  govern- 
ing, 1573. 

Articles  of  War  (Revised  Statutes,  section 
1342). 


ARTICLE    LXXX — Continued. 

Sections  1202  and  1343,  Revised  Statutes. 

Act  of  Sept.  27,  1890,  26  Stat.,  491. 

Act  of  July  27,  1892,  27  Stat.,  278  (sec- 
tions 2,  3,  and  4). 

Act  of  June  18,  1898,  30  Stat.,  484  (sec- 
tions, 3,  4,  5,  and  6). 

Act  of^Iarch  2,  1901,  31  Stat.,  950  (sec- 
tion 1). 

Act  of  March  3,  1911,  36  Stat.,  1044. 

Act  of  March  2,  1913,  37  Stat.,  721  (ex- 
tract) . 

Memorandum.  » 

Index. 


REGULATIONS 

FOR  THE 

ARMY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


ARTICLE  I. 
MILITARY  DISCIPLINE. 

1.  All  persons  in  the  military  service  are  required  to  obey  strictly  and  to 
execute  promptly  the  lawful  orders  of  their  superiors. 

2.  Military  authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness,  kindness,  and  justice. 
Punishments  must  conform  to  law  and  follow  offenses  as  promptly  as  circum- 
stances will  permit. 

3.  Superiors  are  forbidden  to  injure  those  under  their  authority  by  tyrannical 
or  capricious  conduct  or  by  abusive  language.     While  maintaining  discipline 
and  the  thorough  and  prompt  performance  of  military  duty,  all  officers,  in  deal- 
ing with  enlisted  men,  will  bear  in  mind  the  absolute  necessity  of  so  treating 
them  as  to  preserve  their  self-respect.    Officers  will  keep  in  as  close  touch  as 
possible  with  the  men  under  their  command  and  will  strive  to  build  up  such 
relations  of  confidence  and  sympathy  as  will  insure  the  free  approach  of  their 
men  to  them  for  counsel  and  assistance.    This  relationship  may  be  gained  and 
maintained  without  relaxation  of  the  bonds  of  discipline  and  with  great  benefit 
to  the  service  as  a  whole.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  35.) 

4.  Courtesy  among  military  men  is  indispensable  to  discipline ;  respect  to 
superiors  will  not  be  confined  to  obedience  on  duty,  but  will  be  extended  on  all 
occasions. 

5.  Deliberations   or   discussions   among   military   men   conveying  praise   or 
censure,  or  any  mark  of  approbation,  toward  others  in  the  military  service,  and 
all  publications  relating  to  private  or  personal  transactions  between  officers,  are 
prohibited.     Efforts  to  influence  legislation  affecting  the  Army,  or  to  procure 
personal  favor  or  consideration,  should  never  be  made  except  through  regular 
military  channels ;  the  adoption  of  any  other  method  by  any  officer  or  enlisted 
man  will  be  noted  in  the  military  record  of  those  concerned. 

ARTICLE  II. 

PRECEDENCE  OF  REGIMENTS  AND  CORPS. 

6.  On  occasions  of  ceremony,  except  funerals  and  reviews  of  large  forces, 
troops  will  be  arranged  from  right  to  left  in  line,  and  from  head  to  rear  in 
column,  in  the  following  order :  First,  Infantry ;  second,  Field  Artillery ;  third, 
Cavalry.     Artillery,  Engineer,  and  Signal  Corps  troops,  equipped  as  Infantry, 

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are  posted  as  Infantry ;  dismounted  Cavalry  and  marines  attached  to  the  Army 
are  on  the  left  of  the  Infantry  in  the  order  named ;  companies  or  detach- 
ments of  the  Medical  Department  and  mounted  detachments  of  Engineers  are 
assigned  to  places  according  to  the  nature  of  the  ceremony;  mounted  com- 
panies and  detachments  of  the  Signal  Corps  are  posted  as  Cavalry.  When 
Cavalry  and  Field  .Artillery  are  reviewed  together  without  other  troops,  the 
Artillery  is  posted  on  the  left.  Troops  in  column  in  funeral  escorts  will  be 
arranged  from  head  to  rear  in  the  following  order :  First,  Cavalry ;  second, 
Field  Artillery ;  third,  Infantry.  In  the  same  arm,  Regulars,  Militia  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  and  Volunteers  are  posted  in  line  from  right  to 
left,  or  in  column  from  head  to  rear,  in  the  order  named.  In  reviews  of 
large  bodies  of  troops  the  different  arms  and  classes  are  posted  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  commanding  general,  due  regard  being  paid  to  their  position 
in  camp.  On  all  other  occasions  troops  of  all  classes  are  posted  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  general  or  senior  commander.  (C.  A.  R;  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE   III. 
RANK  AND  PBECEDENCE   OF  OFFICEES   AND  NONCOMMISSIONED   OFFICEBS. 

7.  Military  rank  is  that  character  or  quality  bestowed  on  military  persons 
which  marks  their  station  and  confers  eligibility  to  exercise  command  or  au- 
thority in  the  military  service  within  the  limits  prescribed  by  law.    It  is  divided 
into  degrees  or  grades  which  mark  the  relative  positions  and  powers  of  the 
different  classes  of  persons  possessing  it. 

8.  Rank  is  generally  held  by  virtue  of  office  in  an  arm  of  the  service,  corps, 
or  department,  but  may  be  conferred  independently  of  office,  as  in  the  case  of 
retired  officers  and  of  those  holding  it  by  brevet. 

9.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers : 

1.  Lieutenant  general. 

2.  Major  general. 

3.  Brigadier  general. 

4.  Colonel. 

5.  Lieutenant  colonel. 

6.  Major. 

7.  Captain. 

8.  First  lieutenant. 

9.  Second  lieutenant. 

10.  Aviator,  Signal  Corps. 

11.  Cadet. 

12.  (a)    Sergeant  major,  regimental;   sergeant  major,  senior  grade,  Coast 
Artillery    Corps;    (b)    quartermaster    sergeant,    senior    grade,    Quartermaster 
Corps;  master  hospital  sergeant,  Medical  Department;  master  engineer,  senior 
grade,  Corps  of  Engineers;  master  electrician,  Coast  Artillery  Corps;  master 
signal  electrician;  band  leader;    (c)    hospital  sergeant,   Medical  Department; 
master  engineer,  junior  grade,  Corps  of  Engineers;  engineer,  Coast  Artillery 
Corps. 

13.  Ordnance  sergeant;  quartermaster  sergeant,  Quartermaster  Corps;  sup- 
ply sergeant,  regimental. 

14.  Sergeant  major,  squadron  and  battalion;  sergeant  major,  junior  grade, 
Coast  Artillery  Corps;  supply  sergeant,  battalion,  Corps  of  Engineers. 

15.  (a)   First  sergeant;   (&)   sergeant,  first  class,  Medical  Department;  ser- 
geant, first  class,  Quartermaster  Corps;  sergeant,  first  class,  Corps  of  En- 


COMMAND.  13 

gineers;  sergeant,  first  class,  Signal  Corps;  electrician  sergeant,  first  class, 
Coast  Artillery  Corps ;  electrician  sergeant,  Artillery  Detachment,  United 
States  Military  Academy;  assistant  engineer,  Coast  Artillery  Corps;  (c)  master 
gunner,  Coast  Artillery  Corps ;  master  gunner,  Artillery  Detachment,  United 
States  Military  Academy;  band  sergeant  and  assistant  leader,  United  States 
Military  Academy  band ;  assistant  band  leader ;  sergeant  bugler ;  electrician 
sergeant,  second  class,  Coast  Artillery  Corps ;  electrician  sergeant,  second 
class,  Artillery  Detachment,  United  States  Military  Academy ;  radio  sergeant. 

16.  Color  sergeant. 

17.  Sergeant ;   supply   sergeant,  company ;   mess  sergeant ;   stable  sergeant ; 
fireman,  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 

18.  Corporal. 

In  each  grade  and  subgrade  date  of  commission,  appointment,  or  warrant 
determines  the  order  of  precedence.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  15,  25,  and  4&) 

10.  Officers  of  the  same  grade  of  the  Regular  Army,  of  the  Organized  Militia 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  of  Volunteers  take  precedence  in  the 
order  named.     Officers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  when  detached  for  service  with 
the  Army  by  order  of  the  President  and  while  serving  with  the  Army  under 
that  order,  are  upon  equal  footing  with  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  and  take 
precedence  in  each  grade  by  date  of  commission. 

11.  Between  officers  of  the  same  grade  and  date  of  appointment  or  commis- 
sion, other  than  through  promotion  by  seniority  or  appointment  of  enlisted  men 
to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  under  the  act  of  July  30,  1892,  relative  rank  is 
determined  by  length  of  service,  continuous  or  otherwise,  as  a  commissioned 
officer  of  the  United  States,  either  in  the  Regular  Army  or,  since  April  19,  1861, 
in  the  volunteer  forces.     When  periods  of  service  are  equal,  precedence  will, 
except  when  fixed  by  order  of  merit  on  examination,  be  determined,  first,  by 
rank  in  service  when  appointed ;  second,  by  former  rank  in  the  Army  or  Marine 
Corps ;  third,  by  lot. 

12.  The  relative  rank  between  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  is  as  follows, 
lineal  rank  only  being  considered : 

General  with  admiral. 

Lieutenant  general  with  vice  admiral.  Major  with  lieutenant  commander. 

Major  general  with  rear  admiral.  Captain  with  lieutenant. 

Brigadier  general  with  commodore.1  First  lieutenant  with  lieutenant    (jun- 

Colonel  with  captain.  ior  grade).       V" 

Lieutenant  colonel  with  commander.  Second  lieutenant  with  ensign, 

ABTICLE  IV. 

COMMAND. 

13.  Command  is  exercised  by  virtue  of  office  and  the  special  assignment  of 
officers  holding  military  rank  who  are  eligible  by  law  to  exercise  command. 
Without  orders  from  competent  authority  an  officer  can  not  put  himself. on  duty 
by  virtue  of  his  commission  alone,  except  as  contemplated  in  the  twenty-fourth 
and  one  hundred  and  twenty-second  articles  of  war. 

14.  The  following  are  the  commands  appropriate  to  each  grade : 

1.  For  a  captain,  a  company. 

2.  For  a  major,  a  battalion. 

3.  For  a  colonel,  a  regiment. 

4.  For  a  brigadier  general,  a  brigade. 

5.  For  a  major  general,  a  division. 

1The  grade  of  commodore  ceased  to  exist  as  a  grade  of  rank  on  the  active  list  in  the 
Navy  of  the  United  States  on  Mar.  3,  1899.  By  sec.  7  of  the  act  of  Mar.  3,  1899 
(30  Stat.  L.,  1005),  the  nine  junior  rear  admirals  are  authorized  to  receive  the  pay  and 
allowances  of  brigadier  generals  in  the  Army. 


14  APPOINTMENTS  AND  PROMOTIONS. 

15.  The  designation   "company,"   as   used   in  these   regulations,   applies   to 
troops  of  Cavalry,  batteries  of  Field  Artillery,  and  to  companies  and  bands  of  all 
arms  and  corps.     The  designation  "battalion"  applies  in  like  manner  to  squad- 
rons of  Cavalry. 

16.  The  functions  assigned  to  any  officer  in  these  regulations  by  title  of 
office  devolve  upon  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  except  when  otherwise  speci- 
fied.    An  officer  in  temporary  command  shall  not,  except  in  urgent  cases,  alter 
or  annul  the  standing  orders  of  the  permanent  commander  without  authority 
from  the  next  higher  commander. 

17.  An  officer  who  succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty  stands  in  regard  to  his 
duties  in  the  same  situation  as  his  predecessor.     The  officer  relieved  will  turn 
over  to  his  successor  all  orders  in  force  at  the  time  and  all  the  public  property 
and  funds  pertaining  to  his  command  or  duty. 

18.  An  officer  of  Engineers  not  on  duty  with  Engineer  troops,  or  of  Ordnance, 
or  of  the  Adjutant  General's,  Inspector  General's,  or  Judge  Advocate  General's 
Department,  Quartermaster,  or  Signal  Corps,  or  of  the  line,  detailed  to  fill  a 
vacancy  in  these  staff  departments  or  corps,  though  eligible  to  command,  accord- 
ing to  his  rank,  shall  not  assume  command  of  troops  unless  put  on  duty  under 
orders  which  specially  so  direct,  by  authority  of  the  President. 

19.  An  officer  of  the  Medical  Department  can  not  exercise  command,  except 
in  his  own  department;  but  any  staff  officer,  by  virtue  of  his  commission,  may 
command  all  enlisted  men  like  other  commissioned  officers. 

20.  When  an  officer  is  charged  with  directing  an  expedition  or  making  a 
reconnaissance,  without  having  command  of  the  escort,  the  commander  of  the 
escort  will  consult  him  touching  all  arrangements  necessary  to   secure  the 
success  of  the  operation. 


ARTICLE  V. 

APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION  OF  COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

21.  Notices  of  appointments  and  promotions  are  issued  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment through  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

22.  Appointment  to  the  grade  of  general  officer  is  made  by  selection  from  the 
Army. 

23.  Oaths  of  office  of  officers  of  the  Army  will  be  taken  before  an  officer 
of  the  Army  authorized  by  the  provisions  of  the  one  hundred  and  fourteenth 
article  of  war  to  administer  oaths ;  or  before  an  officer  authorized  by  the  laws 
of  the   United   States   or   by   the   local   municipal   law   to   administer   oaths. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

24.  Promotions  in  established  staff  corps  and  departments  are  limited  to 
officers  holding  permanent  appointments  therein  and  to  include  the  grade  of 
colonel  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examinations  required  by  law. 

25.  Promotions  in  the  line  of  the  Army  to  include  the  grade  of  colonel,  in 
each  arm  of  the  service,  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examinations 
required  by  law. 

26.  Whenever  any  officer  is  ordered  before  an  examining  or  retiring  board 
the  originals  or  copies  of  all  official  records  affecting  his  character  or  efficiency, 
on  file  in  any  bureau  of  the  War  Department,  will  be  furnished  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  and  by  him  forwarded  for  the  consideration  of  the  board. 


APPOINTMENTS  AND  PROMOTIONS.  15 


27.  Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


30.  Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


31.  Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


32.  Rescinded. 

See  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  41,  43,  and  311. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


33.  Rescinded. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  26.) 


16  DETAILS. 

84.  Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


85.  Rescinded. 

-See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


36.  Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  I. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55. ) 


87.  Rescinded. 

See  Special  Regulations  No.  1. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


ARTICLE  VI. 
DETAILS. 

88.  Regulations  respecting  details  of  line  officers  to  the  staff,  together  with 
such  rules  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President  in  regard  to  examinations 
therefor,  will  be  announced  in  orders  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

39.  In  making  details  for  detached  service  and  for  duty  in  the  several  staff 
corps  and  departments  in  which  vacancies  are  filled  by  details  from  the  line, 
consideration  will  be  given  to  long  service  with  troops  and  to  the  efficiency  and 
peculiar  fitness  of  an  officer  as  evidenced  by  his  compiled  efficiency  record  and 
as  far  as  practicable  to  his  desires  as  expressed  in  his  Personal  Report  and 
Statement  of  Preferences.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  20.) 

40.  Except  as  otherwise  specifically  provided  for  in  the  acts  01  Congress 
approved  August  24,  1912,  March  2,  1913,  and  April  27,  1914,  no  officer  holding 
a  permanent  commission  in  the  line  of  the  Army  with  rank  below  that  of 
major,  who  shall  not  have  been  actually  present  for  duty  for  at  least  two  of 
the  last  preceding  six  years  with  a  troop,  battery,  or  company  of  that  branch 
of  the  Army  in  which  he  shall  hold  said  commission,  shall  in  time  of  peace 
be  detached  or  permitted  to  remain  detached  from  such  troop,  battery,  or  com- 


CHAPLAINS.  17 

pany  for  duty  of  any  kind ;  nor  shall  any  officer  holding  a  permanent  com- 
mission in  the  line  of  the  Army  with  rank  of  colonel,  lieutenant  colonel,  or 
major,  who  shall  not  have  been  actually  present  for  duty  for  at  least  two  of 
the  last  preceding  six  years  with  a  command  composed  of  not  less  than  two 
troops,  batteries,  or  companies  of  that  branch  of  the  Army  in  which  he  shall 
hold  said  commission,  be  detached  or  permitted  to  remain  detached  in  time  of 
peace  from  such  command  for  duty  of  any  kind,  except  as  otherwise  specifically 
provided  for  in  the  acts  cited  in  this  paragraph.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  5,  8,  and  10.) 

41.  Except  when  detailed  in  the  General  Staff  Corps,  general  officers  are 
authorized  to  have  aids  as  follows : 

The  lieutenant  general,  two  aids  and  a  military  secretary  who  have  the 
rank  of  lieutenant  colonel  while  so  serving;  a  major  general,  three  aids  to  be 
taken  from  the  captains  or  lieutenants  of  the  Army ;  a  brigadier  general,  two 
aids  to  be  taken  from  the  lieutenants  of  the  Army.  An  officer  assigned  to  duty 
in  accordance  with  his  brevet  rank  as  major  general  or  brigadier  general  may, 
with  the  special  sanction  of  the  War  Department,  be  allowed  the  aids  of  the 
grade.  General  officers  may  select  their  aids  from  officers  serving  in  their  com- 
mand subject  to  the  restrictions  prescribed  in  paragraph  40,  but  appointments 
as  aids  of  officers  serving  without  such  limits  must  receive  the  approval  of  the 
War  Department. 

42.  The  laws,  regulations,  and  instructions  governing  the  details  of  officers  of 
the  Army,  active  and  retired,  at  educational  institutions  will  be  published  from 
time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
CHAPLAINS. 

43.  Regimental  chaplains  and  chaplains  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  will  be 
assigned  and  transferred  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

44.  It  will  be  the  duty  of  commanders  of  regiments,  hospitals,  and  posts  to 
afford  to  chaplains,  assigned  to  the  same  for  duty,  such  facilities  as  may  aid 
them  in  the  performance  of  their  duties.    One  enlisted  man  will  be  detailed  on 
special  duty  by  the  commanding  officer  of  any  organization  to  which  a  chaplain 
is  assigned  for  duty,  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  the  chaplain  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  official  duties.     At  posts  where  school-teachers  are  provided  from 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  the  school-teacher  will  be  detailed  as  assistant  to 
the  chaplain  in  place  of  an  enlisted  man  of  the  line. 

The  instruction  of  the  enlisted  men  in  the  common  English  branches  of  edu- 
cation is  made  by  law  one  of  the  duties  of  chaplains.  They  will  not  be  em- 
ployed on  duties  other  than  those  required  of  them  by  law  or  pertaining  to 
their  profession,  except  when  the  exigencies  of  the  service,  a  result  of  deficiency 
in  number  of  officers  present,  require  it.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  23.) 

45.  Chaplains  will  render  monthly  reports  of  the  duties  performed  by  them, 
and  of  all  births,  baptisms,  marriages,  and  deaths  occurring  in  connection  with 
the  command  with  which  they  are  serving.     At  a  station  where  there  are  two 
or  more  chaplains  on  duty  the  commanding  officer  will  designate  the  chaplain 
to  report  these  occurrences  that  pertain  to  the  station  and  not  to  an  organiza- 
tion to  which  a  chaplain  is  assigned.     The  reports  will  be  made  on  the  pre- 
scribed form  and  will  be  forwarded  by  the  post  commander  directly  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

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18  TRANSFER   OR  EXCHANGE   OF   OFFICERS. 

f 

46.  Chaplains  will  not  be  required  to  turn  out  with  troops  on  occasions  of 
ceremony,  but  will  be  inspected  at  chapels,  schoolrooms,  libraries,  or  such  ^places 
as  may  be  designated  by  commanding  officers. 

4<H-  Further  duties  of  chaplains  may  include  the  following: 

1.  When  directed  by  the  post  or  regimental  commander  the  chaplain  may 
have  charge  of  the  recreations  and  amusements  of  enlisted  men  of  his  post  or 
regiment,  assisted  by  a  committee  of  noncommissioned  officers  composed  of  one 
from  each  company  and  detachment  with  which  he  is  serving. 

2.  To  counsel   as   to   their  moral   welfare  and   advise   with  all   recruits  on 
arrival  at  their  permanent  assignments  and  with  all  enlisted  men  under  arrest 
or  confinement  and  before  trial,  such  men  to  be  sent  to  the  chaplain's  office  or 
such  place  as  the  commanding  officer  may  prescribe  for  this  purpose.     Commu- 
nications, verbal  or  written,  between  the  chaplain  and  enlisted  men  subject  to 
trial  or  discipline  shall  be  treated  as  confidential  and  privileged. 

3.  To  have  charge  of  the  mail  in  the  field. 

4.  To  assist  and  encourage  correspondence  between  soldiers  and  their  rela- 
tives and  friends,  especially  the  sick  in  hospital.     All  inquiries  from  relatives 
and  friends  as  to  the  general  welfare  of  enlisted  men  addressed  to  officers  of 
the  command  may  be  turned  over  to  the  chaplain  to  answer  or  cause  to  be 
answered  by  the  person  inquired  of,  as  the  case  may  require. 

5.  To  be  custodian  of  the  chaplain's  fund.     (C.  A.  R.  No.  28.) 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

TBANSFEB  OB  EXCHANGE  OF  OFFICERS. 

47.  Officers  may  be  transferred  from  one  arm  or  corps  to  another,  on  mutual 
application,  with  rank  as  of  the  date  of  rank  of  the  junior  officer  previous  to 
the  transfer,   when  the  result  of  such  transfer  will   not  place  the  name  of 
either  officer  on  the  lineal  list  of  the  arm  or  corps  to  which  he  is  transferred 
above  that  of  any  other  officer  whose  name  originally  occupied  a  place  on 
the  relative  list  above  that  of  the  officer  so  transferred;  when  transfers,  on 
mutual  application,  can  not  be  made  without  such  a  result,  officers  may  be 
transferred  with  their  consent,  with  such  dates  of  rank  as  will  not  result  in 
placing  the  name  of  either  on  the  lineal  list  of  the  arm  or  corps  to  which  he 
is  transferred  above  that  of  any  other  officer  whose  name  originally  occupied 
a  place  on  the  relative  list  above  that  of  the  officer  so  transferred ;  but  this 
regulation  Will  not  operate  to  prevent  the  transfer  of  an  officer  so  that  his 
name  will  appear  above  that  of  another  officer  who  was  originally  his  senior 
on  the  relative  list  but  who  has  been  reduced  in  lineal  and  relative  rank 
by  sentence  of  court-martial  or  who  shall  have  lost  such  rank  through  fail- 
ure to  pass  the  required  examination  for  promotion.     An  officer  of  the  lowest 
grade  in  any  arm  or  corps  who  may  be  transferred,  on  his  own  application, 
to  a  vacancy  in  his  grade  in  any  other  arm  or  corps  will  take  rank  next  after 
the  junior  officer  of  the  arm  or  corps  to  which  he  is  transferred,  and  will  be 
nominated  for  reappointment,  with  a  new  date  of  rank  if  necessary  to  fix  his 
proper  position,   and   upon   confirmation   will   be  recommissioned    accordingly. 
These -new  appointments  and  commissions  will  determine  the  rank  of  trans- 
ferred officers  in  their  regiments  and  corps  as  well  as  in  the  Army.     (C:  A.  R., 
No.  33.) 

4-8.  Officers  in  each  arm  of  the  service  will  be  transferred  from  one  regiment 
to  another  therein,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  require,  by  orders  from  the 
War  Department,  without  change  of  rank  or  commission.  The  transfer  or 
exchange  of  company  officers  of  a  regiment  will  be  made  only  as  the  interests 


LEAVES   OF   ABSENCE.  19 

of  the  service  require  by  the  regimental  commander  when  change  of  station  is 
not  involved ;  in  cases  involving  change  of  station,  by  the  regimental  com- 
mander, with  the  approval  of  the  authority  competent  to  direct  the  necessary 
travel. 

Coast  defense  commanders  have  the  same  authority  in  transferring  lieu- 
tenants of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  within  their  commands  as  is  herein  given 
to  regimental  commanders. 

-Transfers  and  exchanges  made  under  this  paragraph  will  be  immediately 
reported  to  the  War  Department. 

In  order  to  maintain  continuity  of  policy  in  each  company  and  avoid  un- 
necessary changes  in  command  thereof,  regimental  and  coast  defense  com- 
manders will  endeavor  to  retain  company  officers  on  duty  with  the  same 
companies  of  their  commands  as  long  as  possible.  Before  making  assignments 
or  transfers  they  will  consider  the  probability  of  an  officer's  continued  service 
with  the  company  to  which  assigned  or  transferred  in  order  to  avoid  his. 
assignment  or  transfer  to  the  command  of  a  company  from  which  he  may 
soon  be  detached  for  other  duty.  ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  35. ) 

ARTICLE   IX. 

LEAVES  OF  ABSENCE  TO  OFFICERS. 

49.  Under  such  restrictions  as  may  be  imposed  by  higher  authority,  post 
commanders,  officers  commanding  general  depots  of  supply,  and  commanding 
officers  of  general  hospitals  may  grant  leaves  of  absence  for  one  month.     Bri- 
gade and  district  commanders  may  grant  leaves  of  absence  for  one  month  to 
the  officers  of  their  respective  staffs.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  18.) 

50.  The  commander  of  a  post  may  take  leave  of  absence  not  to  exceed  one 
month  at  one  time,  reporting  the  fact  to  his  next  superior  commander.     The 
commander  of  a  brigade  or  district  may  take  leave  of  absence  not  to  exceed  two 
months  at  one  time,  reporting  the  fact  to  his  next  superior  commander. 

When  a  general  officer  commanding  a  territorial  department,  tactical  division, 
brigade,  post,  or  station  avails  himself  of  a  leave  of  absence,  his  authorized  aid 
or  aids,  if  not  granted  leave  of  absence  by  proper  authority,  will  report  for  duty 
to  the  officer  falling  in  temporary  command  of  such  territorial  department, 
tactical  division,  brigade,  post,  or  station.  When  such  general  officer  is  under 
orders  to  change  station  without  troops,  and  takes  advantage  of  a  leave  of 
absence  before  he  joins  his  new  station,  his  authorized  aid  or  aids  will  remain 
on  duty  at  the  old  station,  unless  granted  leave  of  absence  at  the  same  time. 

In  cases  arising  under  paragraph  1294,  Army  Regulations,  the  status  of  an 
aid  prior  to  the  receipt  by  him  of  an  order  of  assignment  of  thS  general  officer 
to  whom  accredited  is  identical  with  that  of  the  general  officer  concerned ;  the 
aid,  under  these  conditions,  may  either  proceed  at  once  to  the  new  station  of 
his  general  or  may  avail  himself  of  a  leave  of  absence  coincident  with  that  of 
his  general  by  notifying  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  to  that  effect. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  33.) 

51.  The  commander  of  a  territorial  department,  tactical  division,  or  separate 
brigade  may  grant  leaves  for  four  months,  or  they  may  extend  to  such  periods 
those   already   granted.     Applications   for  leaves  of  more   than   four  months' 
duration  will  be  forwarded  for  the  action  of  the  War  Department.    A  depart- 
ment commander  may  grant  leave  of  absence  to  an  officer  belonging  or  assigned 
to  a  station  in  his  command,  who  is  under  orders  to  join  such  station  upon  his 
relief  from  temporary  duty,  or  from  duty  on  foreign  service,  in  a  staff  corps  or 
department,  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  at  a  service  school,  or  from 


20  LEAVES   OF   ABSENCE. 

other  detached  duty.  Leaves  so  granted  will  not  be  effective  until  on  or  after 
the  date  of  completion  of  the  temporary  or  other  duty.  In  such  cases  the  appli- 
cation for  leave  should,  whenever  practicable,  be  submitted  to  the  immediate 
commander  ami  be  forwarded  by  him  through  the  proper  channels  to  the  de- 
partment commander  concerned.  General  officers  stationed  within  the  conti- 
nental limits  of  the  United  States  will  not  grant  themselves  leaves  to  pass  be- 
yond those  limits,  nor  will  general  officers  serving  in  the  Philippine  or  Hawaiian 
Departments  grant  themselves  leaves  to  go  beyond  the  limits  of  those  depart- 
ments. Those  in  command  of  territoral  departments  will  not  grant  leaves  to 
themselves  to  pass  beyond  the  limits  of  their  own  commands  without  first  ob- 
taining the  sanction  of  higher  authority. 

.  52.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  may  grant  leaves  for  four  months  to  officers  of  their 
respective  corps  serving  under  their  immediate  direction,  or  extend  to  that 
period  those  already  granted  to  such  officers. 

.  53.  Leaves  of  absence  for  three  months,  from  date  of  graduation,  will  be 
allowed  to  graduates  of  the  Military  Academy,  except  in  the  cases- of  Filipinos 
admitted  to  the  Academy  under  the  act  of  Congress  approved  May  28,  1908,  to 
whom  four  months'  graduation  leave  will  be  allowed.  Such  leaves  will  not  be 
counted  against  them  in  subsequent  applications  for  leave,  but  can  not  be  post- 
poned to  another  time. 

A  graduate  who  is  ordered  on  temporary  duty  at  the  Military  Academy  while 
on  graduation  leave  will  revert  to  leave  status  on  completion  of  the  duty  and 
will  be  permitted  to  complete  a  period  of  three  months  on  graduation  leave 
exclusive  of  the  time  spent  on  such  duty. 

54.  Leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  so  that  a  company  will  be  left 
without  a  commissioned  officer,  or  a  post  without  two  commissioned  officers 
and  competent  medical  attendance ;  nor  will  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to  an 
officer  during  the  season  of  active  operations,  except  in  case  of  urgent  necessity. 

55.  Leave  of  absence  exceeding  10  days,  except  under  extraordinary  circum- 
stances particularly  stated  in  the  application,  will  not  be  granted  to  an  officer 
until  he  has  joined  his  regiment  or  corps  and  has  served  therein  at  least  two 
years. 

56.  An  application  for  leave  must  state  its  desired  duration  and  be  forwarded 
through    military    channels.     Intermediate   commanders   will    indorse   thereon 
their  recommendations. 

57.  The  commanding  officer  will  refer  applications  for  leaves  of  absence  on 
account  of  sickness  to  the  surgeon.     The  surgeon  will  examine  the  applicant, 
and  should  he  find  the  leave  necessary  to  restore  health  he  will  submit  to  the 
commanding  officer  a  medical  certificate  in  the  prescribed  form,  stating  ex- 
plicitly the  nature,  seat,  and  degree  of  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability,  the 
cause  thereof,  if  known,  and  the  period  -during  which  the  officer  has  suffered 
from  it.    He  will  also  give  his  opinion  whether  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability 
can  be  satisfactorily  treated  within  the  department  in  which  the  officer  is  sta- 
tioned, or  whether  a  change  of  climate  or  locality  is  necessary  to  afford  more 
rapid  or  perfect  recovery,  in  which  case  the  special  place  or  region  recom- 
mended will  be  designated,  with  reasons  therefor.    The  surgeon  will  also  state 
whether  in  his  opinion  the  disease,   wound,  or  disability  requires  treatment 
by  a  specialist,  and,  if  so,  the  nearest  place  where  it  can  be  obtained ;  also 
whether  the  wound  or  disease  incapacitates  the  officer  from  all  duty,  or  whether 
he  can  perform  special  duty,  and,  if  so,  the  kind  that  he  may  undertake  without 
endangering  his  ultimate  cure. 

58.  Leaves  of  absence  will  be  granted  in  terms  of  months  and  days,  as  "  one 
month,"  "  one  month  and  ten  days."    A  leave  of  absence  commences  on  the  day 
following  that  on  which  the  officer  departs  from  his  proper  station.    The  day 


LEAVES   OF   ABSENCE.  21 

of  departure,  whatever  the  hour,  is  counted  as  a  day  of  duty-;  the  day  of 
return  as  a  day  of  absence.  . 

Leave  for  one  month,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  a  calendar  month,  will 
expire  with  the  last  day  of  the  month,  whatever  its  number  of  days.  Com- 
mencing on  an  intermediate  day,  the  leave  will  expire  the  day  preceding  the 
same  day  of  the  next  month. 

The  expiration  of  his  leave,  whether  granted  on  account  of  sickness  or  not, 
must  find  an  officer  at  his  station,  except  as  indicated  in  paragraphs  60 
and  1293. 

59.  A  leave  of  absence  granted  to  an  officer  in  the  field  or  on  special  duty 
will  take  effect  on  the  termination  of  the  campaign  or  on  the  completion  of  such 
duty,  unless  his  services  can  sooner  be  spared.    In  all  other  cases  an  officer  is 
expected  to  avail  himself  of  a  leave  as  soon  as  proper  facilities  offer,  unless 
a  specific  date  is  stated  in  the  order,  and  if  unable  to  do  so  he  will  report  the 
fact  to  the  authority  granting  the  leave. 

60.  Leaves  of  absence  granted,  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the  United  States, 
to  officers  of  the  Army  serving  in  Alaska  or  beyond  the  limits  of  the  United 
States,  will  be  regarded  as  taking  effect  upon  the  respective  dates  upon  which 
such  officers  reach,  or  might  have  reached,  the  United  States.    Officers  perform- 
ing the  journey  in  the  most  direct  way  customary  will  be  regarded  as  on  de- 
tached service  while  en  route  to  and  from  the  United  States. 

An  officer  going  to  or  returning  from  duty  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  who 
desires  to  make  the  journey  by  a  route  other  than  the  customary  one  and 
to  visit  foreign  countries  on  leave  of  absence  while  en  route,  will  be  credited 
(in  addition  to  the  amount  of  time  covered  by  the  leave  of  absence  granted  to 
him)  with  a  period  of  30  days  as  on  detached  service  to  cover  the  average 
amount  of  time  necessary  to  perform  the  journey  from  the  Philippine  Islands  to 
the  usual  port  of  arrival  in  the  United  States,  or  from  said  port  to  the  Philip- 
pine Islands. 

61.  Officers  on  leave  of  absence  will  not  leave  the  United  States  to  go  beyond 
the  sea  without  permission  from  the  authority  granting  the  leave  of  absence  or 
from  higher  authority. 

62.  An  officer  of  the  Army  visiting  foreign  countries,  whether  on  duty  or 
leave,  will  avail  himself  of  all  proper  opportunities  to  obtain  military  informa- 
tion, especially  such  as  pertains  to  his  branch  of  the  service.    He  will  report 
the  results  of  his  observations  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  on  his 
return  to  duty,  or  sooner  if  practicable. 

63.  The  Department  of  State  issues  special  passports  for  the  use  of  officers 
of  the  Army  traveling  abroad,  either  on  duty  or  leave  of  absence,  but  only  on 
the  request  of  the  War  Department,  and  never  on  the  direct  request  of  the 
officers  themselves.     Applications  of  officers  for  special  passports  will  be  ad- 
dressed to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  will  set  forth  the  use  to  be  made 
of  them,  and  must,  in  all  cases,  be  accompanied  by  the  fee  of  $1,   which  is 
required  by  law  to  be  collected  for  every  citizen's  passport  issued. 

64.  An  officer  granted  leave  of  absence  for  more  than  10  days  will,  upon 
taking  advantage  thereof,  report  to  his  post  and  regimental  or  corps  commander 
and  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  the  date  of  his  departure  and  his  new 
address,  and  thereafter  he  will  immediately  report  any  change  in  his  address 
and  the  date  of  return  to  duty  to  the  same  officers.    Verbal  permits  for  less  than 
24  hours  are  not  counted  as  leaves  of  absence,  but  every  other  absence,  of 
whatever  duration,  with  date  of  departure  and  return,  will  be  noted  on  the 
rolls  and  returns. 

65.  Permission  to  hunt  will  not  be  considered  as  a  leave  of  absence  if  the 
Officer  on  his  return  to  the  station  forwards  to  department  headquarters,  through 


22  TRAVELING   ON   DUTY. 

his  commanding  officer,  a  certificate  that  his  time  while  absent  was  employed 
solely  in  hunting,  and  furnishes  a  report  giving  as  complete  a  description  as 
possible  of  the  country  traversed  by  him. 

66.  Permission  to  hunt  may  be  granted  by  department  or  post  commanders 
for  periods  not  exceeding  10  days.    Like  permission  may  be  granted  by  brigade 
and  district  commanders  to  officers  of  their  respective  staffs.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  12.) 

67.  All  applications  for  extensions  of  leaves  of  absence  or  for  delays,  and  all 
correspondence  regarding  them,  will  pass  through  military  channels. 

ARTICLE  X. 

OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY. 

68.  When  an  officer  is  ordered  without  troops  from  one  post  of  duty  to 
another,  he  will  proceed  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  without  unneces- 
sary delay.'    Upon  his  arrival  at  his  new  post,  he  will  immediately  report  to 
the  commanding  officer  the  date  of  his  departure  from  his  former  station,  and 
submit  a  copy  of  his  order,  noting  thereon  the  date  he  received  it.    If  he  shall 
appear  to  have  made  unnecessary  delay  en  route,  he  will  he  required  to  explain 
the  cause  thereof  in  writing.    If  the  post  commander  deem  the  explanation  un- 
satisfactory, he  will  forward  the  same,  with  a  statement  of  the  facts  in  the  case, 
to  the  department  commander.     If  the  officer  be  superior  in  rank  to  the  post 
commander,  the  required  report  will  be  made  by  the  officer  himself  to  the  de- 
partment commander. 

69.  Orders  detaching  an  officer  for  a  specific  duty  will  direct  him  to  return 
to  his  proper  station  on  the  completion  of  the  duty  assigned  him  when  it  is 
intended  that  he  shall  do  so. 

70.  Delays  in  obeying  orders,  in  reporting  for  duty,  or  in  returning  to  duty 
from  leave  can  not  be  authorized  except  by  the  War  Department.     Such  delays 
will  be  regarded  as  leaves  of  absence,  unless  it  be  stated  in  the  order  granting 
them  that  they  are  in  the  interest  of  the  public  service. 

71.  Orders  contemplating  the  payment  of  mileage  must  state  the  specific  duty 
enjoined,  and  that  the  travel  directed  is  necessary  in  the  military  service. 
They  will  not  direct  travel  beyond  the  limits  of  the  command  of  the  officer  who 
issues  them,  except  that  the  commanders  of  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  De- 
partments may  order  officers  of  their  commands  to  return  to  the  United  States  in 
cases  of  emergency,  in  which  the  travel  directed  is  manifestly  for  the  public 
interest  or  is  necessary  to  save  life.    When  a  general  officer  is  ordered  on  duty 
beyond  the  limits  of  his  command,  he  may  order  an  officer  of  his  staff  to  accom- 
pany him;  if  ordered  to  change  station,  he  may  order  the  necessary  change  of 
station  of  his  personal  staff. 

72.  Staff  officers  not  serving  under  division  or  department  commanders  will 
apply  to  the  War  Department  for  orders  directing  necessary  travel  on  public 
business. 

73.  When  urgent  public  duty  has  compelled  travel,  without  authority  pre- 
viously obtained,  the  case  will  be  immediately  reported  to  the  proper  superior 
officer,  whose  approval  in  subsequent  orders  will  be  accepted  as  though  previ- 
ously issued. 

74.  Orders  directing  officers  to  visit  Washington  for  the  settlement  of  their 
accounts  will  be  issued  only  by  the  War  Department. 

75.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  reporting  as  witnesses  before  a  civil  court  should 
receive  from  the  civil  authorities  the  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  travel  and 
attendance  ;  neither  mileage  nor  travel  allowances  will  be  paid  in  such  cases  by  the 
War  Department.    If,  however,  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  furnish  them  trans- 


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portation  in  kind  to  enable  them  to  appear  as  witnesses  for  the  Government 
before  a  civil  court  of  the  United  States,  an  account  of  such  expenditure,  to- 
gether with  the  evidence  that  they  were  properly  subpoenaed  and  did  attend  the 
court,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  War  Department  for  presentation  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice.  Officers  providing  such  transportation  will  notify  the  marshal  of 
the  court  that  it  was  furnished,  specifying  points  between  which  furnished, 
whether  one  way  or  round  trip,  and  that  it  was  furnished  to  enable  the  witnesses 
to  perform  the  requisite  journeys  in  obedience  to  the  summons.  ( C.  A.  R,,  No.  //.) 

ARTICLE   XI. 

RETIREMENT  OF  OFFICERS. 

76.  When  an  officer  has  become  incapable,  from  any  cause,  of  performing 
the  duties  of  his  office,  his  immediate  commander  will  report  the  facts  through 
military  channels  for  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    The  report  in  each 
case  will  contain  specific  statements  showing  in  full  in  what  manner  the  in- 
capacity has  been  evidenced. 

77.  Habitual  intemperance,  gambling,  or  other  vices  that  tend  to  corrupt  an 
officer  and  lower  the  professional  standard  will  be  regarded  as  proper  subjects 
for  the  consideration  and  report  of  a  retiring  board. 

78.  When  ample  testimony  establishes  the  fact  that  an  officer  has  through 
vicious  indulgence  slighted  or  neglected  his  duties  to  such  a  degree  as  to  make 
it  unsafe  to  intrust  him  with    a  command,  or  with  responsibility  that  properly 
belongs  to  his  grade,  and  when  it  is  shown  that  such  habits  have  continued  for 
such  length  of  time  as  to  render  permanent  reformation  improbable,  this  fact, 
rather  than  his  condition  when  he  appears  before  the  board,  shall  weigh  in  its 
finding  as  to  his  incapacity  for  active  duty. 

ARTICLE   XII. 

RESIGNATION  OF  OFFICERS. 

79.  A  resignation  tendered  by  an  officer  will  be  forwarded  by  his  commanding 
officer,  through  prescribed  channels,  to  the  War  Department  for  the  decision  of 
the  President.    Until  duly  accepted,  the  officer  will  not  be  considered  as  out  of 
the  service. 

80.  A  resignation  tendered  under  charges  will  be  forwarded,  accompanied 
by  a  report  of  the  case,  and,  if  practicable,  by  a  copy  of  the  charges.     All  cor- 
respondence with  the  War  Department,  on  the  part  of  the  officer  who  tenders 
the  resignation,  will  b.e  conducted  through  prescribed  channels. 

81.  Leave  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  on  tender  of  resignation  unless  the 
resignation  be  unconditional  and   immediate.     When  leave  is  requested,  the 
officer's  address  will  accompany  the  resignation. 

82.  An  officer  of  the  Army  on  the  active  list  who  accepts  or  exercises  the 
functions  of  a  civil  office  contrary  to  law  thereby  ceases  to  be  an  officer^  of  the 
Army.    An  officer  on  the  active  list  can  not  lawfully  accept  or  hold  any  office 
created  by  State  or  municipal  authority,  whether  in  State  military  organiza- 
tions or  otherwise. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 


DECEASED  OFFICERS. 

83.  The  death  of  an  officer,  with  place,  cause,  day,  and  hour,  will  be  reported 
without  delay,  by  telegraph,  by  his  immediate  commander  directly  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  and  also  to  the  brigade,  coast  artillery  district, 


24  DECEASED   OFFICERS. 

and  department  commanders.  If  the  officer  was  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army, 
the  report  will  show  whether  or  not  his  death  was  from  wounds  or  disease 
contracted  in  line  of  duty,  and  whether  or  not  his  death  was  from  wounds  or 
disease  the  result  of  his  own  misconduct.  In  case  of  the  death  of  a  retired 
officer,  or  of  an  officer  on  the  active  list  who  has  no  immediate  commander,  the 
medical  officer,  if  one 'be  present,  or  any  officer  having  cognizance  of  the  fact, 
will  make  the  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  In  case  the  officer 
was  on  the  active  list  and  died  from  wounds  or  disease  not  the  result  of  his  own 
misconduct,  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  notify  the  Quartermaster 
General  of  that  fact.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

84.  Inventories  in  duplicate  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers,  as  required  by 
the  one  hundred  and  twelfth  article  of  war,  will  be  transmitted  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army.  If  legal  representatives  take  possession  of  the  effects,  the 
fact  will  be  stated  in  the  inventory.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

86.  If  there  be  no  legal  representatives  present  to  receive  the  effects,  a  list  of 
them  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  relative  of  the  deceased.  If  not  claimed  within 
a  reasonable  time,  they  will  be  sold  at  auction  and  accounted  for  as  in  the  case 
of  deceased  soldiers.  Swords,  watches,  personal  papers,'  trinkets,  and  similar 
articles  will  be  labeled  with  the  name,  rank,  regiment,  and  date  of  death  of  the 
owner  and  sent  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  to  be  forwarded 
to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  those  legally  entitled 
to  them.  The  accounts  of  deceased  officers  will  be  settled  as  provided  for  in 
paragraph  166. 

86.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  or  funds,  his  com- 
manding officer  will  appoint  a  board  of  officers,  three  when  practicable,  which 
will  inventory  the  same  and  make  the  customary  returns  therefor,  stating  accu- 
rately amounts  and  condition.     These  the  commanding  officer  will  forward  to 
the  chiefs  of  the  bureaus  to  which  the  property  or  funds  pertain,  and  he  will 
designate  an  officer  to  take  charge  of  such  property  or  funds  until  orders  in  the 
case  are  received  from  the  proper  authority.    Cash  on  hand  may  be  invoiced  by 
the  board  to  the  deceased  officer's  successor,  but  balances  to  his  credit  with  the 
Treasurer,  an  assistant  treasurer,  a  designated  depositary,  or  a  fiscal  agent  of 
the  United  States,  over  and  above  his  outstanding  checks,  will  be  deposited  to 
the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  when 
the  board  has  reported  to  the  bureaus  the  balances  over  and  above  such  checks. 
The  action  herein  prescribed  will  also  be  taken  in  the  case  of  an  officer  in 
charge  of  public  funds  or  property  who  becomes  insane. 

87.  The  remains  of  a  deceased  officer  on  the  active  list  may  be  shipped  to  the 
home  of  the  decedent  or  to  a  national  cemetery  for  interment.     When  death 
occurs  in  the  United  States  or  in  Alaska,  and  early  shipment  is  practicable,  the 
remains  will  be  prepared  for  shipment  and  the  nearest  relative  notified  by 
telegraph  with  request  to  reply  by  telegraph  stating  whether  or  not  it  is  desired 
to  have  the  remains  shipped  home  at  Government  expense,  and  if  shipment 
home  is  desired  to  designate  the  destination  and  the  name  of  the  person  to 
whom  the  remains  are  to  be  consigned ;  in  which  case  the  remains  will  be  trans- 
ported to  the  point  designated  and  the  consignee  notified  by  telegraph.    Should 
the  nearest  relative  state  that  it  is  not  desired  to  have  the  remains  shipped 
home,  or  if  it  is  impossible  to  ascertain  the  relative's  desire  within  a  reasonable 
time,  interment  will  be  made  in  the  nearest  military  post  or  national  cemetery 
or,  if  the  commanding  officer  deem  proper,  at  the  place  of  death.    If  the  rela- 
tives direct  that  the  remains  be  not  shipped  home  and  they  are  interred  at  the 
expense  of  the  Government,  subsequent  disinterment  or  shipment  of  the  re- 
mains at  the  request  of  the  relatives  will  not  be  made  at  Government  expense. 


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If  the  remains  are  interred  in  a  military  post  or  national  cemetery,  or  at  the 
place  of  death,  the  expenses  incident  to  the  interment  will  be  limited  to  $75, 
to  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  "  Disposition  of  remains  of  officers,  soldiers, 
civilian  employees,  and  so  forth"  (designated  by  the  Treasury  Department  as 
"Bringing  home  remains  of  officers,  soldiers,  and  civil  employees"),  and  will 
be  restricted  to  the  cost  of  the  casket,  hire  of  a  hearse,  and  the  reasonable  and 
necessary  expenses  of  preparing  the  remains  for  interment. 

If  the  remains  are  to  be  shipped,  the  expenses,  exclusive  of  the  cost  of  trans- 
portation, will  be  limited  to  $75  and  restricted  to  the  cost  of  the  casket,  ship- 
ping case,  and  the  reasonable  and  necessary  expenses  of  preparing  the  remains 
for  shipment.  In  either  case,  any  transportation  involved  will  be  paid  from 
the  appropriation  hereinbefore  mentioned. 

When  it  is  impracticable  to  ship  the  remains  at  the  time  of  death,  or  if  it  is 
impossible  to  communicate  with  the  relatives  before  interment,  the  remains  may. 
be  subsequently  disinterred  and  shipped  home  at  Government  expense  at  the 
request  of  the  relatives.  In  such  cases  the  cost  of  the  disinterment  and  prep- 
aration of  the  remains  for  shipment  will  not  exceed  $75,  except  by  authority 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and,  including  transportation,  will  be  paid  from  the 
before-mentioned  appropriation. 

Transportation  may  be  issued  for  one  attendant  to  accompany  the  remains 
shipped,  provided  the  cost  to  the  Government  of  shipping  the  remains  by  express 
is  not  thereby  exceeded. 

The  officer  under  whose  direction  the  disposition  of  the  remains  is  made  will 
forward  a  full  report  thereof  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

Where  practicable,  contract  will  be  made  with  an  undertaker  or  other  compe- 
tent person  for  services  in  the  preparation  of  remains  for  interment  or  shipment 
during  a  fiscal  year,  as  contemplated  for  other  purposes  in  paragraph  551,  but 
no  such  contract  will  be  made  with  any  undertaker  or  other  person  whom  the 
post  surgeon  considers  not  competent.  A  written  report  of  the  disposition  of  the 
remains,  with  an  itemized  statement  of  the  cost  of  embalming,  coffin,  or  casket, 
hire  of  hearse,  and  transportation,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  quartermaster 
without  delay  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General. 

When  death  occurs  at  the  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  promptly  notify  the  em- 
balnier  employed  under  contract,  if  such  services  are  required,  and  will  see  that 
the  remains  are  prepared  properly  and  in  accordance  with  sanitary  regulations. 
If  there  should  be  no  contract  embalmer,  the  duty  of  employing  an  undertaker 
will  devolve  upon  the  quartermaster ;  but  no  undertaker  will  be  employed  whom 
the  surgeon  considers  not  competent.  The  responsibility  of  the  surgeon  for  the 
proper  care  and  preparation  of  the  remains  will  not  cease  until  they  are  removed 
by  the  quartermaster  for  interment  or  shipment.  (C.  A.  R,,  No.  10.) 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

VETERINARIANS,  CAVALRY  AND  FIELD  ARTILLERY. 

88.  Rescinded.     (C..  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

89.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

90.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  veterinarian  to  visit  at  least  daily  all  sick  or 
injured  animals  at  his  station,  and  to  recommend  such  .treatment  as  he  may 
deem  proper.    He  will  have  access  to  the  stables  at  all  times.    Upon  request  he 
will  attend  such  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted  officers  as  may  need  his 
services. 

91.  The  veterinarian  will  instruct  company  horseshoers  and  company  farriers 
in  the  proper  care  of  the  horse.    In  this  he  will  give  especial  importance  to  the 
anatomy  and  pathology  of  the  foot,  showing  the  nature  and  uses  of  all  its 


26  DETACHED   SOLDIERS. 

parts,  illustrating  the  subject  by  dissections  and  specimens.  He  will  also 
teach  the  principles  and  practice  of  horseshoeing.  For  the  purpose  indicated 
he  will  make  such  visits  of  instruction  to  companies  of  the  regiment  not  at 
his  station  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  regimental  commander. 

92.  Wherever  four  or  more  troops  of  Cavalry  or  three  or  more  batteries  of 
Field  Artillery  are  stationed,  a  suitable  building  may  be  set  apart  as  a  vet- 
erinary hospital. 

ARTICLE   XV. 

GENERAL  NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF. 

93.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

94.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

95.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

96.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

97.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

98.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

99.  Rescinded.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

100.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

101.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

102.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

103.  The  general  noncommissioned  staff  consists  of  noncommissioned  officers 
of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  Signal  Corps,  Medical  Department,  and  Ordnance 
Department.     They   are  appointed,   promoted,    reduced,    and    their    warrants 
signed  as  follows : 

In  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  1009. 

In  the  Medical  Department,  as  prescribed  in  Article  LXXIV. 

In  the  Ordnance  Department,  as  prescribed  in  section  2,  paragraph  1512^. 

In  the  Signal  Corps,  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph 
1557. 

Their  warrants  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and  reenlistment, 
if  reenlistment  be  made  on  the  day  following  that  of  discharge.  Any  noncom- 
missioned officer  enlisted  on  or  after  the  first  day  of  November,  1916,  furloughed 
to  the  reserve  upon  the  completion  of  three  years  in  the  active  service  with  an 
excellent  character,  shall  be  permitted  to  reenlist  in  the  organization  from 
which  furloughed  with  the  rank  and  grade  held  by  him  at  the  time  of  his  fur- 
lough if  he  reenlists  within  20  days  after  the  date  of  such  furlough.  In  each 
case  the  soldier  will  reenlist  at  the  place  where  his  organization  is  stationed. 
Each  reenlistment  and  continuance  will  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  com- 
pany or  detachment  commander.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

DETACHED  SOLDIERS  :  SERVICE  RECORDS. 

104.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  detached  from  his  company,  his  service  record 
will  be  forwarded  by  indorsement  to  his  new  commanding  officer.     When  it 
can  be  avoided,  the  service  record  will  not  be  intrusted  to  the  soldier,  but  to 
an  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  under  whose  charge  he  may  be,  or  it  may 
be  forwarded  by  mail.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

105.  All   matters  relating  to  the   pay,   clothing  allowance,   subsistence,   dis- 
charge, reenlistment,  death,  and  desertion  of  enlisted  men  detailed  for  duty  with 
the  National  Guard  under  section  36  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3, 
1916,  will  be  administered  and  determined  at  the  headquarters  of  the  depart- 
ment in  which  such  enlisted  men  may  be  serving.     The  service  records  of  these 
men  will  be  kept  at  department  headquarters. 


FUELOUGHS   TO   SOLDIERS.  27 

All  matters  relating  to  the  muster,  pay,  clothing  allowance,  subsistence,  dis- 
charge, reenlistment,  furlough  to  the  reserve,  death,  and  desertion  of  enlisted 
men  detailed  for  duty  at  institutions  where  one  or  more  units  of  the  Reserve 
Officers'  Training  Corps  are  maintained,  or  at  schools  and  colleges  pursuant  to 
sections  46  and  56  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  will  be  ad- 
ministered and  determined  .  at  the  headquarters  of  the  department  in  which 
such  institution,  school,  or  college  is  located.  Their  service  records  will  be 
kept  at  department  headquarters.  Their  duties  are  prescribed  in  the  Reserve 
Officers'  Training  Corps  Regulations  or  the  regulations  governing  details  of 
officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  to  schools  and  colleges  under  sections  46 
and  56  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916.  (C.  A  .R.,  Nos.  51  and 
55.) 

ARTICLE   XVII. 
FtTBLOUGHS    TO    SOLDIERS. 

106.  Furloughs  in  the  prescribed  form  for  periods  of  three  months  may  be 
granted  to  enlisted  men  by  post  commanders,  and  for  periods  of  one  month  by 
commanding  officers  of  general  hospitals,  general  depots  of  supply,  mine  planters, 
or  by  regimental  commanders  if  the  companies  to  which  the  men  belong  are 
under  their  control.     Brigade  and  district  commanders  may  grant  furloughs  for 
periods  of  three  months  to  enlisted  men  under  their  immediate  control.     A  fur- 
lough will  not  be  granted  to  a  soldier  about  to  be  discharged,  nor  shall  the 
number  of  enlisted  men  furloughed  from  any  command  in  the  field,  or  at  posts, 
exceed  5  per  cent  of  the  enlisted  strength  present  therewith. 

The  granting  of  furloughs  to  enlisted  men  of  a  mobilized  separate  brigade, 
division,  or  higher  command  will  be  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  com- 
mander of  the  forces  may  prescribe.  (C.  A.  R:,  No.  55.) 

107.  The  commander  of  a   territorial   department   may   grant  furloughs  to 
enlisted  men  for  three  months,  or  he  may  extend   to  such  period  furloughs 
already  granted.    The  chief  of  a  War  Department  bureau  may  grant  furloughs 
for  not  to  exceed  three  months  to  enlisted  men  of  his  corps  or  department 
serving  under  the  exclusive  control  of  himself  or  of  his  subordinates,  or  he 
may  extend  to  that  period  furloughs  already  granted  to  such  enlisted  men.    A 
furlough  for  a  longer  period  than  three  months  will  be  granted  by  the  War 
Department  only  under  most  unusual  and  urgent   circumstances,  and   under 
such  circumstances  the  commander  of  the  Philippine  Department  may  grant 
furloughs  for  four  months  or  he  may  extend  to  such  period  furloughs  already 
granted.     Permission  ^o  delay  may  be  granted  to  enlisted  men  traveling  under 
orders  as  authorized  for  furloughs.     The  conditions  under  which  furloughs  to 
soldiers  on  reenlistment  are  authorized  will  be  announced  from  time  to  time 
in  orders.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  22.) 

108.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  field  army,  or  of  a  separate  command  in 
the  field,  may  suspend  the  granting  of  furloughs  in  any  or  all  organizations 
within  his  command  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  circumstances  render  it  necessary, 
or  advisable,  or  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service. 

109.  An  enlisted  man  on  furlough  will  not  leave  the  United  States  to  go 
beyond  the  sea  unless  the  furlough  includes  permission  to  do  so.    The  limits  pre- 
scribed will  be  stated  in  the  furlough,  and  if  exceeded  it  may  be  revoked  and  the 
soldier  arrested.    A  company  commander  in  forwarding  an  application  for  fur- 
lough will  state  previous  absences  on  furlough  that  are  of  record  in  the  com- 
pany.   The  authority  under  which  a  furlough  is  granted  (whether  under  Army 
Regulations  or  in  pursuance  of  the  orders  of  a  superior)  will  be  cited  on  the 
face  of  the  furlough  by  the  officer  granting  it, 


28  FURLOUGHS   TO    SOLDIERS. 

110.  When  an  enlisted  man  who  is  on  furlough  or  absent  without  leave  and 
is  without-  means  to  return  to  his  proper  station  reports  at  a  post,  camp,  or 
general    recruiting   station,   the   commanding   officer   thereof  is   authorized   to 
furnish   the  necessary   transportation  and   subsistence  for  the  return   of  the 
soldier  to  his  proper  station  after  satisfying  himself  that  he  can  be  trusted 
therewith.    In  case  of  doubt  as  to  the  soldier's  identity  or  status  or  whether  he 
can  be  trusted  the  commanding  officer  will  communicate  by  mail  or  telegraph 
with  the  soldier's  company  commander  before  furnishing  the  transportation. 

If  the  commanding  officer  decides  that  the  soldier  can  not  be  trusted  with 
transportation,  he  will  report  the  case  by  telegraph  to  the  department  com- 
mander or  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  if  the  post,  camp,  or  station 
at  which  the  soldier  reports  is  not  under  the  control  of  a  department  com- 
mander. 

The  company  commander  will  charge  the  cost  of  such  transportation  and 
subsistence  against  the  soldier's  pay  on  the  next  pay  roll  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  paragraphs  1111$  and  1236.  He  will  also  charge  against 
the  soldier's  pay  the  cost  of  transportation  and  subsistence  of  the  guard  in 
case  the  soldier  is  returned  to  his  station  under  guard  by  order  of  the  depart- 
ment commander  or  the  War  Department,  as  well  as  the  cost  at  the  pre- 
scribed rate  for  Government  messages  of  any  telegrams  received  from  or 
sent  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post,  camp,  or  station  at  which  the  sol- 
dier reported  for  transportation.  The  cost  of  telegrams  to  and  from  the  de- 
partment commander  or  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  not -be 
charged  against  the  soldier. 

If  the  soldier  is  on  furlough,  the  date  on  which  he  reported  at  the  post,  camp, 
or  station  for  transportation  will  be  entered  on  the  furlough ;  if  he  is  absent 
without  leave,  the  date  will  be  reported  to  the  soldier's  company  commander 
by  letter.  In  either  case  prompt  report  will  be  made  to  the  company  com- 
mander of  the  date  the  soldier  departed  for  his  proper  station.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
J,2  and  55.) 

111.  Furloughs  granted  to  enlisted  men  sen-ing  in  Porto  Rico,  Hawaii,  Guam, 
the  Philippine  Islands,  Alaska,  or  at  any  station  beyond  the'  continental  limits 
of  the  United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  returning  thereto,  will  take  effect  on 
the  dates  they  reach  the  United  States,  which  will  be  indorsed  on  the  furloughs 
by  the  transport  quartermaster  if  travel  is  by  United  State's  transport ;  other- 
wise the  certificate  of  the  captain,  purser,  or  other  proper  officer  of  commercial 
steamer  upon  which  journey  is  made,  as  to  date  of  arrival  in  home  port  will  be 
indorsed  thereon.     The  furloughs  will  direct  the  soldier  to  report  for  duty  at 
the  close  of  the  last  day  thereof  at  the  military  post  nearest  the  particular 
home  port  from  which  transports  or  commercial  steamers  usually  sail  for  the 
islands  or  stations  above  referred  to,  and  the  commanding  officers  of  these  posts 
will  assign  such  enlisted  men  to  organizations  under  their  command  for  the 
purpose  of  subsistence  during  the  time  they  are  detained  at  their  posts,  and  they 
will  be  returned  to  their  proper  stations  by  the  first  available  transport,  or 
commercial  steamer  if  there  are  no  United  States  transports  sailing  to  destina- 
ion.     Commanding  officers  will  cause  notation  to  be  made  on  the  furloughs 
showing  the  dates  when  the  men  report  at  their  posts  and  at  the  proper  time 
will  issue  the  nece'ssary  orders  directing  them  to  rejoin  their  stations,  reciting 
therein  the  date  of  their  arrival  in  the  United  States,  date  of  reporting  at  post, 
and  whether  or  not  commutation  of  rations  has  been  paid.    A  copy  of  the  order 
will  be  furnished  to  the  soldier  and  to  the  commanding  officer  concerned.    The 
quartermaster  of  the  transport,  or  proper  officer  of  commercial   steamer  on 
which  these  enlisted  men  return,  will  indorse  on  such  orders  the  dates  during 

'  which  they  were  subsisted  aboard  the  transport  or  commercial  steamer.    The 


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order  will  be  retained  by  the  enlisted  man,  who  will  deliver  it  to  his  command- 
ing officeT  as  evidence  of  his  authority  to  be  absent  from  his  post  during  the  time 
required  for  travel  in  rejoining  the  same. 

112.  When  the  station  of  an  enlisted  man  is  changed  while  he  is  on  furlough, 
he  will,  on  joining  his  new  station,  be  entitled  as  reimbursement  of  travel 
allowances  to  the  difference,  if  any,  in  cost  of  transportation  including  sleeping 
car  accommodations,  from  the  place  of  receipt  of  order  to  the  new  station  over 
the  cost  of  transportation  from  place  of  receipt  of  order  to  his  old  station, 
but  not  to  exceed  the  amount  it  would  cost  the  Government  to  transport  him 
from  his  old  to  his  new  station-.  An  enlisted  man  under  orders  to  change  station 
who  takes  advantage  of  a  furlough  before  he  joins  his  new  station  is  not,  upon 
joining  his  new  station,  deprived  of  the'  travel  allowances  to  which  he  would 
have  been  entitled  had  he  not  availed  himself  of  furlough.  If  the  furlough 
be  availed  of  while  under  orders  to  change  station  with  his  command,  the  re- 
imbursement will  not  exceed  the  amount  which  it  would  have  cost  the  Govern- 
ment to  have  transported  him  with  his  command  from  the  old  to  the  new  sta- 
tion. A  soldier  who  has  returned  to  the  station  from  which  furloughed,  his 
company  having  changed  station  during  his  absence,  is  entitled  to  transporta- 
tion at  the  expense  of  the  Government  from  the  old  to  the  new  station  of  his 
company.  Charges  for  transportation  furnished  to  enlisted  men  on  furlough, 
in  pursuance  of  paragraph  110,  will  be  adjusted  in  accordance  with  the  re- 
quirements of  this  regulation.  (C.  A.  R.  No.  .)/.) 

118.  Soldiers  on  furlough  will  not  take  with  them  their  arms  or  accouter- 
ments,  and  no  payments  will  be  made  to  them  without  authority  from  the  War 
Department. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

TRANSFER  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

114.  Transfers  of  enlisted  men  will  be  made  for  cogent  reasons  only  and  will 
be  effected  as  follows: 

1.  When  not  involving  change  of  station — 

(a)  Within  a  regiment,  by  the  regimental  commander. 

(6)  Within  a  detached  battalion  serving  at  such  a  distance  from  regimental 
headquarters  that  more  than  15  days  are  required  for  exchange  of  correspond- 
ence by  mail,  by  the  battalion  commander. 

(c)  Within  a  coast  defense  command,  by  the  coast  defense  commander. 

2.  In  cases  involving  change  of  station,  transfers  will  be  made  by  the  regi- 
mental commander,  the  battalion  commander,  under  the  circumstances  stated 
in  the  preceding  section,  or  the  coast  defense  commander,  with  the  approval  of 
the  authority  competent  to  direct  the  necessary  travel. 

3.  From  one  organization  of  the  line  of  the  Army  to  another  serving — 

(a)  Within  any  post  commanded  by  a  general  officer,  by  the  post  commander. 
(&)  Within  any  territorial  department,  by  the  department  commander. 

(c)  Within  any  tactical  division,  by  the  division  commander. 

(d)  Within  any  tactical  division  or  department  by  the  commander  thereof, 
any  enlisted  man  who  has  been  tried  within  such  command  and  acquitted, 
or  sentenced  and  retained  in  the  service,  and  whose  return  to  his  proper  organi- 
zation is  not  deemed  by  such  tactical  division  or  department  commander  to  be 
in  the  interests  of  the  United  States. 

4.  From  the  line  of  the  Army  to  the  Medical  Department  and  the  Quarter- 
master Corps,  as  prescribed  in  the  articles  relating  to  the  Medical  Department 
and  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  respectively. 

5.  From  one  staff  corps  or  department  to  another  and  from  staff  corps  or 
departments  to  the  line  of  the  Army  within  any  territorial  department,  by  the 


30  DESEBTEBS. 

department  commander,  or  within  any  division  by  the  division  commander, 
provided  the  enlisted  strength  of  any  staff  corps  or  department  will  at  no  time 
exceed  that  authorized  by  existing  orders  or  regulations.  Only  such  men  will 
be  transferred  as  are,  after  careful  inquiry,  deemed  suitable  for  service  in  the 
staff  corps  or  department  to  which  transfer  is  contemplated.  Such  transfers 
will  not  be  authorized  when  they  would  deplete  the  staff  corps  or  department 
involved  to  such  an  extent  as  to  interfere  with  the  efficient  discharge  of  its 
duties. 

6.  From  a  coast  defense  command  to  the  Coast  Artillery  detachment  of  a 
mine  planter  or  cable  ship  serving  within  a  department,  by  the  department 
commander. 

7.  In  the  Canal  Zone,  the  authority  granted  to  department  commanders  to 
transfer  enlisted  men  from  one  organization  or  arm  to  another  is  extended  to 
the  commander  of  the  United  States  troops,  Canal  Zone. 

8.  In   all   other   cases,   by   the   War   Department.      (C.   A.   R.,   Nos.   6,   31, 
4$  and  55.) 

115.  A  transfer  will  take  effect  on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  at  the 
post  where  the  soldier  is  serving,  and  the  soldier's  service  record  showing  that 
date  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or  detach- 
ment to  which  he  is  transferred.     (C.  A,  R.,  No.  55.) 

115i.  In  case  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  who  is  transferred  without  loss 
of  rank  or  grade  from  an  organization  in  the  Philippine  Department,  Hawaiian 
Department,  or  the  Canal  Zone  to  an  organization  serving  within  the  continental 
limits  of  the  United  States,  or  vice  versa,  the  regimental  adjutant,  or  tlie. 
authority  competent  to  make  original  appointments  to  the  grade  involved,  will 
indorse  upon  the  warrant  of  such  noncommissioned  officer  the  following: 
"  Transferred  from  (organization)  to  (organization)  by  (state  authority)  with- 
out loss  of  rank  or  grade  (date)."  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  27.) 

ARTICLE   XIX. 
DESEBTEBS. 

116.  When  a  soldier  deserts,  his  immediate  commanding  officer  will  at  once 
ascertain  whether  any  public  property  has  been  lost  in  consequence  thereof,  and, 
if  so,  will  proceed  as  in  the  case  of  property  lost  or  destroyed,  and  the  value  of 
the  articles  lost  will  be  charged  against  the  deserter  on  the  next  pay  rolls  of 
his  company. 

A  copy  of  the  approved  report  of  the  surveying  officer  will  accompany  the 
return  to  which  the  property  pertains. 

117.  The  company  or  detachment  commander  will   turn  over  the  clothing 
abandoned  by  a  deserter  to  the  quartermaster,  with  a  certificate  showing  its 
condition  and  the  name  of  the  deserter  to  whom  it  belonged.    The  quartermaster 
will  transfer  to  such  depot  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  or  to  the  United  States 
Disciplinary  Barracks  or  siich  branch  thereof,  as  may  be  designated,  all  outer 
garments  of  distinctive  uniform  clothing.     In  no  case  will  the  money  or  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale  of  effects  of  a  deserter  be  turned  over  to  his  relatives,  nor 
any  payment  made  therefrom  by  an  officer  on  any  account  whatsoever.     All 
other  personal  effects  of  a  deserter  will  be  disposed  of  as  in  the  case  of  un- 
claimed effects  of  deceased  soldiers — i.  e.,  they  will  be  sold  by  a  council  of  ad- 
ministration and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  deposited  with  a  quartermaster. 

The  quartermaster's  receipt  for  the  money  deposited  as  above  should  clearly 
specify  the  nature  of  the  deposit— i.  e.,  whether  for  the  proceeds  of  sale  of 
effects  or  whether  for  the  undrawn  pay  of  a  soldier  who  has  deserted — and  the 
officer  responsible  should  furnish  the  quartermaster  with  the  necessary  infor- 


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mation.  Money  or  other  valuables  found  upon  an  apprehended  deserter  are 
his  personal  property  and  will  not  be  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster.  (C.  A,  R., 
No.  23.) 

118.  When  a  soldier  deserts,  or  a  general  prisoner  escapes,  from  a  post  or 
station,  or  command  in  the  field,  the  commanding  officer  will  cause  copies  of 
descriptive  lists  of  the  deserter,  or  escaped  general  prisoner,  to  be  at  once 
prepared   on   the  prescribed   form,   and   sent   to   such   marshals,   sheriffs   and 
police  officers  as  he  may  deem  proper ;   also  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  any 
recruiting  station  at  or  near  the  place  where  the  deserter  or  escaped  general 
prisoner  was  accepted  for  enlistment,  who  will  distribute  them  to  the  best 
advantage  among  civil  officers  in  that  vicinity  authorized  by  existing  law  to 
summarily   arrest   a   deserter   or   escaped   general    prisoner    from   the   Army. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

119.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  or  station,  or  of  troops  in  the  field, 
will  promptly  notify  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  on  the  form  provided 
for  that  purpose,  of  every  desertion  and  of  every  escape  of  a  general  prisoner 
from  his  command,  giving  the  full  name,  company,  and  regiment  of  such  de- 
serter or  escaped  general  prisoner,  with  date  of  enlistment  and  date  and  place 
of  desertion  or  escape.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

120.  When  a  soldier  deserts  from  or  when  a  deserter  is  received  at  a  post 
other  than  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  post  will  report  the  fact  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or 
detachment,  with  date  and  place  of  desertion,  apprehension,  or  surrender,  and 
such  additional  data  as  he  may  possess  requisite  to  the  preparation  of  charges. 
If,  however,  a  deserter  whose  company  or  detachment  is  stationed  in  Alaska 
or  beyond  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States  is  received  at  a  station 
within   the  United  States,  a   similar   report  will   also   be   made  to   the   War 
Department. 

121.  A  reward  of  $50  will  be  paid  to  any  civil  officer  or  civilian  for  the 
apprehension  and  delivery,  to  the  proper  military  authorities  at  a  military  post, 
of  a  deserter  from  the  military  service,  except  a  deserter  from  the  Philippine 
Scouts,   for  whose  apprehension  and  delivery  a  reward  of  $20  will  be  paid. 
A  reward  of  $50  will  also  be  paid  for  the  apprehension  and  delivery,  to  the 
proper  military  authorities  at  a  military  post,  of  an  escaped  military  prisoner. 
No  reward  will  be  paid  in  the  case  of  a  deserter  or  of  an  escaped  military 
prisoner  who  is  serving  in  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  in  the  case  of 
a  deserter  who,  subsequently  to  his  desertion,  has  been  dishonorably  discharged 
from   any  other  enlistment  in  the  Army,  or  who  can  claim  exemption  from 
punishment  under  the  thirty-ninth  article  of  war.     The  reward  will  be  paid 
by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  and  will  be  in  full  satisfaction  of  all  expenses  for 
arresting,  keeping,  and  delivering  the  deserter  or  escaped  military  prisoner. 
The  quartermaster  making  the  payment  will  report  that  fact  to  the  command- 
ing officer  of  the  organization  to  which  the  deserter  belongs  or  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  military  post  or  prison  from  which  the  prisoner  escaped. 
(C.  A.  B.,  No.  55.) 

122.  When  enlisted  men  are  sent  in  pursuit  of  a  deserter,  the  expenses  neces- 
sarily incurred  will  be  paid  whether  he  be  apprehended  or  not,  and  will  be 
reported  as  in  payment  of  rewards.     Should  a  written  order  be  issued  for 
this  duty  and  a  transportation  request  be  furnished  the  party  in  pursuit,  the 
name,  rank,  company,  and  regiment  of  the  deserter  will  be  stated  in  the  order 
and  also  noted  on  the  request. 

123.  A  reward  will  not  be  paid  by  a  recruiting  officer  for  the  delivery  of  a 
deserter   at   a   recruiting   station,   except   upon   express   authority    from   The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.    In  the  event  of  the  surrender  or  of  the  delivery 


32  DESEBTEBS. 

of  a  deserter  to  a  recruiting  officer  the  latter  will  at  once  telegraph  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  stating  whether  the  deserter  is  physically  fit 
for  service  and  requesting  instructions  relative  to  the  disposition  to  be  made 
of  him  and  the  payment  of  the  reward. 

124.  When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehension  or  surrender  of  a  de- 
serter at  a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his  company,  the  company  commander 
will  immediately  forward  his  service  record  and  the  names  of  the  witnesses 
and  a  brief  statement  of  the  evidence  expected  from  each,  together  with  a 
complete  set  of  charges  against  the  deserter,  to  the  officer  who  makes  the  report. 
In  cases  reported  to  the  War  Department  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  120, 
the  service  records  will  be  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  and 
the  charges  will  then   be  preferred  at  the  post  where  the  prisoner   is  held. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

125.  When  a  deserter  surrenders  or  is  delivered  at  a  military  post,  the  com- 
manding officer  will  cause  immediate  inquiry  to  be  made  of  him  in  regard  to 
the  dates  of  his  enlistment  and  desertion,  and  if  these  indicate  that  trial  is 
barred  by  law,  and  the  deserter  claims  to  have  been  within  the  limits  of  the 
United  States  during  two  years  subsequent  to  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the 
term  for  which  he  was  enlisted,  the  commanding  officer  will  telegraph  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  verification  of  the  service  claimed  by  the 
deserter.     When  it  is  determined  that  trial  is  barred  by  law  the  commanding 
officer  will  require  the  deserter  to  file  an  affidavit  asserting  his  claim,   will 
immediately  set  him  at  liberty  with  instructions  to  apply  by  letter  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  a  "  deserter's  release,"  and  will  then  report 
his  action  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  forwarding  with  the 
report  the  affidavit  of  the  deserter. 

126.  The   commanding   officer   will   cause   an   enlisted   man   who    has   been 
apprehended  or  has  surrendered  as  a  deserter,  and  whose  trial  for  desertion  is 
not  barred  by  the  statute  of  limitations,  to  be  examined  by  a  medical  officer  at 
the  post  where  he  is  received.     If  the  examination  shows  that  the  man  is  fit  for 
service,  the  commanding  officer  will  cause  charges  to  be  forwarded  to  depart- 
ment headquarters  or  to  be  referred  to  a  special  court,  or  will  otherwise  dispose 
of  the  case,  as  the  interests  of  the  Government  may  dictate.     No  deserter  will 
be  sent  before  trial  beyond  the  limits  of  the  department  in  which  he  is  retxirned 
to  military  control  without  authority  for  sending  him  beyond  such  limits  hav- 
ing first  been  obtained  from  the  War  Department.     If  the  examination  shows 
that  the  man  is  physically  unfit  for  service  and  desertion  is  admitted,  the  de- 
partment commander  may  discharge  him  without  trial  by  reason  of  desertion 
and  physical  unfitness  for  service ;  if  he  refuses  to  admit  desertion  and  it  is 
deemed  inadvisable  to  try  him,  application  will  be  made  for  authority  from  the 
Secretary  of  War  to  discharge  him  without  trial.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  23  and  37.) 

126^.  When  a  deserter  or  escaped  general  prisoner  surrenders  or  is  delivered 
at  a  military  post  or  station,  or  to  a  command  in  the  field,  the  commanding 
officer  thereof  will  immediately  send  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  on 
the  form  provided  for  that  purpose,  a  report  stating  whether  the  deserter  or 
general  prisoner  surrendered  or  was  apprehended,  the  date  and  place  of  sur- 
render or  delivery,  and.  if  the  man  was  apprehended,  the  name  and  official 
status,  if  any,  of  the  person  who  delivered  him  to  the  military  authorities. 

The  reports  from  recruiting  officers  required  by  this  paragraph  will  be  in 
addition  to  the  telegraphic  reports  required  by  paragraph  123,  Army  Regula- 
tions. (C.  A.  R.,  No».  32,  34,  and  55.) 

127.  Rewards  or  expenses  paid  for  apprehending  a  deserter,  and  the  ex- 
penses incurred  in  transporting  him  from  point  of  apprehension,  delivery,  or 
surrender  to  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  or  to  the  place  of  his 


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trial,  including  the  cost  of  transportation  of  the  guard,  will  be  set  against  his 
pay  upon  conviction  of  desertion  by  a  court-martial,  upon  discharge  by  reason 
of  desertion  admitted  and  physical  unfitness  for  service,  or  upon  his  restoration 
to  duty  without  trial.  A  soldier  convicted  by  a  court-martial  of  absence  with- 
out leave  will  be  charged  with  the  expenses  incurred  in  transporting  him  to  the 
station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  or  to  the  place  of  his  trial,  including  the 
cost  of  transportation  of  the  guard.  Except  in  the  case  of  a  soldier  restored  to 
duty  at -the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  or  any  branch  thereof  by  the 
remission  of  his  suspended  sentence  of  dishonorable  discharge  or  pursuant  to 
section  1352,  Revised  Statutes,  a  soldier  convicted  by  a  court-martial  of  deser- 
tion or  absence  without  leave  or  a  deserter  restored  to  duty  without  trial  for 
desertion,  who  is  sent  from  the  point  of  apprehension,  delivery,  or  surrender, 
to  a  place  of  confinement  or  trial  other  than  the  station  of  his  company  or  de- 
tachment, and  is  later  sent  to  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  will  be 
charged  with  an  amount  equal  to  the  cost  of  his  own  transportation  and  that 
of  his  guard,  if  any,  from  the  point  of  apprehension,  delivery,  or  surrender,  to 
the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment.  The  cost  of  transportation  to  a 
station  of  a  soldier  restored  to  duty  from  suspended  or  executed  dishonorable 
discharge  at  the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  or  any  branch  thereof 
will  be  borne  by  the  Government.  The  transportation  and  subsistence  of  wit- 
nesses will  not  be  charged  against  a  deserter.  The  cost  of  transportation  and 
subsistence  furnished  under  this  paragraph  will  be  reported  in  accordance  with 
paragraphs  1111*  and  1236.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  24,  37,  and  55.) 

128.  Rescinded,  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  329.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

129.  Deserters  will  be  brought  to  trial  with  the  least  practicable  delay. 
While  awaiting  trial  they  will  receive  no  pay,  nor  will  they  be  permitted  to 
sign  pay  rolls,  and  will  be  required  to  wear  the  clothes  worn  at  the  time  of 
arrest,  unless  it  should  be  imperative  to  issue  other  clothing,  when,  as  far  as 
practicable,  only  deserters'  or  other  unserviceable  clothing  will  be  issued. 

130.  A  soldier  in  desertion  or  absent  without  leave  who  surrenders  or  is 
apprehended  before  his  term  of  enlistment  has  expired  is  entitled  to  pay  and 
allowances  from  the  date  of  his  return  to  military  control.     If  he  is  subse- 
quently restored  to  a  duty  status,  he  will  serve  for  such  period  as  will,  with 
the  time  he  may  have  served  prior  to  his  desertion  or  absence  without  leave, 
amount  to  the  full  term  for  which  he  enlisted ;  but  the  time  during  which  he 
may  have  been  in  confinement  awaiting  trial  or  serving  sentence  imposed  by  a 
court-martial  for  said  offenses,  or  if  he  enlists  while  in  desertion,  the  term 
served  under  such  unlawful  enlistment  will  not  count  as  making  good  any  of 
the  time  lost.    If  a  soldier's  term  of  enlistment  expires  while  he  is  in  confinement 
awaiting  trial  or  serving  sentence,  his  pay  and  allowances  will  cease  from  the 
date  of  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment  and  will  not  again  accrue 
until  he  shall  have  been  restored  to  a  duty  status.     A  soldier  in  desertion  or 
absent  without  leave  whose  term  of  enlistment  has  expired  prior  to  his  return  to 
military  control  is  not  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  until  his  restoration  to  a 
duty  status. 

131.  A  deserter  will  not  be  restored  to  duty  without  trial- except  by  authority 
competent  to  order  his  trial ;  such  restoration,  being  ordered  only  in  case  the 
desertion  is  admitted,  does  not  remove  the  charge  of  desertion  or  relieve  the 
soldier  from  any  of  the  forfeitures  attached  to  that  offense ;  he  must  make  good 
the  time  lost  by  desertion,  refund  the  reward  and  expenses  paid  for  appre- 
hension and  delivery,  and  forfeit  pay  while  absent.     The  same  authority  is 
competent  to  set  aside  a  charge  of  desertion  as  having  been  erroneously  made, 
and  his  order  to  this  effect  operates  to  remove  the  charge  of  desertion  and  all 
stoppages  and  forfeitures  arising  therefrom. 

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34  RETIREMENT   OF   ENLISTED   MEN. 

132.  An  enlisted  man  who  absents  himself  from  his  post  or  company  without 
authority  will  forfeit  all  pay  and  allowances  thereafter  accruing  until  the  date 
of  his  return  to  military  control,  and  will  be  required  to  make  good  the  time 
lost  by  such  absence.    The  period  of  such  absence  will  not  be  regarded  as  serv- 
ice in  the  computation  of  continuous-service  pay  under  the  laws  existing  prior 
to  the  act  of  Congress  approved  May  11,  1908,  or  for  retirement.    No  man  will 
be  reported  a  deserter  unless  the  company  commander,  after  a  thorough  inves- 
tigation, has  reason  to  believe  that  the  absentee  does  not  intend  to  return ;  but 
commanding  officers  will  take  steps  to  apprehend  soldiers  absent  without  leave 
as  soon  as  the  fact  of  that  absence  is  reported.    Should  the  soldier  not  return, 
or  not  be  apprehended,  his  desertion  will  date  from  the  commencement  of  the 
unauthorized  absence.    An  absence  without  leave  of  less  than  one  day  will  not 
be  noted  upon  the  muster  rolls.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  1  and  35.) 

133.  A  soldier  not  charged  with  crime,  discovered  to  be  a  deserter  from  the 
Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  the  Army  upon  receipt 
of  authority  from  the  War  Department.     In  such  cases  a  report  will  be  for- 
warded to  The  Adjutant   General  of  the  Army  by  the  proper  commanding 
officer,  who  will  hold  the  man  in  confinement,  without  pay,  awaiting  instruc- 
tions regarding  his  disposition.     Deserters,  stragglers,  and  others  absent  with- 
out proper  authority  from  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  will  not  be  received 
at  any  military  post  or  station,  and  no  expense  whatever  to  the  United  States 
will  be  incurred  in  their  behalf  by  the  military  authorities.     (C.  A.  R.  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE  XX. 
RETIREMENT  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

134:.  When  an  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  shall  have  served  as  such  for  30 
years,  either  in  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  in  all,  he  may  apply  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  retirement,  the  application  to  be  for- 
warded directly  by  the  post  commander.  Upon  the  approval  of  the  application 
an  order  will  be  issued  from  the  War  Department  transferring  him  to  the  retired 
list  and  directing  that  transportation  in  kind  to  his  home  and  commutation  of 
subsistence  during  necessary  travel  be  given  to  him. 

Service  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  United  States  Volunteers,  organized 
in  1898  and  1899,  or  of  the  Porto  Rico  Provisional  Regiment  of  Infantry,  or  of 
the  Philippine  Scouts,  will  count  for  the  purpose  of  retirement  as  an  enlisted 
man  as  though  rendered  as  such,  and  length  of  war  service  with  the  Army  in 
the  field,  or  with  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  in  active  service  (either  as  volun- 
teer or  regular)  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  and  actual  service  in  China, 
Cuba,  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  island  of  Guam,  Alaska,  or  Panama,  or  prior 
to  April  23,  1904,  in  Porto  Rico,  will,  for  men  enlisting  prior  to  August  24,  1912, 
be  doubled  in  computing  the  30  years'  service  necessary  to  entitle  an  enlisted 
man  to  be  retired. 

The  actual  service  in  any  of  the  places  named  above  will  be  considered  as 
beginning  on  the  date  of  a  soldier's  arrival  at  the  first  port  of  call,  and  as  end- 
ing on  the  date  of  his  departure  from  the  last  port  of  call  therein,  the  respective 
dates  to  be  entered  on  the  muster  roll  of  the  organization  to  which  the  soldier 
belongs. 

An  enlisted  man  traveling  on  a  commercial  vessel  to  or  from  any  of  these 
places  will  be  instructed  to  request  the  master  of  the  vessel,  or,  in  his  absence, 
the  purser,  to  indorse  on  his  travel  order  the  date  of  arrival  at  the  first  port 
of  call,  or  the  date  of  departure  from  the  last  port  of  call.  If  the  soldier  neg- 
lects to  obtain  such  indorsement  the  period  to  be  counted  double  will  begin  with 
the  date  of  his  arrival  at  his  station  and  will  end  with  the  date  of  his  departure 
from  his  station.  / 


.    DISCHARGES — CERTIFICATES   OF   DISABILITY.  35 

The  time  during  which  a  soldier  may  be  on  furlough  while  in  any  of  the 
places  named  herein  will  not  be  counted  double  in  computing  his  service  for 
retirement. 

136.  Upon  receipt  of  the  order  for  retirement,  the  soldier's  immediate  com- 
manding officer  will  furnish  him  with  a  final  statement,  closing  his  accounts  of 
pay,  deposits,  and  all  allowances  other  than  those  of  travel,  as  of  the  date  of 
the  receipt  of  the  order ;  he  will  forward  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
a  descriptive  list  and  pay  account  (Form  No.  94,  A.  G.  O.)  in  duplicate,  noting 
thereon  the  fact  that  a  final  statement  has  been  given,  the  continuous-service 
pay  per  month  for  which  the  soldier  was  last  mustered,  his  post-office  ad- 
dress for  the  next  30  days,  and  the  place  selected  as  his  home.  The  de- 
scriptive list  and  pay  account  will  bear  the  soldier's  signature,  or,  if  he  can 
not  write,  a  statement  to  that  effect.  The  final  statement  and  descriptive  list 
and  pay  account  must  state  the  date  to  which  subsistence  has  been  furnished, 
also  whether  subsistence  while  traveling  home  has  been  furnished,  and,  if  so,  for 
what  dates.  A  discharge  certificate  will  not  be  given,  but  the  soldier  will  be 
dropped  from  the  rolls  of  his  command  with  appcopriate  explanatory  remarks. 
The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  be  notified  and  furnished  with  the  soldier's  signa- 
ture, as  in  case  of  discharge.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

136.  On  the  last  day  of  every  calendar  month  each  retired  enlisted  man  will 
report  his  post-office  address  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     Blank 
forms  for  personal  reports  and  official  penalty  envelopes  will  be  furnished  to 
retired  enlisted  men  on  application  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

137.  The  authorized  pay  and  allowances  of  retired  enlisted  men  will  be  paid 
to  them  monthly  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.    Their  pay  will  be  three-fourths 
of  the  monthly  pay  allowed  by  law  for  the  grade  held  by  them  when  retired.    In 
addition  to  the  monthly  pay  they  are  entitled  to  $9.50  per  month  for  commuta- 
tion of  clothing  and  rations  and  $6.25  per  month  in  lieu  of  quarters,  fuel,  and 
light.     Service  on  the  retired  list  does  not  entitle  enlisted  men  to  any  further 
increase  of  pay  for  length  of  service  beyond  what  accrued  at  date  of  retirement. 

138.  All  retired  enlisted  men,  except  those  residing  in  the  Philippine  Islands 
and  Hawaii  Territory,  will  be  paid  by  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  to  whom  one  copy  of  all  descriptive  lists  and  pay  accounts  will  be  trans- 
mitted by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     The  descriptive  lists  and  pay 
accounts  of  retired  enlisted  men  residing  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  Hawaii 
Territory  will  be  transmitted  by  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C., 
to  the  Department  Quartermaster,  Philippine  Department,  and  the  Depot  Quar- 
termaster, Honolulu,  H.  T.,  respectively.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

DISCHARGES.     CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY. 
DISCHARGES  AND  FINAL  STATEMENTS. 

139.  An  enlisted  man  will  not  be  discharged  before  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  service  except — 

1.  By  order  of  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  or  military  commission. 

3.  By  direction  of  the  commander  of  a  territorial  department  or  mobilized 
division,  by  purchase,  under  rules  governing  such  discharge ;  on  account  of  dis- 
ability ;  on  account  of  a  sentence  to  imprisonment  by  a  civil  court,  whether  sus- 
pended or  not ;  or  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  126  and  148£. 

4.  In  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States  courts,  or  a  justice 
or  a  judge  thereof,  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  26  and  36.) 


36  DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES   OF   DISABILITY. 

140.  When   an  enlisted  man  is  discharged,   his  company   commander   will 
furnish  him  with  a  final  statement,  in  duplicate,  or  a  full  statement  in  Avriting 
of  the  reasons  why  such  final  statement  is  not  furnished.    A  final  statement  will 
not  be  furnished  to  a  soldier  who  has  forfeited  all  pay  and  allowances  and  has  no 
deposits  due  him.    If  he  has  deposits,  a  final  statement  will  be  issued,  containing 
a  full  statement  of  the  soldier's  accounts  at  the  date  of  his  discharge,  in  order  that 
the  quartermaster  may  determine  whether  there  is  any  balance  of  stoppages 
which  should  be  collected  from  the  amount  due  for  deposits.    .When  the  discharge 
is  made  on  certificate  of  disability  the  ascertained  disability,  as  recited  in  the 
certificate,  must  be  given  in  the  final  statement  as  the  reason  or  cause  for  dis- 
charge. 

141.  When  a  soldier  is  held  in  service  to  make  good  time  absent  without 
leave  under  paragraph  132,  his  final  statement  will  contain  notation  to  that  effect, 
and  will  also  set  forth  the  specific  dates  of  the  unauthorized  absence  or  absences. 
The  quartermaster  will  make  deduction  of  pay  for  only   such  unauthorized 
absence  as  is  shown  to  have  occurred  since  the  date  to  which  the  soldier  was 
last  paid  as  given  in  the  final  statement,  unless  the  final  statement  contains 
specific  notation  that  deduction  should  also  be  made  for  unauthorized  absences 
occurring  prior  to  such  date. 

Any  overpayments  resulting  from  the  failure  of  an  officer  to  make  proper  entry 
of  unauthorized  absence  in  stating  the  account  of  an  enlisted  man  for  pay  for  the 
period  during  which  the  absence  occurred,  either  on  pay  rolls  or  final  statement, 
will  be  charged  against  such  officer. 

142.  Whenever  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  from  the  Army  prior  to  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  the  actual  cause  of  discharge  will  be  stated  in 
the  order  directing  the  discharge  and  fully  stated  on  the  discharge  certificate 
and  on  the  final  statement.    Where  a  discharge  is  ordered  on  account  of  the 
soldier's  misconduct,  or  unfitness  for  the  service,  physical  or  in  character,  due  to 
the  soldier's  misconduct,  a  statement  to  that  effect  will  be  set  forth  in  the  order 
and  will  be  noted  on  the  discharge  certificate  and  final  .statement.  Officers  signing 
final  statements  will  be  careful  to  see  that  these  notations  are  made  in  all  cases, 
as  the  cause  of  discharge  determines  the  soldier's  right  to  travel  allowances,  and 
the  mere  quotation  of  the  number  and  date  of  the  order  upon  which  discharge  is 
based  is  insufficient  as  a  guide  to  proper  payment.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  14-) 

143.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  by  expiration  of  service,  his  dis- 
charge will  take  effect  on  the  last  day  thereof — i.  e.,  if  enlisted  on  the  second 
day  of  the  month  his  term  will  expire  on  the  first  day  of  the  same  month  in  the 
last  year  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

WThen  a  soldier  immediately  reenlists  after  discharge,  the  reenlistment  will  be 
completed  on  and  bear  the  date  of  the  day  following  that  of  discharge.  His  pay 
will  then  be  continuous. 

144.  Rules  governing  discharge  by  purchase  and  by  reason  of  dependent 
parent  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

145.  An  enlisted  man,  a  resident  of  the  United  States,  who  is  discharged 
while  serving  in  Alaska  or  outside  of  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States, 
though   under  circumstances   not  entitling  him   to  travel   allowances,   will,   if 
practicable,  be  brought  to  the  United  States  on  a  United  States  transport  at 
the  expense  of  the  Government.    Transportation  will  be  furnished  at  the  con- 
venience of  the  Government  and,  in  the  case  of  men  discharged  by  way  of 
punishment  for  offenses  or  because  of  confinement  by  civil   authorities,   the 
privilege  will  be  forfeited  unless  it  is  made  use  of  at  the  first  opportunity. 

146.  Transcripts  from  records  of  civil  courts  need  not  accompany  applica- 
tions for  discharge  of  enlisted  men  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  such  courts. 
The  official  statement  of  the  company  commander  to  that  effect  is  sufficient. 


DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES   OF   DISABILITY.  37 

147.  A  soldier,  on  his  discharge  from  the  sen-ice,  will  be  given  a  certificate 
of  discharge  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  his  regiment  or  corps,  or  by  the  com- 
manding officer  when  no  field  officer  is  present.     When  more  than  one  field 
officer  of  the  regiment  or  corps  is  present,  the  commanding  officer  may  designate 
the  particular  field  officer  to  perform  this  duty,  and  in  any  case  the  command- 
ing officer  may  require  the  discharge  to  be  submitted  to  him  before  delivery  to 
the  soldier. 

147$.  When  the  dates  on  a  discharge  certificate  show  that  a  soldier  has  been 
retained  in  service  beyond  the  term  of  his  enlistment  an  explanatory  notation 
will  be  made  on  the  certificate  as  follows : 

In  cases  where  the  soldier  was  retained  in  service  to  make  good  any  time  in 
excess  of  one  day  lost  by  unauthorized  absences,  or  on  account  of  disease 
resulting  from  his  own  intemperate  use  of  drugs  or  alcoholic  liquors  or  other 
misconduct,  or  while  in  confinement  awaiting  trial  or  disposition  of  his  case 
if  the  trial  results  in  conviction,  or  while  in  confinement  under  sentence,  the 

notations  will  read :  "  Retained  in  service days  after  expiration  of  term  of 

enlistment  pursuant  to  act  of  April  27,  1914." 

In  cases  where  the  soldier  was  retained  in  service  for  the  convenience  of  the 

Government  the  notations  will  read :  "  Retained  in  service days  after 

expiration  of  term  of  enlistment  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government." 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  24.) 

148.  The  character  given  on  a  discharge,  except  when  the  discharge  is  given 
under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  14Si,  will  be  certified  to  by  the  company 
or  detachment  commander,  and  great  care  will  be  taken  that  no  injustice  is 
done  the  soldier.     Where,  upon  expiration  of  term   of  service,  the  company 
or  detachment  commander   is  of  the   opinion   that   the  soldier's   reenlistment 
should  not  be  recommended,  he  shall,  if  practicable,  so  notify  the  soldier  at 
least  30  days  prior  to  discharge,  and  shall  at  the  same  time  notify  the  com- 
manding officer,  who  will  in  every  such  case  convene  a  board  of  officers,  three 
if  practicable,  to  determine  whether  the  soldier's  reenlistment  should  or  should 
not  be  recommended  and  the  kind  of  discharge  that  should  be  given  to  him 
under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  150.    The  soldier  will  in  every  case  be  given 
a  hearing  before  the  board. 

If  the  company  or  detachment  commander  is  also  the  commanding  officer,  he 
will  report  the  facts  to  the  next  higher  commander,  who  will  convene  the  board. 
The  finding  of  the  board,  when  approved  by  the  convening  authority,  will  be  final. 

The  proceedings  of  boards  convened  under  this  paragraph,  showing  all  facts 
pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  reviewing  authority  directly 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  file.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  25  and  47.) 

148J.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  inapt,  or  does  not  possess  the  required  degree 
of  adaptability  for  the  military  service,  or  gives  evidence  of  habits  or  traits  of 
character  which  serve  to  render  his  retention  in  the  service  undesirable,  or  is 
disqualified  for  service,  physically  or  in  character,  through  his  own  misconduct, 
his  company  or  detachment  commander  will  report  the  facts  to  the  command- 
ing officer,  who  will  convene  a  board  of  officers,  three  if  practicable,  to  de- 
termine whetheV  or  not  the  soldier  should  be  discharged  prior  to  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  of  enlistment.  If  the  company  or  detachment  commander  is  also 
the  commanding  officer,  he  will  report  the  facts  to  the  next  higher  commander, 
who  will  convene  the  board.  When  the  findings  of  the  board  indicate  disqualifi- 
cation through  physical  disability,  the  proceedings  will  be  accompanied  by 
certificate  of  disability.  If  discharge  be  recommended,  the  board  will  also 
recommend  the  character  to  be  given  on  the  discharge,  and  the  proceedings  of 
the  board,  when  approved  by  the  convening  authority,  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
officer  exercising  general  court-martial  jurisdiction  over  the  command  for  final 


38  DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES   OF   DISABILITY. 

action.  If  the  findings  of  the  board  are  approved,  the  proceedings  will  then  be 
sent  to  the  officer  who  makes  the  discharge  and  will  be  forwarded  by  him  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  file. 

The  discharge  to  be  given  to  soldiers  discharged  under  the  provisions  of  this 
paragraph  will  in  all  cases  be  that  prescribed  by  section  3  of  paragraph  150. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  40  and  47.) 

149.  When   in   the  opinion   of  the  company  commander   the   circumstances 
warrant  it,  notation  will  be  made  under  remarks,  on  back  of  discharge  certifi- 
cate, that  the  soldier  is  fitted  for  a  commission  in  the  United  States  Volun- 
teers, giving  his  special  qualifications. 

150.  Blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Adjutant  General's  Department,  and  will  be  retained  in  the  personal  custody 
of  company  commanders.     Discharge  certificates  will  be  used  in  the  discharge 
of  enlisted  men  and  for  no  other  purpose,  and  will  be  of  three  classes :    For 
honorable  discharge,  for  discharge,  and  for  dishonorable  discharge.     They  will 
be  used  as  follows : 

1.  The  blank  for  honorable  discharge,  when  the  soldier's  conduct  has  been 
such  as  to  warrant  his  reenlistment  and  his  service  has  been  honest  and  faithful. 

2.  The  blank  for  dishonorable  discharge,  for  dishonorable  discharge  by  sen- 
tence of  a  court-martial  or  a  military  commission. 

3.  The  blank  for  discharge  when  the  soldier  is  discharged  except  as  speci- 
fied under  sections  1  and  2  of  this  paragraph.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  14  and  34.) 

151.  Discharge  certificates  will  not  be  made  in  duplicate.    Upon  satisfactory 
proof  of  the  loss  or  destruction  of  a  discharge  certificate,  without  the  fault  flT 
the  person  entitled  to  it,  the  War  Department  may  issue  to  such  person  a  cer- 
tificate of  service,  showing  date  of  enlistment  in  and  discharge  from  the  Army 
and  character  given  on  discharge  certificate.     An  application  for  certificate  in 
lieu  of  lost  or  destroyed  discharge  certificate  will  be  forwarded  by  the  appli- 
cant's immediate  commanding  officer  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army.    Discharge  certificates  must  not  be  forwarded  to  the  War  Department  in 
correspondence  unless  called  for. 

152.  The  discharge  of  a  soldier  takes  effect  on  the  date  of  notice  to  him  of 
such  discharge,  either  actual,  by  delivery  of  the  discharge  certificate,  or  con- 
structive, as  where  such  delivery  can  not  be  made  owing  to  his  absence  for  his 
own  convenience  or  through  his  own  fault,  in  which  case  the  receipt,  at  the 
soldier's  proper  station,  of  the  order  directing  his  discharge  will  be  deemed  suf- 
ficient notice.     In  the  latter  case  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  and  the 
reason  why  actual  notice  thereof  was  not  given  to  the  soldier  will  be  entered 
upon  the  muster  roll  which  shows  the  separation  of  the  soldier  from  the  serv- 
ice, and  will  be  indorsed  upon  the  discharge  certificate  should  one  have  been 
prepared.    The  date  of  discharge  on  the  final  statement  must  be  the  same  as 
that  on  the  discharge  certificate.     If  a  soldier  is  absent  in  desertion  when 
the  order  for  his  discharge  is  received,  the  discharge  will  not  be  executed,  but 
the  soldier  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  as  a  deserter.     The  dishonorable 
discharge  of  a  soldier  against  whom  general  court-martial  charges  are  pend- 
ing will  be  deferred  until  the  charges  are  finally  disposed  of  by  the  officer 
exercising  general  court-martial  jurisdiction. 

153.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

154.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

155.  Notification  of  discharge  will  be  furnished  only  in  case  of  an  enlisted 
man  discharged  at  a  place  at  which  there  is  no  available  officer  provided  with 
funds  to  make  payment  on  final  statement.     In  these  cases  the  officer  who 
prepares  the  final  statement  will,  at  least  one  week  before  the  discharge  takes 
effect,  send  by  mail  to  the  quartermaster  who  is  to  pay  the  account  a  notifica- 


DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES   OF   DISABILITY.  39 

tion  of  discharge,  stating  therein  in  his  own  handwriting  the  date  of  last  pay- 
ment to  the  soldier,  and  his  credits  and  debits  both  in  words  and  figures,  and 
other  data  essential  for  proper  payment  or  identification.  The  officer  will  re- 
quire the  soldier  to  affix  his  signature  to  the  notification,  or  if  he  can  not 
write  his  name  such  fact  will  be  stated  thereon.  Blank  forms  for  this  notifica- 
tion will  be  supplied  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  The  officer  issuing 
the  final  statement  will  inform  the  discharged  soldier  of  the  location  of  the 
quartermaster  to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  payment. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  overpayment  caused  by  an  erroneous  final 
statement  will  be  charged  against  the  officer  who  signed  the  statement. 

In  cases  arising  under  paragraph  139  the  notification,  when  required,  will  be 
Bent  to  the  quartermaster  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  order  for  discharge 
readies  the  officer  who  prepares  and  signs  the  final  statement,  and,  in  any 
event,  before  the  discharge  certificate  and  final  statement  are  signed. 

156.  A  dishonorable  discharge  from  the  service  is  a  complete  expulsion  from 
the  Army,  and  covers  all  unexpired  enlistments. 

157.  When  a  soldier  is  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  confinement  without 
dishonorable  discharge,  for  a  period  extending  beyond  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  enlistment,  he  will  be  discharged  on  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the 
term  of  enlistment,  but  will  be  held  to  serve  out  his  sentence.    If  an  honorable 
discharge  is  given  to  the  soldier,  he  can  be  reenlisted  before  the  expiration  of 
the  period  of  his  confinement  only  upon  the  remission  by  competent  military 
authority  of  the  unexecuted  portion  of  his  sentence.    When,  however,  a  soldier's 
term  of  enlistment  expires  while  he  is  awaiting  trial  or  sentence,  he  will  be 
discharged  on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  an  order  publishing  the  case  or  other- 
wise disposing  of  it,  and  the  discharge  certificate  will  be  dated  accordingly. 
The   discharge  certificate  will  be  delivered  to   the  man  on  his   release  from 
confinement  and  not  until  then.     On  the  date  of  the  discharge  personal  notice 
thereof  will  be  given  to  the  soldier  by  an  officer,  and  the  fact  that  such  notice 
was  given  will  be  entered  on  the  guard  report  and  the  morning  report,  and  will 
be  indorsed  upon  the  discharge  certificate.     ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  14. ) 

158.  An  enlisted  man  entitled  to  travel  pay  provided  by  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  June  3,  1916,  who  becomes  eligible  to  be  furloughed  to  the  reserve 
while  he  is  stationed  at  a  place  at  which  there  is  no  available  officer  provided 
with  funds  to  pay  travel  pay  and  who  has  applied  to  be,  or  under  the  law 
must  be,  furloughed  to  the  reserve,  will  be  sent  for  furlough  sufficiently   in 
advance  of  the  date  to  be  furloughed  to  a  place  where  there  is  stationed  an 
officer  provided  with  funds  to  pay  his  travel  pay.     The  above  action  will  be 
taken,  if  practicable,  when  an  enlisted  man  is  to  be  discharged  on  certificate 
of  disability. 

The  cost  of  transportation  and  subsistence  in  such  cases  will  be  a  proper 
charge  against  public  funds,  and  the  furlough  or  discharge  for  disability  will 
be  accomplished  after  he  reaches  the  place  where  his  travel  pay  can  be  paid. 
An  exception  to  this  rule  will  be  made  in  the  case  of  a  man  who,  at  the  time 
when  he  would  otherwise  be  sent  for  furlough  to  the  reserve  to  a  place  where 
his  travel  pay  can  be  paid,  or  who  is  to  be  discharged  on  certificate  of  dis- 
ability makes  written  statement  that  he  waives  his  right  to  be  sent  at  Gov- 
ernment expense  to  a  place  where  payment  can  be  made  of  his  final  statement. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

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CERTIFICATES     OF     DISABILITY. 

159.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  permanently  unfitted  for  military  service  be- 
cause of  wounds  or  disease,  he  should,  if  practicable,  be  discharged  on  certifi- 
cate of  disability  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service  in  which  the 


40  DECEASED   SOLDIEES. 

disability  was  incurred.     Certificates  of  disability   for  discharge  will  not  be 
made  in  duplicate.     (C.  A  .R.,  No.  13.) 

160.  When  an  application  for  discharge  is  approved,  the  post  or  regimental 
commander  will  furnish  to  the  surgeon  by  whom  the  certificate  was  given,  or 
to  the  surgeon  of  the  command  to  which  the  soldier  was  attached  at  the  time 
of  his  discharge,   a  letter  setting  forth  the  full  name  and  rank  of  the  sol- 
dier, the  company  and  regiment  to  which  he  belonged,  the  date  of  discharge, 
and  the  cause  thereof  as  stated  in  the  certificate.     The  surgeon,  having  made 
a  true  copy  of  the  letter  for  the  completion  of  his  own  records,  will  forward  the 
original  to  the  Surgeon  General  directly. 

161.  As  disability  occurring  in  the  service  is  usually  made  the  basis  of  a 
claim  for  pension,  special  care  will  always  be  taken  to  state  in  the  certificate 
the  degree  of  disability,  to  describe  particularly  the  disability,  wound,  or  dis- 
ease, the  extent  to  which  it  deprives  the  soldier  of  the  use  of  any  limb  or 
faculty,  or  affects  his  health,  strength,   activity,   constitution,   or  capacity  to 
labor.     If  such  disability  was  incurred  in  the  line  of  duty,   and  the  soldier 
declined    treatment   for   the   relief   of   such    disability    where    treatment    was 
directed,  that  fact  will  be  set  forth  in  the  certificate  for  the  information  of 
the  Bureau  of  Pensions. 

In  the  examination  of  certificates  of  disability  for  discharge,  it  is  enjoined 
upon  department  surgeons  or  division  surgeons  of  mobilized  divisions  and 
others  concerned,  to  observe  that  there  is  no  conflict  between  the  statements  of 
company  commanders,  medical  and  other  officers  thereon,  as  to  whether  the  dis- 
ability was  incurred  in  line  of  duty  or  not  in  line  of  duty.  If  any  discrepancy 
exists  in  this  particular,  every  possible  means  will  be  employed  to  harmonize 
the  statements.  Department  commanders  will  use  extreme  caution  in  the  exer- 
cise of  the  authority,  conferred  by  paragraph  139,  to  order  discharge  on  cer- 
tificate of  disability,  and  will  require,  in  all  cases,  before  ordering  such  dis- 
charge, that  the  soldier  shall  have  been  held  under  observation  for  a  sufficient 
length  of  time  to  determine  that  the  disability  is  permanent.  In  addition  the 
soldier  will  be  examined  critically  by  a  board  of  at  least  two  medical  officers.' 

ABTICLE   XXII. 

DECEASED  SOLDIERS. 

162.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  person  subject  to  military  law,  it  will  be 
the  duty  of  his  immediate  commanding  officer  to  secure  his  effects,  and  im- 
mediately to  notify  the  nearest  relative  of  the  fact  of  death.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
10  and  55.) 

1624.  The  following  reports  are  required  by  the  War  Department  in  the  case 
of  the  death  of  a  soldier  in  the  active  service: 

(a)  Report  of  death  and  disposal  of  remains  (Form  No.  415,  A.  G.  O.)  to 
be  made  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station  or  of  a  command 
in  the  field,  and  forwarded  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  final  disposition  has  been  made  of  the  remains. 

(&)  Report  of  the  surgeon  or  of  the  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer 
if  there  is  no  medical  officer  with  the  command,  embodying  (1)  cause  of  death, 
(2)  whether  or  not  death  occurred  in  line  of  duty,  and  (3)  whether  death  was 
or  was  not  the  result  of  the  soldier's  own  misconduct.  This  report  will  be  for- 
warded without  delay  through  military  channels. 

(c)  One  final  statement  (Form  No.  370,  War  Department). 

(d)  Report  of  board  of  officers  in  case  of  death  of  a  soldier  from  other  than 
natural  causes.     The  testimony  of  all  witnesses  will  be  recorded  and  incorpo- 


DECEASED   SOLDIERS.  41 

rated  in  the  proceedings  of  the  board.  If  the  witnesses  are  not  available  to 
appear  before  the  board,  certificates  of  officers  and  affidavits  of  enlisted  men 
and  civilians  will  be  obtained  and  appended  to  the  proceedings.  The  finding  of 
the  board  will  include  a  statement  embodying  (1)  the  date,  place  and  cause  of 
death,  (2)  the  manner  or  circumstances  under  which  it  occurred,  (3)  whether 
or  not  death  was  in  line  of  duty,  aiid  (4)  whether  it  was  or  was  not  the  result 
of  the  soldier's  own  misconduct. 

(e)  Inventories  of  effects  in  duplicate  (Form  No.  84,  A.  G.  O.),  both  copies 
properly  signed. 

The  report  (ft)  of  the  surgeon  or  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer  will 
be  accompanied  with  the  final  statement  (c)  and  with  the  report  of  the  board 
of  officers  (d),  unless  the  latter  is  unduly  delayed.  It  will  also  be  accompanied 
with  the  inventories  of  effects  (c),  if  the  effects  are  turned  over  to  the  legal 
representative  or  widow  of  the  deceased ;  otherwise  the  inventories  will  be  for- 
warded with  letter  of  transmittal  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  through 
military  channels,  as  soon  as  the  effects  are  converted  into  cash  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  one  hundred  and  twelfth  article  of  war. 

The  report  of  the  inquest  referred  to  in  the  one  hundred  and  thirteenth  ar- 
ticle of  war  will  be  filed  at  the  headquarters  of  the  post  or  station  at  which 
death  occurred.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

163.  Officers  charged  with  the  care  and  custody  of  the  effects  of  deceased 
persons  subject  to  military  law  are  required  under  the  provisions  of  the  one  hun- 
dred and  twelfth  article  of  war  to  deliver  the  same,  or  the  net  proceeds  thereof, 
to  the  legal  representative  or  widow  of  the  deceased,  and  to  forward  the  re- 
ceipts therefor  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     Should  the  effects  of  a 
deceased  person  not  be  claimed  within  a  reasonable  period  of  time,  they  will  be 
converted  into  cash  by  the  summary  court,  not  earlier  than  30  days  after  the 
date  of  death,  and  the  proceeds,  with  any  -cash  belonging  to  the  deceased,  will 
be  deposited  with  a  quartermaster  of  the  Army.     Duplicate  receipts  showing 
clearly  the  nature  of  the  deposit  will  be  taken,  one  of  which  will  be  sent  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  the  other  retained  with  the  appropriate 
records.     Watches,  trinkets,  personal  papers,  and  keepsakes,  will  be  delivered 
to  the  legal  representative  or  widow  with  the  other  effects.     When  the  effects 
are  converted  into  cash,  watches,  trinkets,  personal  papers,  and  keepsakes  will 
not  be  sold,  but  will  be  labeled  with  the  name,  grade,  and  organization  of  the 
owner  and  sent  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  to  be  forwarded 
to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  those  legally  entitled 
to  them.    Clothing  effects  will  not  be  sent  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
nor  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department.    There  is  no  authority  for  officers 
to  pay  the  debts  of  deceased  soldiers. 

The  foregoing  provisions  will  also  apply,  as  far  as  practicable,  in  the  cases  of 
deceased  soldiers  on  the  retired  list  of  the  Army  whose  effects  may  be  under  the 
control  of  the  military  authorities.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

164.  In  all  cases  of  sale  of  effects  of  deceased  persons  as  contemplated  by 
the  one  hundred  and  twelfth  ai'ticle  of  war  a  detailed  statement  of  the  proceeds, 
duly  certified  by  the  summary  court,  will  accompany  the  quartermaster's  re- 
ceipt forwarded  by  the  summary  court  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 
The  statement  will  be  indorsed : 

Report  of  the  proceeds  of  the  effects  of ,  who  died  at ,  the day  of 

• .      (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


165.  Applications  for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of  sale  of  effects  of 
deceased  soldiers  should  be  addressed  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


42  DECEASED   SOLDIEES. 

166.  The  accounts  of  deceased  soldiers  are  settled  by  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department,  and  the  following  is  the  order  of  distribution  provided  for 
Dy  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  30,  1906  (34  Stat.  L.,  750)  : 

Where  the  amount  due  the  decedent's  estate  is  less  than  five  hundred  dollars  and  no 
demand  Is  presented  by  a  duly  appointed  legal  representative  of  the  estate,  the  account- 
ing officers  may  allow  the  amount  found  due  to  the  decedent's  widow  or  legal  heirs  in 
the  following  order  of  precedence :  First,  to  the  widow ;  second,  if  decedent  left  no 
widow,  or  the  widow  be  dead  at  time  of  settlement,  then  to  the  children  or  their  issue, 
per  stirpes ;  third,  if  no  widow  or  descendants,  then  to  the  father  and  mother  in  equal 
parts,  provided  the  father  has  not  abandoned  the  support  of  his  family,  in  which  case 
to  the  mother  alone ;  fourth,  if  either  the  father  or  mother  be  dead,  then  to  the  one 
surviving;  fifth,  if  there  be  no  widow,  child,  father,  or  mother  at  the  date  of  settle- 
ment, then  to  the  brothers  and  sisters  and  children  of  deceased  brothers  and  sisters,  per 
stirpes :  Provided,  That  this  act  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  payment  from 
the  amount  due  the  decedent's  estate  of  funeral  expenses,  provided  a  claim  therefor  is 
presented  by  the  person  or  persons  who  actually  paid  the  same  before  settlement  by  the 
accounting  officers. 

When  the  amount  due  to  the  decedent's  estate  exceeds  the  sum  of  $500  legal 
administration  of  the  estate  is  necessary. 

I  Officers  are  advised  that,  in  the  cases  of  single  men,  it  is  a  safe  rule  to  dispose 
of  the  effects  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  163  and  leave  the  responsibility  of 
distribution  to  the  Treasury  Department. 

167.  The  remains  of  a  deceased  enlisted  man  on  the  active"  list  may  be 
shipped  to  the  home  of  the  decedent  or  to  a  national  cemetery  for  interment. 
When  death  occurs  in  the  United  States  or  in  Alaska,  and  early  shipment  is 
practicable,  the  remains  will  be  prepared  for  shipment  and  the  nearest  relative 
notified  by  telegraph  with  request  to  reply  by  telegraph,  stating  whether  or  not 
it  is  desired  to  have  the  remains  shipped  home  at  Government  expense,  and  if 
shipment  home  is  desired  to  designate  the  destination  and  the  name  of  the 
person  to  whom  the  remains  are  to  be  consigned ;  in  which  case  the  remains 
will  be  transported  to  the  point  designated  and  the  consignee  notified  by  tele- 
graph.    Should  the  nearest  relative  state  that  it  is  not  desired  to  have  the 
remains  shipped  home,  or  if  it  is  impossible  to  ascertain  the  relative's  desire 
within  a  reasonable  time,  interment  will  be  made  in  the  nearest  military  post  or 
national  cemetery,  or,  if  the  commanding  officer  deem  proper,  at  the  place  of 
death.     If  the  relatives  direct  that  the  remains  be  not  shipped  home  and  they 
are  interred  at  the  expense  of  the  Government,  subsequent  disinterment  or  ship- 
ment of  the  remains  at  the  request  of  ttie  relatives  will  not  be  made  at  Govern- 
ment expense. 

If  the  remains  are  interred  in  a  military  post  or  national  cemetery,  or  at  the 
place  of  death,  the  expenses  incident  to  the  interment  will  be  limited  to  $35, 
to  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  "  Disposition  of  remains  of  officers,  soldiers, 
civilian  employees,  and  so  forth"  (designated  by  the  Treasury  Department  as 
"  Bringing  home  remains  of  officers,  soldiers,  and  civil  employees  " ) ,  and  will  be 
restricted  to  the  cost  of  the  casket,  hire  of  a  hearse,  and  the  reasonable  and 
necessary  expenses  of  preparing  the  remains  for  interment. 

If  the  remains  are  to  be  shipped,  the  expenses,  exclusive  of  the  cost  of  trans- 
portation, will  be  limited  to  $50  and  restricted  to  the  cost  of  the  casket,  ship- 
ping case,  and  the  reasonable  and  necessary  expenses  of  preparing  the  remains 
for  shipment.  In  either  case,  any  transportation  involved  will  be  paid  from 
the  appropriation  hereinbefore  mentioned. 

When  it  is  impracticable  to  ship  the  remains  at  the  time  of  death,  or  if  it 
is  impossible  to  communicate  with  the  relatives  before  interment,  the  remains 
may  be  subsequently  disinterred  and  shipped  home  at  Government  expense  at 
the  request  of  the  relatives.  In  such  cases  the  cost  of  the  disinterment  and 
preparation  of  the  remains  for  shipment  will  not  exceed  $50,  except  by  authority 


WORKING  PARTIES EXTRA   AND   SPECIAL   DUTY   MEN.  43 

of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and,  including  transportation,  will  be  paid  from  the 
before-mentioned  appropriation. 

Transportation  may  be  issued  for  one  attendant  to  accompany  the  remains 
shipped,  provided  the  cost  to  the  Government  of  shipping  the  remains  by 
express  is  not  thereby  exceeded. 

The  officer  under  whose  direction  the  disposition  of  the  remains  is  made  will 
forward  a  full  report  thereof  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

Where  practical,  contract  will  be  made  with  an  undertaker  or  other  compe- 
tent person  for  services  in  the  preparation  of  remains  for  interment  or  ship- 
ment during  a  fiscal  year,  as  contemplated  for  other  purposes  in  paragraph  551, 
but  no  such  contract  will  be  made  with  any  undertaker  or  other  person  whom 
the  surgeon  considers  not  competent.  A  written  report  of  the  disposition  of  the 
remains,  with  an  itemized  statement  of  the  cost  of  embalming,  coffin,  or  casket, 
hire  of  hearse,  and  transportation,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  quartermaster 
without  delay  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General. 

When  death  occurs  at  the  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  promptly  notify  the 
embalmer  employed  under  contract,  if  such  services  are  required,  and  will  see 
that  the  remains  are  prepared  properly  and  in  accordance  with  sanitary  regu- 
lations. If  there  should  be  no  contract  embalmer,  the  duty  of  employing  an 
undertaker  will  devolve  upon  the  quartermaster ;  but  no  undertaker  will  be 
employed  whom  the  surgeon  considers  not  competent.  The  responsibility  of 
the  surgeon  for  the  proper  care  and  preparation  of  the  remains  will  not  cease 
until  they  are  removed  by  the  quartermaster  for  interment  or  shipment. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

WOBKING  PARTIES  :  EXTRA  AND  SPECIAL  DUTY  MEN. 

168.  Troops  will  not  be  employed  in  labors  that  interfere  with  their  military 
duties  except  in  cases  of  necessity. 

169.  Enlisted  men  detailed  to  perform  specific  services  which  remove  them 
temporarily  from  the  ordinary  duty  roster  of  the  organization  to  which  they  be- 
long will  be  reported  on  extra  duty  if  receiving  increased  compensation  therefor, 
otherwise  on  special  duty.    They  will  not  be  placed  on  extra  duty  without  the 
sanction  of  the  department  commander,  except  at  posts  commanded  by  general 
officers ;  they  will  not  be  employed  on  extra  duty  in  time  of  war,  nor  in  time  of 
peace  for  labor  in  camp  or  garrison  which  can  properly  be  performed  by  fatigue 
parties.    Allotments  of  funds  for  payment  of  extra-duty  men  will  be  made  only 
with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  no  greater  number  of  men  will 
be  employed  on  extra  duty  at  any  time  than  can  be  paid  the  full  legal  rates  for 
the  time  employed  from  the  funds  provided.    Payments  made  in  violation  of  the 
foregoing  rules  will  be  charged  against  the  officers  who  ordered  the  details. 
Duty  of  a  military  character  must  be  performed  without  extra  compensation. 

170.  Members  of  the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  Guard  are  entitled 
to  extra-duty  pay  at  the  rates  specifically  provided  for  by  law.     Enlisted  men 
detailed  by  name  on  extra  duty  and  employed  under  competent  authority  at 
constant  labor  for  not  less  than  10  days  are  entitled  in  time  of  peace  to  receive 
extra-duty  pay  at  the  following  rates :  For  services  as  mess  stewards  and  cooks 
at  recruit  depots,   according  to  paragraph  329 ;   as  helpers  to  ordnance  ma- 
chinists in  the  alteration  and  maintenance  of  seacoast  armament,  at  50  cents 
a  day ;  as  clerks  in  the  offices  of  the  coast  defense  artillery  engineers  and  coast 
defense  ordnance  officers,  at  35  cents  a  day ;  as  switchboard  operators,  at  35 
cents  a  day ;  and  for  all  other  extra-duty  services  authorized,  35  cents  a  day. 


44  SOLDIERS'  HOME. 

Enlisted  men  receiving  or  who  are  entitled  to  the  20  per  cent  increased  pay  for 
foreign  service  as  provided  by  law  are  not  entitled  to  extra-duty  pay,  except 
when  the  appropriation  used  for  the  purpose  authorizes  extra-duty  pay  to 
enlisted  men  in  insular  possessions.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  4,  10,  and  51.) 

171.  Except  in  case  of  emergency,   a  noncommissioned  officer  will   not  be 
detailed  on  extra  duty  without  prior  authority  for  such  detail  having  been 
obtained  from  the  department  commander  or  the  general  officer  commanding  the 
post,  or,  in  the  case  of  places  excepted  from  the  control  of  department  com- 
manders by  paragraph  191,  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  upon  an  application  in 
each  case  for  authority  fully  setting  forth  the  necessity  for  the  detail  and  speci- 
fying the  kind  of  duty  to  be  performed.     The  name  of  the  noncommissioned 
officer  to  be  detailed  need  not  be  stated  in  the  application,  but  the  orders  detail- 
ing noncommissioned  officers  and  other  enlisted  men  for  extra  duty  must  in  each 
case  specify  the  men  by  name.    A  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  detailed 
on  any  duty  inconsistent  with  his  rank  and  position  in  the  military  service. 

172.  Enlisted  men  of  the  several  staff  departments  will  not  be  detailed  on 
extra  duty  without  authority  from  the  War  Department.    They  are  not  entitled 
to  extra-duty  pay  for  services  rendered  in  their  respective  departments.     (C.  A. 
J?.,  No.  52.) 

173.  Company    mechanics,    artificers,    farriers,    horseshoers,    saddlers,    and 
wagoners  will  not  be  detailed  on  extra  duty. 

174.  Soldiers  on  extra  duty  will  be  paid  the  extra  rates  of  pay  allowed  by 
law  for  the  duty  performed,  and  for  the  exact  number  of  days  employed. 

175.  Extra  and  special  duty  men  will  not  be  excused  from  Saturday  inspet- 
tion  and  will  attend  as  many  drills  and  other  formations  as  the  commanding 
officer  deems  practicable.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

176.  Extra-duty  men  will  be  held  to  such  hours  of  labor  as  may  be  expedient 
and  necessary;  but,  except  in  case  of  urgent  public  necessity,  as  in  military 
operations,  eight  hours  will  be  considered  a  day's  work.     For  all  hours  em- 
ployed beyond  that  number,  the  soldier  will  receive  additional  compensation— 
the  extra  hours  being  computed  as  fractions  of  a  day  of  eight  hours'  duration. 

177.  Separate   allotments   for   extra   duty   and   unclassified   civil   labor  in 
departments  will  be  announced  from  the  War  Department  at  the  beginning  of 
each  fiscal  year.    The  department  commander  will  determine  all  matters  inci- 
dent thereto  at  each  post  in  his  department.    The  expenditures  must  be  within 
the  allotments  and  limited  to  the  absolutely  necessary  demands  of  the  service. 

ABTICLE  XXIV. 
SOLDIEBS'  HOME. 

178.  The  Soldiers'  Home,  Washington,  D.  C.,  was  founded  by  an  act  of 
Congress  "  for  the  relief  and  support  of  the  invalid  and  disabled  soldiers  of 
the  Army  of  the  United  States."     The  following  classes  of  soldiers,   active 
and  discharged,  are  entitled  to  admission : 

(a)  Any  soldier  who  has  served  honestly  and  faithfully  20  years  or  more. 

(b)  Any  invalid  or  disabled  soldier  who  has  had  service  in  war. 

(c)  Any  soldier  rendered  incapable  of  earning  a  livelihood  by  reason  of 
disease  or  wounds  incurred   in  line  of  duty  and  not  the  result  of  his  own 
misconduct. 

Persons  of  class  (b)  or  class  (c)  are  not  entitled  to  remain  in  the  home 
after  their  disabilities  have  been  removed  or  they  have  become  able  to  earn 
a  competency  by  their  own  labor,  if  under  50  years  of  age.  No  person  is 
eligible  for  admission  who  has  been  convicted  of  a  felony  or  other  disgrace- 


MEDALS   OF   HONOR  AND   CERTIFICATES   OF    MEEIT.  45 

ful  or  infamous  crimes  of  a  civil  nature  after  his  admission  into  the  military 
service;  nor  shall  anyone  who  has  been  a  deserter,  mutineer,  or  habitual 
drunkard  be  received  without  such  evidence  of  subsequent  service,  good  con- 
duct, and  reformation  of  character  as  is  satisfactory  to  the  commissioners  of 
the  Soldiers'  Home.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  44.) 

179.  When  a  soldier,  by  reason  of  his  service  of  20  years  or  more,  desires 
to  enter  the  Soldiers'  Home,  his  company  or  detachment  commander  will  so 
report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  giving  the  date  of  each  enlistment, 
with  organization,  the  report  to  be  forwarded  directly  by  the  post  commander. 
The  papers  in  the  case  will  be  referred  to  the  board  of  commissioners  of  the 
Soldiers'  Home,  and  if,  in  its  opinion,  the  soldier  is  entitled  to  become  an 
inmate,  authority  will  be  given  for  his  discharge.    He  may  then  proceed  to  the 
home  and  apply  to  the  governor  for  admission. 

When  a  soldier  requests  admission  on  account  of  disability  contracted  in 
the  line  of  duty,  a  similar  report  will  be  accompanied  by  a  surgeon's  certifi- 
cate of  disability,  and  also  by  a  certificate  from  the  surgeon  as  to  whether 
in  his  judgment  the  soldier  is  able  to  earn  a  living  in  civil  life.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  44.) 

180.  When  a  former  soldier  desires  admission  to  the  home  he  will  make 
application   to   the  board  of  commissioners,   giving   the   dates   of  his   service 
in  each  organization,  service  in  war,  and,  if  the  application  is  based  on  dis- 
ability, he  will  also  give  evidence  of  the  nature  and  degree  of  the  disability. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  44.) 

181.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  /,.',.) 

ARTICLE   XXV. 

MEDALS  OF  HONOR  AND  CERTIFICATES,  OF  MERIT. 

182.  Medals  of  honor  authorized  by  Congress  are  awarded  to  officers  and 
enlisted  men  in  the  name  of  the  Congress  for  particular  deeds  of  most  distin- 
guished gallantry  in  action. 

1.  In  order  that  the  medal  of  honor  may  be  awarded,  officers  or  enlisted  men 
must  perform  in  action  deeds  of  most  distinguished  personal  bravery  or  self- 
sacrifice  above  and  beyond  the  call  of  duty  so  conspicuous  as  clearly  to  dis- 
tinguish them  for  gallantry  and  intrepidity  above  their  comrades,  involving 
risk  of  life  or  the  performance  of  more  than  ordinarily  hazardous  service,  and 
the  omission  of  which  would  not  justly  subject  the  person  to  censure  as  for 
shortcoming  or  failure  in  the  performance  of  his  duty.     The  recommendations 
for  the  medal  will  be  judged  by  this  standard  of  extraordinary  merit,  and 
incontestable  proof  of  the  performance  of  the  service  will  be  exacted. 

2.  For   most   distinguished   gallantry   in   action   a   medal   of  honor   can   be 
awarded  to  a  person,  regardless  of  whether  he  is  in  the  military  service  or  not, 
provided  he  was  at  the  time  of  the  gallant  act  or  acts  an  officer,  noncommis- 
sioned officer,  or  private  in  the  Arrny  of  the  United  States. 

3.  Consideration  of  cases  will  be  confined  to  those  in  which  a  specific  recom- 
mendation for  the  award  of  a  medal  of  honor  was  made  or  shall  be  made  at 
the  time  of  the  action  or  within  one  year  thereafter.    The  testimony  in  support 
of  such  recommendation  must,  when  practicable,  embrace  that  of  at  least  two 
eyewitnesses,  and  must  be  in  the  form  of  certificates  from  officers  and  affidavits 
from  enlisted  men  and  others,  describing  specifically  the  act  or  acts  of  gallantry 
performed. 

4.  Commanding  officers  will  thoroughly  investigate  all  cases  of  recommenda- 
tion for  medals  of  honor  arising  in  their  commands,  and  indorse  their  opinion 


46  MEDALS   OF    HONOR   AND   CERTIFICATES   OF    MERIT. 

upon  the  papers,  which  will  be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 
through  regular  channels. 

183.  Announcement  of  the  award  of  a  medal  of  honor  to  an  officer  on  enlisted 
man  of  the  Army  will  be  made  in  orders  from  the  War  Department  at  the  time 
that  the  award  is  made.    Upon  receipt  of  copies  of  such  an  order  commanding 
officers  will  publish  the  order  at  the  first  formation  at  which  orders  are  pub- 
lished to  their  commands. 

184.  When  any  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  shall  have  distinguished  himself 
in  the  service,  the  President  may  grant  a  certificate  of  merit  to  him,  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  chief  of  the  corps 
to  which  such  man  belongs. 

1.  A  certificate  of  merit  can  be  granted  only  upon  condition  that  the  proper 
recommendation  therefor  is  made  while  the  person  to  whom  the  grant  of  the 
certificate  is  recommended  is  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States. 

2.  Unless  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  corps,  in  which  the  en- 
listed man  was  serving  at  the  time  he  distinguished  himself,  specifically  recom- 
mends the  award  of  a  certificate  of  merit  to  that  man,  such  certificate  can  not  be 
granted  to  him  upon  the  recommendation  of  any  superior  commander  or  of  any 
other  officer. 

3.  Consideration  of  cases  will  be  confined  to  those  in  which  the  specific  rec- 
ommendation referred  to  in  the  preceding  section  was  made  or  shall  be  made  at 
the  time  of  the  act  or  within  one  year  thereafter. 

4.  The  word  "corps"  as  used  in  this  article  is  construed  to  refer  to  any  staff 
corps  or  department  of  the  Army,  or  any  body  of  troops  not  forming  part  or^tt 
regiment. 

185.  Recommendations  for  a  certificate  of  merit  must  be  based  upon  the 
statement  of  an  eyewitness,  preferably  the  immediate  commander.     The  act  or 
acts   by   which   the   enlisted   man  distinguished   himself   must   be   specifically 
described,  and  when  the  recommendation  is  made  by  a  commissioned  officer  who 
was  an  eyewitness  it  must  be  so  stated.    When  a  commissioned  officer  was  not 
an  eyewitness,  the  testimony,  when  practicable,  of  at  least  two  eyewitnesses 
who  so  describe  themselves  must  accompany  the  recommendation.     Each  case 
will  be  submitted  separately  and  forwarded  through  the  regular  channels,  with 
the  views  or  recommendations  of  each  commander  indorsed  thereon,  including 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment,  or  chief  of  the  corps  to  which  the  en- 
listed man  belongs. 

186.  Additional  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2  a  month  from  the  date  of  the  distin- 
guished service  is  allowed  to  each  enlisted  man  to  whom  a  certificate  of  merit 
is  granted.  * 

187.  If  the  soldier  be  out  of  the  service  when  the  certificate  is  issued,  it  will 
be  retained  in  the  office  of  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  until  called  for, 
when  proof  of  the  identity  of  the  applicant  will  be  required.     Should  he  die 
before  receiving  his  certificate,  it  will  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Auditor 
for  the  War  Department  for  delivery  to  those  legally  entitled  to  it. 

188.  Neither  a  medal  of  honor  nor  a  certificate  of  merit  will  be  awarded  in 
any  case  when  the  service  of  the  person  recommended,  subsequent  to  the  time 
he  distinguished  himself,  has  not  been  honorable. 

189.  Any  person  in  the  military  service  who  comes,  except  by  legal  transfer 
or  bequest  of  the  owner,  into  possession  of  a  medal  or  badge  that  is  indicative 
of  military  service  or  efficiency  and  authorized  to  be  worn  as  a  part  of  the  uni- 
form of  the  Army  shall  immediately  report  the  fact  of  such  possession  to  his 
commanding  officer  for  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  with  a 
view  to  its  return  to  the  proper  owner. 


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ARTICLE  XXVI. 

TEBBITOBIAL  DEPABTMENTS. 

190.  Territorial  departments  are  established  and  their  commanders  assigned 
by  direction  of  the  President. 

191.  The  commander  of  a  territorial  department  commands  all  the  military 
forces  of  the  Government  within  its  limits,  whether  of  the  line  or  staff,  except 
in  so  far  as  exempted  from  his  control  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     The  Army 
War  College,  the  Army  Staff  College,  the  Engineer  School,  the  Coast  Artillery 
School,  the  Army  School  of  the  Line,  the  Army  Signal  School,  the  Mounted 
Service  School,  the  Army  Field  Engineer  School,  the  Army  Field  Service  and 
Correspondence    School   for   Medical    Officers,    the    School    of   Fire   for    Field 
Artillery,  the  School  of  Musketry,  the  Signal  Corps  Aviation  Schools  and  the 
United   States  Army  Balloon   School   in  all  that  pertains  to  the   courses   of 
instruction  or  their  separate  organization  and  administration  as  schools,  the 
United   States  Military  Academy,  the  Army  Medical   School  at  Washington, 
D.  C.,  the  arsenals,  the  general  depots  of  supply,  the  general  service  recruiting 
stations,  general  recruit  depots,  the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  and 
any  branch  thereof,  general  hospitals,  such  permanent  fortifications  as  may  be 
in  process  of  construction,  officers  employed  on  special  duty  under  the  Secretary 
of  War,  and  any  military  force  temporarily  within  a  department  when  such 
force  is  commanded  by  an  officer  exercising  general  court-martial  jurisdiction 
are  exempted  from  the  control  of  department  commanders ;  but  in  the  matter 
of  trials  by  courts-martial  and  in  all  other  matters  respecting  the  administra- 
tion of  military  justice  all  persons  subject  to  military  law  stationed  within  a 
territorial   department   and  not  within  the  general  court-martial  jurisdiction 
of  another  officer  remain,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  944,  notwithstand- 
ing the  exemptions  of  this  regulation,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  department 
commander,  to  whom  charges  for  trial  by  general  court-martial  will  be  for- 
warded through  the  usual  channels  for  appropriate  action,  and  who  shall  have 
authority  to  issue  the  necessary  orders  required  under  the  practice  of  courts- 
martial  for  the  attendance  of  witnesses,  or  for  the  taking  of  depositions,  and 
in  the  United  States  to  send  to  their  proper  organizations  enlisted  men  who 
have  been  tried  within  the  department  and  acquitted,  or  sentenced  and  retained 
in  the  service.     No  order  will  be  issued  by  the  commander  of  any  territorial 
department  in  the  United  States  for  the  travel  of  an  enlisted  man  beyond  the 
limits  of  such  department,  except  as  provided  in  the  Army  Regulations,  unless 
such  commander  is  specially  authorized  to  do  so  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

The  commander  of  any  territorial  department,  unless  otherwise  directed  by 
the  Secretary  of  War,  will  give  the  necessary  orders  providing  for  the  payment 
of  troops  at  posts  or  places  within  the  limits  of  his  department  that  are  excepted 
from  his  control  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  will  make  or  cause  to  be 
made  at  arsenals,  depots  of  the  supply  oepartments,  general  hospitals,  general 
recruit  depots,  or  other  place,  with  the  exception  of  the  United  States  Military 
Academy  and  the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  or  any  branch  thereof, 
at  which  officers  and  enlisted  men  are  on  duty  within  the  limits  of  his  depart- 
ment, at  least  one  inspection  each  year  and  such  other  inspections  as  he  may 
deem  necessary  or  advisable.  These  inspections  will  be  limited  to  matters  per- 
taining strictly  to  discipline,  sanitation,  shelter,  supply,  and  equipment,  and  will 
not  extend  to  matters  pertaining  strictly  to  recruiting,  the  professional  adminis- 
tration of  hospitals  and  the  technical  administration  of  depots  of  the  supply 
departments,  the  details  of  ordnance  or  engineering  work,  prison  regulations, 


48  TEEEITOEIAL   DEPARTMENTS. 

or  the  purely  technical  features  of  the  administration  of  these  establishments. 
Reports  of  these  inspections  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  The  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Army  for  the  consideration  of  the  Secretai-y  of  War.  This  regula- 
tion shall  not  be  construed  as  increasing  the  control  of  department  command- 
ers over  such  exempted  places,  except  as  is  necessary  for  the  purposes  of  these 
inspections  only. 

When  an  emergency  demands,  all  military  men  and  materiel  within  the 
geographical  limits  of  their  commands  come  under  the  supervision  of  depart- 
ment commanders.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  31  and  49.) 

192.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  for  in  paragraph  191,   quartermasters, 
officers  on  duty  at  general  depots  of  supply,  and  others  indicated  in  that  para- 
graph, whether  reporting  by  letter  to  department  commanders  or  not,  are  subject 
to  their  orders  for  court-martial  or  other  temporary  duty,  in  an  emergency 
only,  and  such  officers,  together  with  those  on  duty  directly  connected  with  the 
schools  mentioned  in  paragraph  191,  shall  not  be  detached  without  orders  from 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

193.  1.  In  time  of  peace  a  xlepartment  commander  is  charged,  under  direction 
of  the  War  Department,  with  the  duty  of  preparing  for  war  all  the  troops  and 
all  the  military  resources  of  his  department  and  with  the  administration  of  all 
the  military  affairs  of  his  department,  except  as  otherwise  prescribed  by  Army 
Regulations  or  existing  orders.     In  time  of  war  he  is  charged,  under  direc- 
tion of  the  War  Department,  with  the  duty  of  recruiting,  organizing,  equipping, 
training,  and  forwarding  all  reservists,  militia,  and  volunteers  called  for  within 
his  department,  and  with  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  troops  not  form- 
ing part  of  the  forces  in  the  field  or  excepted  from  hfs  control  by  orders  or 
regulations  of  the  War  Department.     He  will  administer  his  department  so  as 
to  insure  complete  continuity  of  function  in  peace  and  war,  and  the  tactical 
division  and  other  tactical  units  so  as  to  insure  their  constant  readiness  to  take 
the  field  without  material  change  of  administrative  machinery. 

2.  He  will  annually  concentrate  his  tactical  division,  or  portions  thereof,  and 
secure  for  himself  and  his  division  staff  as  much  practice  as  possible  in  the 
actual  handling  and  supply  of  troops  in  the  field.  During  this  concentration  he 
will  personally  conduct  tactical  inspections  of  brigades  or  larger  portions  of  his 
command,  utilizing  the  services  of  the  officers  of  his  staff  or  of  his  command 
and  such  other  officers  as  may  be  ordered  by  higher  authority  to  report  to  him 
for  that  duty.  The  object  of  such  inspections  is  to  determine  the  preparedness 
of  organizations  for  war  service,  and  the  capacity  of  brigade  commanders  and 
all  other  officers  for  the  exercise  in  the  field  of  command  appropriate  to  their 
rank.  With  this  object  constantly  in  view  the  character  of  the  inspection  may 
be  varied  by  the  department  commander,  and  any  exercise  may  be  required 
which  may  be  necessary  to  arrive  at  definite  conclusions  and  to  justify  positive 
recommendations,  but  tactical  inspections  will  ordinarily  embrace  the  following 
subjects : 

(a)  Fitness  and  sufficiency  of  uniform  and  equipment  of  organizations  for 
field  service. 

(&)  Camping,  camp  economy,  observance  of  proper  camp  sanitation,  and  care 
of  the  sick. 

(c)  Physical  condition  of  officers  and  men,  and  the  use  of  prophylactic  treat- 
ment for  the  prevention  of  diseases. 

(d)  Marching  capacity  of  organizations,  as  indicated  by  the  rate  of  march, 
the  observance  of  correct  principles  of  marching,   the  distance  covered,   the 
resulting  physical  condition  of  men  and  animals,  and  the  number,  if  any,  dis- 
abled as  a  result  of  marching  during  the  entire  period  of  the  inspection. 


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(c)  Care  of  the  feet  of  men  ;  the  supply  and  fit  of  footwear ;  the  care  of  backs, 
necks,  and  feet  of  animals ;  proper  bitting  of  animals  and  fitting  of  saddles  and 
harness  ;  and  care  of  materiel. 

(/)  The  preparation  and  service  of  food. 

(g)  The  efficiency  of  the  service  of  supply. 

(h)  The  transmission  of  information   (Field  Service  Regulations). 

(i)  Drill  Regulations;  combat  exercises  appropriate  to  the  size  of  the 
command. 

(;')  Field  fortification,  including  the  reconnaissance,  selection,  and  occupa- 
tion of  defensive  positions,  the  actual  construction  *of  appropriate  intrench- 
ments,  when  practicable,  and  the  rendition  of  reports,  including  the  necessary 
sketches,  based  on  standard  publications  and  service  manuals  treating  of  the 
subject  of  field  fortification. 

(fc)  The  annual  proficiency  test  for  infantry  and  cavalry  and  a  field  firing 
test  for  field  artillery.  The  proficiency  test  for  infantry  and  cavalry  will 
be,  where  practicable,  that  required  by  the  Small  Arms  Firing  Regulations. 
For  the  field  artillery  an  additional  allowance  of  ammunition  of  36  rounds 
per  battery  is  authorized ;  if  it  is  not  practicable  to  hold  the  test  at  the  place 
of  this  particular  inspection,  it  will  be  held  at  the  place  where  service  prac- 
tice is  held  and  as  a  part  of  the  tactical  inspection.  When  practicable  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army  will  designate  a  field  artillery  officer  of  his 
department  to  report  to  the  department  commander  as  his  assistant  in  mak- 
ing the  tactical  inspections  of  field  artillery  herein  prescribed.  The  itinerary 
for  such  field  artillery  inspections  will  be  arranged  by  the  Inspector  General 
after  correspondence  with  the  department  commander.  A  department  com- 
mander may  designate  one  of  his  brigade  commanders  to  represent  him  at 
field  artillery  inspections.  The  reports  of  such  inspections  will  be  prepared 
by  the  field  artillery  inspector  under  the  supervision  of  the  department  or 
brigade  commander,  by  whom  they  will  be  transmitted  for  action,  as  provided 
in  section  7  of  this  paragraph,  for  reports  of  other  tactical  inspections. 

(I)  Tactics:  Terrain  exercises;  the  service  of  information  (Field  Service 
Regulations)  ;  field  exercises  appropriate  to  the  size  of  the  command  acting 
alone  or  as  a  part  of  a  larger  force,  based  on  Field  Service  Regulations,  stand- 
ard publications  on  tactics,  and  the  combat  principles  of  the  drill  regulations 
of  the  various  arms  of  the  service. 

(m)  The  annual  physical  examination  and  riding  or  walking  test  to  be  con- 
ducted at  this  time  if  practicable. 

3.  Whenever  practicable  the  tactical  inspection  shall  include  a  progressive 
field  exercise  extending  over  a  period  of  several  days  and  terminating  in  an 
action  of  all  three  arms  combined. 

4.  In  all  cases  requiring  the  promulgation  of  field  orders  the   responsible 
commanding  officer  will,  personally  and  without  assistance,  write  or  dictate 
his  orders,  of  which  a  copy  will  be  submitted  at  the  time  to  the  officer  con- 
ducting the  inspection.     The  use  of  books  or   other  sources   of   information 
will  not  be  permitted  in  preparing  the  orders  or  instructions  required. 

5.  In   these  tactical   inspections  every   effort  will   be   made  by   department 
commanders,  by  application  to  the  War  Department,  if  necessary,  to  secure 
as  assistants  inspectors  general  or  acting  inspectors  general  of  the  arm  to 
be  inspected.     When  an  inspector  general  or  acting  inspector  general   is  not 
available  the  department  commander  will  be  accompanied  by  an  officer  of  the 
arm  to  be  inspected. 

6.  The  program  of  inspection  and  the  problems  required  in  connection  there- 
with-will  be  prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  department  commander. 

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50  TERRITORIAL  DEPARTMENTS. 

f* 

7.  The    department    commander    will   prepare    the   report    of   inspection   of 

brigades  or  larger  portions  of  his  command  and  forward  the  same  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  The  Adjutant  General  will  transmit  the  report 
to  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army.  The  report  will  set  forth  the  designa- 
tions of  the  organizations,  the  strength  present  and  absent  and  how  absentees 
are  accounted  for,  and  the  results  of  the  inspection,  dealing  only  with  im- 
portant defects  and  deficiencies,  recommendations  with  a  view  to  corrective 
action  which  can  not  be  taken  by  the  department  commander,  and  commenda- 
tions. A  written  statement  of  important  defects  and  deficiencies  which  were 
not  remedied  by  the  department  commander  at  the  time  of  the  inspection,  and 
of  other  matters  which  require  further  comment  will  be  furnished  by  him  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  troops  inspected.  Minor  defects  will  be  corrected 
at  the  time  of  inspection,  and  when  so  corrected  will  not  be  reported. 

8.  The  latter  officer  will  submit  through  the  next  higher  commander  to  the 
department  commander  a  copy  of  this  statement,  with  a  report  stating  what 
remedies  he  has  applied  or  will  apply  to  correct  each  of  the  irregularities  or 
defects  found,  and  will  recommend  the  proper  action  with  regard  to  those 
that  he  has  not  the  power  or  authority  to  remedy.    This  statement  and  report 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  troops  will  be  forwarded  by  the  department  com- 
mander with  his  report.  .    . 

9.  If  for  any  reason  the  department  commander  can  not   concentrate  his 
division  or  portions  thereof,  he  will  promptly   inform  the  War  Department. 
He  will  also  promptly  inform  his  brigade  commanders  in  order  to  give  them, 
time  and  opportunity  to  make  the  inspections  prescribed  in  paragraph  194. 

10.  Errors  of  judgment  committed  in  the  solution  of  tactical  problems  should 
not  be  considered  as  defects  and  irregularities  which  require  answers  or  ex- 
planation,  except   where  the   execution   of   the  problem   shows   such   lack   of 
training  as  indicates  neglect  or  violation  of  orders  or  instructions  of  the  War 
Department.     It  is  only  in  the  latter  case  that  such  errors  will  be  submitted 
as  a  part  of  the  list  of  irregularities  furnished  the  commanding  officer  of 
troops.     Tactical  errors  should,  except  as  above  noted,  be  disposed  of  at  con- 
ferences or  critiques  conducted  by  the  department  commander  after  the  execu- 
tion of  the  problems. 

11.  Upon  conclusion  of  this  inspection,  and  at  any  other  time,  the  depart- 
ment commander  will  report  by  name  any  and  all  officers  whose  organizations 
are  not  properly   prepared  for  war   service,   who  have  not   exhibited   proper 
capacity  for  the  exercise  in  the  field  of  command  appropriate  to  their  rank,  or 
who  are  believed  to  be  incapable,  from  any  cause,  of  performing  the  duties  of 
their  several  grades  either  in  garrison  or  actual  service  in  the  field.     Such  re- 
ports will  be  accompanied  by  the  evidence  covering,  the  cases.     The  officers  so 
reported  will  be  given  an  opportunity  to  reply,  such  replies  to  be  appended 
to  the  report. 

12.  The  department  commander  will  make  or  require  to  be  made  such  other 
inspections  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

13.  He  will  report  any  errors,  irregularities,  or  abuses  requiring  the  action 
of  higher  authority. 

14.  He  will  have  charge  of  such  matters  pertaining  to  the  instruction,  camps 
of  instruction,   maneuvers,   mobilization,   and  concentration  of  the   Organized 
Militia  within  his  department  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment.   From  the  date  on  which  mobilization  of  the  Organized  Militia  is  ordered 
all  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  on  militia  and  college  duty  in  a  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  affected  by  the  call  will  be  under  the  im- 
mediate orders  of  the  commander  of  the  department  in  which  they  are  serving, 
if  not  already  subject  to  his  authority. 


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15.  He  will  have  immediate  charge  of  the  inspections   necessary  to  carry 
out,  for  all  the  Organized  Militia  belonging  within  the  limits  of  his  depart- 
ment, the  provisions  of  section  3  and  section  14  of  the  militia  act  approved 
January  21,  1903,  and  to  assist  in  this  duty  all  officers  of  the  Army,  active 
and  retired,  on  duty  with  the  Organized  Militia  within  the  limits  of  his  depart- 
ment will  report  to  him  and  will  send  through  him  their  reports  of  inspections 
under  said  sections  3  and  14.     Reports  and  returns  of  the  Organized  Militia 
which  may  be  required  under  the  provisions  of  section  12  of  the  act  of  Janu- 
ary 21,  1903,  will  be  referred  by  the  War  Department  to  the  department  com- 
manders for  their  information,  and  will  be  returned  to  the  War  Department 
for  file. 

16.  He  will  enter  into  cordial  relations  with  the  military  authorities  of  the 
States  embraced  in  his  department,  will  ascertain  as  far  as  practicable  the 
degree  of  care  exercised  by  the   State  authorities  in  storing  and  preserving 
United  States  property,  and  will  advise  them  as  to  the  proper  methods  to  be 
followed  in  regard  thereto. 

17.  He  will  keep  himself  informed  as  to  the  efficiency  for  field  service  of  the 
State  forces,  and  in  his  annual  report  will  express  an  opinion  as  to  the  fitness 
for  field  service  of  the  tactical  divisions  within  his  department.    He  will  include 
in  his  annual  report  a  statement  of  the  duties  performed  in  connection  with  the 
Organized  Militia. 

18.  He  will  exercise  general  supervision  over  garrison  schools  and  will  coor- 
dinate post-graduate  work  with  a  view  to  securing  uniformity  of  instruction 
and  progressive  tactical  training  throughout  his  command.     He  will  exercise 
immediate  supervision  over  the  training  and  instruction  of  units  of  his  com- 
mand not  attached  or  belonging  to  brigades. 

19.  He  will  announce  annually  the  seasons  for  garrison  and  field  training 
and  will  allot  a  portion  of  each  year  for  the  training  of  the  combined  arms. 

20.  Upon  the  recommendation  of  brigade  and  other  subordinate  commanders 
he  will  designate  the  practice  season  for  small-arms  target  practice;  will  ex- 
amine reports  of  target  and  service  practice  of  all  arms  of  the  service,  and 
will   issue   the   necessary   orders   for   holding   small-arms   target   competitions 
within  his  department. 

21.  He  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  all  matters  relating 
to  the  general  welfare  of  the  command,  including  such  changes  of  stations  of 
troops  as  he  may  deem  desirable,  but  will  obtain  the  approval  of  the  War 
Department  before  ordering  the  movement,  except  that  the  commanders  of  the 
Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments  originate,   direct,  or   approve  military 
operations  within  their  departments,  and  may  transfer  troops  from  one  point 
to  another  requiring  reenforcements. 

22.  Whenever  the  stations  of  troops  are  changed,  either  permanently  or  tem- 
porarily, in  a  department  within  the  United  States  the  department  commander 
will  immediately  report  by  telegraph  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  the 
destination  of  each  organization  moved  and  the  names,  with  arm  of  service, 
of  officers  accompanying  it  who  do  not  belong  thereto. 

23.  He  will  make  a  similar  report  when  the  troops  arrive  at  the  new  station. 
If  it  is  necessary  to  move  troops  to  meet  emergencies,  such  movements  and  all 
the  circumstances  will  be  reported  at   the  earliest  possible   moment.     Corre- 
spondence with   the  War   Department   will   be  through  the   department  com- 
mander unless  otherwise  directed  in  Army  Regulations  and  War  Department 
orders. 

24.  The  department  commander  will  examine  and  report  from  time  to  time 
upon  the  physical  condition  of  all  permanent  works  of  fortification  that  are 
under  Ms  command  and  within  the  territorial  limits  of  his  department,  and  will, 


52  TERRITORIAL   DEPARTMENTS. 

through  his  department  engineer  and  the  district  engineer  officers,  cause  such 
necessary  repairs  to  be  made,  not  involving  structural  changes,  as  may  be  prac- 
ticable with  the  means  and  funds  available.  Structural  changes  deemed  neces- 
sary by  him  will  be  reported  to  the  War  Department.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  9  and  44.) 

193£.  For  the  information  of  the  Secretary  of  War  in  the  preparation  of  his 
annual  report,  officers  in  command  of  territorial  departments  and  independent 
commands  in  the  field  and  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  will  submit 
a  report  of  military  operations  during  the  year,  fully  setting  forth  the  conditions 
generally  in  their  commands  or  bureaus.  These  reports  will  be  as  brief  and 
succinct  as  possible,  avoiding  duplication  and  prolixity  of  statement.  Reports  of 
military  commanders  while  reviewing  the  operations  of  their  subordinate  com- 
mands will  not  include  copies  of  such  reports.  Reports  will  be  limited  to  the 
affairs  and  needs  of  the  particular  command.  Rosters  of  staff  officers  and  troops 
serving  in  the  command  and  changes  of  stations  of  troops  are  not  desired,  as 
information  upon  these  subjects  is  furnished  elsewhere.  General  recommenda- 
tions affecting  the  service  as  a  whole  or  regarding  lines  of  general  policy  will  not 
be  included  in  the  annual  reports,  but  will  be  made  the  subject  of  special  reports. 

All  annual  reports  will  cover  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30  and,  as  a  rule,  will 
terminate  on  that  date.  Should  military  conditions  after  June  30  require  later 
information,  supplemental  reports  will  be  promptly  forwarded  to  the  War  De- 
partment. All  reports,  including  those  required  by  the  act  of  March  3,  1883,  and 
the  act  of  August  18, 1894,  of  various  boards  and  commissioners  and  of  the  super- 
intendent of  the  Military  Academy,  will  be  prepared  as  soon  after  June  3flUeach 
year  as  possible. 

All  reports  will  be  submitted  in  manuscript  and  will  not  be  printed  nor  dis- 
tributed until  notification  is  received  of  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
When  printing  is  authorized,  the  reports  of  commanding  officers  of  territorial  de- 
partments and  independent  commands  in  the  field  will  be  in  the  form  and 
measure  of  general  orders.  Twenty  printed  copies  will  be  sent  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army.  Reports  of  subordinate  commanders  will  not  be  printed. 

194:.  1.  A  brigade  commander  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  preparing  for  war 
all  troops  and  all  the  materiel  pertaining  to  his  brigade  and  with  the  duty  of 
assisting  the  department  commander  in  the  performance  of  his  functions  in 
connection  with  the  Organized  Militia.  He  will  command  his  brigade  and  will 
be  responsible  for  its  instruction,  tactical  efficiency,  and  preparedness  for  war 
service. 

2.  He  will  supervise  garrison  schools,  giving  especial  attention  to  the  post- 
graduate course  of  instruction  for  officers  of  his  brigade  with  a  view  to  insuring 
uniformity  of  instruction  and  progressive  tactical  training  throughout  his  com- 
mand. 

3.  He  will  visit  each  post  garrisoned  by  troops  of  his  brigade  at  least  once 
each  year  during  the  period  of  garrison  training,  and  during  such  visits  will 
examine  into  the  results  obtained  in  garrison  schools  and  will  personally  super- 
vise the  postgraduate  course  of  instruction  ;  in  addition  thereto  he  will  personally, 
conduct  or  supervise  such  field  exercises,  war  games,  terrain  exercises,  tactical 
or  staff  walks  or  rides,  and  require  the  solution  of  such  map  problems  or  the 
performance  of  such  other  duty  as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the  amount 
of  progress  made  and  the  fitness  of  officers  for  the  exercise  of  command  appro- 
priate to  their  rank,  theoretical  instruction  being  substituted  for  practical  train- 
ing only  when  climatic  conditions  make  outdoor  work  undesirable. 

4.  At  the  time  of  the  annual  tactical  inspection  by  the  department  commander, 
prescribed  in  paragraph  193,  the  brigade  commander,  under  the  supervision  of 
the  department  commander,  will  make  such  inspections  of  his  brigade  and  other 
troops  under  his  command  as  will  enable  him  to  make  a  report  to  the  department 


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commander  as  to  the  tactical  efficiency  of  such  troops.  The  results  of  this  inspec- 
tion by  the  brigade  commander,  with  comments  thereon,  will  he  embodied  in  the 
report  of  the  department  commander  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

5.  He  will  take  the  necessary  steps  to  inform  himself  whether  or  not  the 
division  or  portions  thereof  are  to  be  concentrated  and  inspected  by  the  depart- 
ment commander.     In  case  the  brigade  is  not  to  be  concentrated,  the  brigade 
commander  will  then  make  the  annual  tactical  inspections  of  the  parts  of  his 
brigade  and  of  other  troops  under  his  command  in  a  manner  similar  to  that  pre- 
scribed for  the  department  commander  in  section  2,  paragraph  193.    He  will  for- 
ward the  completed  reports  of  all  such  inspections,  with  the  reports  of  remedial 
action,  through  the  department  commander  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 
He  will  apply  to  the  department  commander  for,  and  be  assisted  by,  such  inspec- 
tors general  or  acting  inspectors  general  and  other  officers  as  the  department 
commander  may  detail  for  that  duty. 

6.  At  the  conclusion  of  such  inspections,  and  at  such  other  times  as  he  may 
deem  advisable,  he  will  report  by  name  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
any  and  all  officers  who  are  believed  to  be  incapable,  from  any  cause,  of  per- 
forming the  duties  of  their  several  grades,  either  in  garrison  or  actual  service 
in  the  field.     Such  reports  will  be  accompanied  by  the  evidence  covering  each 
case.     The  officers  so   reported  will  be  given   an   opportunity   to   reply,   such 
replies  to  be  appended  to  the  report.     From  time  to  time  he  will  report  any 
errors,  irregularities,  abuses,  or  offenses  requiring  the  action  of  higher  authority 
and  will  at  all  times  take  the  necessary  corrective  action  when  efficiency  is 
found  below  a  proper  standard. 

7.  During  his  visits  to  posts  herein  prescribed  the  brigade  commander  will 
be  accompanied  by  one  staff  officer ;  in  the  field  he  will  be  accompanied  by  his 
entire  staff. 

8.  He  will  exercise  general  supervision  over  the  target  practice  of  the  troops 
of  his  brigade  and  will  witness  combat  firing,  field  firing,  and  proficiency  tests 
whenever  practicable. 

9.  He  will  be  regarded  as  an  intermediate  commander  under  paragraph  783 
in  all  matters  pertaining  to  target  practice,  the  appointment,  promotion,  assign- 
ment, transfer,  detail,  leave  of  absence,  resignation,  dismissal,  retirement,  effi- 
ciency and  discipline  of  officers,  the  instruction  and  tactical  efficiency  of  his 
brigade,  and  in  such  other  matters  as  are  necessary  for  his  information  or 
require  his  action  or  control,  but  his  headquarters  will  not  be  made  an  office 
of  record  and  administrative  work  will  not  be  permitted  to  interfere  with  his 
duties  as  a  tactical  commander. 

10.  He  will  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  superior 
authority. 

11.  The  commander  of  a  Coast  Artillery  district  in  the  United  States  stands 
in  the  same  general  relation  toward  his  command  and  toward  higher  authority 
as  does  a  brigade  commander  and  has  the  functions  and  duties  herein  pre- 
scribed for  brigade  commanders,  with  such  obvious  modifications  as  the  special 
nature  of  his  command  makes  necessary. 

12.  In  order  to  carry  out  the  duties  imposed  upon  brigade  commanders  and 
Coast  Artillery  district  commanders  by  this  paragraph,  these  commanders  are 
authorized  to  issue  the  necessary  orders  for  themselves  for  sxich  journeys  as  are 
needed  for  the  inspection  and  instniction  of  their  respective  brigades,  districts, 
or  portions  thereof,  under  the  limitations  imposed  by  section  7  of  this  paragraph. 

The  authority  to  issue  travel  orders  conferred  upon  a  brigade  commander 
by  this  paragraph  will  not  apply  when  the  brigade  is  serving  as  a  component 
part  of  a  mobilized  division.  In  such  a  case  the  necessary  travel  orders  will 
be  issued  by  the  division  commander.  (C,  A.  R,  No.  9.) 


54  TERRITORIAL   DEPARTMENTS. 

195.  Department,  division,  and  brigade  commanders  are  expected  to  deter- 
mine controversies  arising  within  the  limits  of  their  jurisdiction  and  decide 
questions  referred  to  them  on  appeal. 

196.  In  the  event  of  the  death  or  disability  of  the  permanent  commander 
of  a  territorial  department,  or  his  temporary  absence  from  the  limits  of  his 
command,  the  senior  line  officer  present  and  on  duty  therein  will  exercise  the 
command  of  the  department,  unless  otherwise  ordered,  until  relieved  by  proper 
authority.     Although  a  department  commander  may  continue  to  discharge  the 
more  important  functions  of  his  command  while  absent  from  its  territorial 
limits,  his  exercise  of  command  and  his  absence  therefrom  require  the  sanction 
of  higher  authority.     If  intending  to  leave  his  headquarters  for  an  absence 
within  his  department,  he  will  report  to  the  next  higher  commander  his  inten- 
tion, his  address  during  his  absence,  and  the  proposed  duration  thereof. 

197.  In  time  of  peace  a  territorial  department  commander's  staff  will  consist 
of  his  authorized  personal  aids,  an  officer  in  charge  of  militia  affairs,  and  one 
officer  from  each  of  the  following  corps  and  departments :  General  Staff  Corps, 
Adjutant  General's  Department,   Inspector  General's  Department,   Judge   Ad- 
vocate   General' s    Department,    Quartermaster    Corps,    Medical    Department, 
Corps  of  Engineers,  Ordnance  Department,  and  Signal  Corps,  and  such  addi- 
tional staff  officers  as  may  be  assigned  by  the  War  Department,  including  a 
medical  officer,  who  shall  be  the  sanitary  inspector  of  the  department. 

To  permit  the  department  commander  to  perform  satisfactorily  the  territorial 
and  tactical  functions  imposed  upon  him  by  paragraph  193,  his  staff  will,  be 
organized  into  two  sections,  as  follows : 

The  territorial  department  staff:  Consisting  of  those  officers  whose  functions 
pertain  to  the  department  as  a  territorial  command. 

The  division  staff :  Consisting  of  those  officers  whose  functions  pertain  to  the 
division  as  a  tactical  unit  and  who  accompany  the  division  wherever  it  may  go. 

The  division  staff  officers  will  be  required  to  assume  no  money  or  property 
accountability  except  that  which  may  pertain  to  the  division. 

The  duties  prescribed  for  the  inspector  of  small-arms  practice  will  be  per- 
formed by  an  aid  or  other  officer  of  the  department  commander's  staff. 

198.  The  staff  of  a  general  officer  commanding  a  brigade,  district,  or  post 
will    consist   of   the   authorized    personal   aids   and   an   adjutant.     The   Coast 
Artillery  district   staff  consists  of  the  adjutant    (personnel   officer)    and  the 
materiel  officer,  and  of  the  authorized  personal  aids  when  the  district  is  com- 
manded by  a  general  officer. 

199.  The  official  designation  of  the  senior  officers  of  the  corps  and  depart- 
ment on  the  staff  of  department  commanders  will  be  as  follows: 

Of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  chief  of  staff;  of  the  Adjutant  General's  De- 
partment, department  adjutant ;  of  the  Inspector  General's  Department,  depart- 
ment inspector ;  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General's  Department,  department  judge 
advocate ;  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  department  quartermaster ;  of  the 
Medical  Department,  department  surgeon ;  of  the  Engineer  Corps,  department 
engineer;  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  department  ordnance  officer;  of  the 
Signal  Corps,  department  signal  officer. 

When  one  of  the  required  staff  officers  is  not  assigned,  or  a  staff  officer  is 
temporarily  absent  or  disabled,  the  duties  of  his  position  will  be  performed  by 
the  assistant,  if  any,  or  by  other  members  of  the  staff. 

200.  Funds  for  contingent  expenses  at  department  headquarters  are  allotted 
by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  department  adjutants. 
The  amount  allotted  will  be  apportioned  by  the  department  commander  to  the 
officers  of  the  staff  corps  serving  at  his  headquarters  as  the  interests  of  the 
service  dictate,  and  the  department  adjutant  will  make  purchases  and  expend!- 


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1 

tures  as  those  officers  request,  subject  to  the  written  approval  of  the  depart- 
ment commander.  Articles  that  are  expendable  in  the  supply  departments  will 
be  transferred  by  the  department  adjutant  to  the  staff  officers  concerned  and 
expended  by  the  latter  without  any  fourther  accounting,  being  continued  in  use 
until  consumed  or  worn  out.  Articles  that  are  not  expendable  in  the  supply 
departments  will  be  carried  on  tlie  return  of  the  department  adjutant,  the 
staff  officers  receiving  such  articles  to  give  therefor  memorandum  receipts  only. 
On  June  30  of  each  year-  the  department  adjutant  will  make  return  for  such 
property  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  to  whose  satisfaction  expendi- 
tures, losses,  etc.,  will  be  explained. 

ARTICLE   XXVII. 

MlLITAKY  POSTS   AND   RESERVATIONS. 
POSTS. 

201.  Permanent  military  posts  within  the  States  composing  the  Union  and 
the  Territories  contiguous  thereto,  including  Alaska,  will  only  be  established 
with  the  express  authority  of  Congress.     Posts  in  the  insular  possessions  of 
the  United  States  will  be  established  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.    All  military  posts  will  be  named  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

202.  Permanent  posts  will  be  styled  "  forts,"  and  points  occupied  temporarily 
by  troops  "  camps." 

203.  The  commander  of  a  post  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  preparing  for 
war  all  the  troops  and  all  the  materiel  pertaining  to  the  tactical  unit  to  which 
he  belongs.    He  will  command  the  post  and  will  administer  all  the  military 
affairs  thereof.     He  is  responsible  for  the  safety,  defense,  and  discipline  of 
the. post,  but  for  the  instruction,  tactical  efficiency,  and  preparedness  for  war 
service  of  the  troops  pertaining  only  to  the  tactical  unit  to  which  he  belongs. 
When  troops  of  different  brigades  are  serving  at  the  same  post  he  will  see  that 
the  approved  programs  prescribed  by  proper  authority  in  accordance  with  in- 
struction orders  of  the  War  Department  are  faithfully  complied  with,  and  will 
see  that  commanders  of  units  not  pertaining  to  his  tactical  command  are  given 
every  possible  facility  for  preparing  their  commands  for  service.     Should  such 
programs  involve  conflicting  requirements  which  can  not  be  adjusted  at  the 
post,  he  will  refer  the  matter  through  military  channels  to  the  department 
commander,  whose  decision  will  be  final. 

He  will  be  responsible  for  the  preservation  and  proper  application  of  public 
property,  for  the  strict  enforcement  of  laws  and  regulations,  and  for  the  proper 
condition  of  quarters  and  defenses.  He  will  make  an  inspection  of  his  com- 
mand on  the  last  day  of  every  month,  will  satisfy  himself  by  frequent  personal 
examination  that  the  disbursements  of  all  officers  in  charge  of  funds  are  in 
accordance  with  law  and  regulations  and  their  accounts  correctly  stated,  and 
will  make  such  reports  of  these  inspections  and  examinations  as  the  department 
commander  may  direct. 

General  officers  commanding  posts  will  leave  the  details  of  administration  to 
subordinate  commanders  as  far  as  practicable.  Thus  the  visits  prescribed  in 
paragraph  204  to  be  made  by  the  post  commander,  and  the  action  prescribed 
for  the  commanding  officer  in  case  of  deserters  in  Article  XIX,  may  be  dele- 
gated to  regimental  or  detached  battalion  commanders ;  regimental  commanders 
should  appoint  summary  courts  for  the  trial  of  cases  arising  in  their  respective 
regiments ;  under  paragraph  711  regimental  and  separate  battalion  commanders 
should  appoint  surveying  officers  for  cases  arising  in  their  respective  commands. 


56  MILITARY   POSTS   AND   RESERVATIONS. 

A  general  officer  commanding  a  post  may  authorize  regimental  or  separate 
battalion  commanders  to  approve  requisitions  for  clothing,  for  allowances  the 
amounts  of  which  are  fixed,  and  for  such  amounts  of  stationery  as  the  post 
commander  may  prescribe.  All  military  personnel  and  employees  within  the 
limits  of  a  post,  doing  duty  pertaining  wholly  to  that  post,  will  be  under  the 
direct  command  of  the  post  commander. 

The  post  commander  is  also  charged  with  the  responsibility  of  seeing  that 
all  enlisted  men  of  his  command,  at  all  times  while  in  the  active  service  of 
the  United  States  in  the  Army,  do  not  leave  their  posts  to  engage  in  any  pur- 
suit, business,  or  performance  in  civil  life,  for  emolument,  hire,  or  otherwise, 
when  the  same  shall  interfere  with  the  customary  employment  and  regular 
engagement  of  local  civilians  in  the  respective  arts,  trades,  or  professions. 

Within  the  meaning  and  purpose  of  this  paragraph  a  coast  defense  command 
is  to  be  regarded  as  a  military  post.  If  it  should  be  impracticable  for  the  coast 
defense  commander  to  complete  the  monthly  inspection  of  his  command  on  the 
last  day  of  the  month,  the  inspection  will  be  completed  as  soon  thereafter  as 
possible.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  43.) 

204.  The  post  commander  and  surgeon  will  make  frequent  visits  during  the 
month  to  the  hospital,  guardhouse,  mess  hall,  mess  rooms,  and  other  buildings 
and  rooms  used  by  enlisted  men. 

205.  An  orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath  by  the  officers  and  men  in  the 
military  service  is  enjoined.    Military  duty  and  labor  on  Sunday  will  be  reduced 
to  the  measure  of  strict  necessity.  ^ 

206.  The  staff  of  a  post  commander  will  consist  of  such  staff  officers  as  are 
on  duty  at  the  post,  and  such  line  officers  as  may  be  required  for  staff  duties. 
Their  official  designations  will  be  as  follows:  Adjutant,  quartermaster,  surgeon, 
engineer  officer,  ordnance  officer,  and  signal  officer.    The  official  address  of  the 
senior  medical  officer  at  a  post  will  be — 

THE  SURGEON, 

FORT , 


and  in  like  manner  the  official  addresses  of  the  other  staff  officers  of  a  post 
will  be,  respectively:  The  Adjutant,  The  Quartermaster,  The  Engineer  Officer, 
The  Ordnance  Officer,  and  The  Signal  Officer,  Fort . 

207.  Expenditures  of  labor,  money,  or  material  upon  posts  will  be  strictly 
limited  to  the  amounts  allowed  by  law  and  regulations. 

208.  When  practicable,  temporary  buildings  for  the  use  of  the  Army  will 
be  erected  by  its  enlisted  force,  and  necessary  repairs  of  public  buildings  at 
garrisoned  posts  not  appropriated  for  or  specially  authorized  will  be  made  by 
the  troops. 

209.  Post  commanders  are  authorized  to  assist  mail  contractors  with  Gov- 
ernment transportation,  provided  it  can  be  spared  without  detriment  to  the 
service,  when,  through  accident  or  unavoidable  casualty,  they  are  deprived  of 
the  means  necessary  to  fulfill  their  contracts.     Such  assistance  must  cease  as 
soon  as  the  contractor  can,  by  exercise  of  proper  diligence,  resupply  himself 
with  transportation.     Receipts  for  the  property  loaned  will  be  taken,  which,  in 
the  event  of  its  loss  or  damage,  will  be  forwarded,  with  a  report  of  facts,  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  that  the  amount  involved  may  be  collected 
from  the  contractor  through  the  Post  Office  Department. 

210.  At  posts  supplied  with  ordnance  and  with  ammunition  for  the  purpose, 
a  morning  and  evening  gun  will  be  fired  daily  at  reveille  and  retreat. 


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POST  RECORDS. 

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211.  The  following-named  books  of  record,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  kept 
at  each  post:  A  correspondence  book,  a  consolidated  morning  report  and  a 
guard  report,  furnished  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department ;  a  post  exchange 
council  book,  furnished  by  the  post  exchange.     A  document  file,  copies  of  all 
returns  and  reports  rendered   (if  not  contained  in  document  file),  all  orders 
received,  in  fine,  all  official  papers  that  relate  to  post  administration  will  be 
filed  and  preserved  as  a  part  of  the  post  records.    The  records  of  post  noncom- 
missioned staff  officers  and  of  other  enlisted  men  at  posts  not  belonging  to 
organizations  serving  thereat  will  be  kept  as  provided  for  companies.     The 
records  will  not  be  removed  from  the  post  except  on  its  discontinuance.     Com- 
manding officers  will  see  that  the  records  are  accurately  kept  and  are  properly 
transferred  to  their  successors. 

RESERVATIONS. 

212.  Department  commanders  will  supervise  all  military  reservations  within 
the  limits  of  their  commands.     If  necessary,  post  commanders  will  use  force 
to  remove  trespassers. 

No  license  or  permission  to  any  civilian  to  use  or  occupy  any  part  of  a  reser- 
vation will  be  given,  except  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  unless  he  be  in  the 
employ  of  the  Government,  or  in  the  family  or  service  of  persons  there  em- 
ployed. (C.  A.  R.,  No.  48.)' 

212£.  Except  in  rare  instances  where  the  privilege  desired  is  of  but  slight 
importance,  permission  to  erect  or  construct  buildings  other  than  public  on 
military  reservations  will  be  granted  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War  under  a 
revocable  license  executed  by  him,  in  which  the  conditions  for  occupancy  will  be 
clearly  set  forth.  (C.  A.  R.  No.  23.) 

213.  Military  posts  and  the  buildings 'and  grounds  pertaining  thereto  will  be 
kept  in  a  clean  and  attractive  condition.    Reasonable  adornment  and  beautifica- 
tion  of  the  grounds  in  the  neighborhood  of  public  buildings  is  to  be  sought,  but 
troops  are  not  to  be  employed  for  such  purposes  to  such  an  extent  as  to  interfere 
with  their  training  and  instruction. 

Live  trees  in  the  vicinity  of  the  inhabited  parts  of  a  military  reservation  will 
not  be  cut  down,  except  on  the  recommendation  of  a  board  of  officers  consisting 
of  the  three  officers  on  duty  at  the  post  next  in  rank  to  the  commander,  or  of  as 
many  as  are  available  if  less  than  three,  and  when  such  recommendation  is 
approved  by  the  post  and  department  commanders. 

214.  Military  posts  temporarily  evaciiated  by  troops,  and  lands  reserved  for 
military  use,  will  be  under  charge  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps.     Permanent 
works  of  defense,  however,  and  the  lands  appurtenant  thereto,  are  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Engineer  Department. 

ARTICLE   XXVIII. 

FLAGS,  COLORS,  STANDARDS,  AND  GUIDONS. 

215.  The  flag  of  the  United  States  has  13  horizontal  stripes,  7  red  and  6 
white,  the  red  and  white  stripes  alternating,  and  the  union  of  the  flag  consists 
of  white  stars  in  a  blue  field  placed  in  the  upper  quarter  next  the  staff  and 
extending  to  the  lower  edge  of  the  fourth  red  stripe  from  the  top.    The  number 
of  stars  is  the  same  as  the  number  of  States  in  the  Union.     On  the  admission 


58 


FLAGS,   COLORS,  STANDARDS,  AND  GUIDONS. 


of  a  State  into  the  Union,  one  star  will  be  added  to  the  union  of  the  flag,  and 
such  addition  will  take  effect  on  the  4th  day  of  July  next  succeeding  such 
admission. 

216.  The  field  or  union  of  the  national  flag  in  use  in  the  Army  will  consist 
from  and  after  July  4,  1912,  of  48  stars,  in  six  rows,  8  stars  in  each  row,  in  a 
blue  field,  arranged  as  follows : 


******** 
******** 
******** 
******** 
******** 
******** 


217.  The  flag  of  the  President  will  be  of  blue  bunting,  of  two  sizes,  the 
larger  measuring  10.2  feet  hoist  and  16  feet  fly,  and  the  smaller  measuring  3.6 
feet  hoist  and  5.13  feet  fly.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  of  the  flag  will  be  a 
five-pointed  white  star  with  one  point  upward,  and  the  flag  itself  will  bear  the 
coat  of  arms  conforming  to  the  plan  accompanying  the  Executive  order  of"*the 
President  of  the  United  States  of  May  29,  1916.    In  case  other  sizes  are  needed, 
they  will  be  manufactured  in  the  same  proportions  as  shown  in  the  plan  accom- 
panying the  Executive  order  on  the  subject.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  £9.) 

218.  The  colors  of  the  President  shall  be  of  blue  silk,  measuring  3.6  feet 
hoist  and  5.13  feet  fly,  attached  to  a  staff,  single  screw  jointed,  which  shall 
be  10  feet  3  inches  long,  including  the  ferrule  and  a  gold-plated  head.     The 
head  shall  consist  of  a  globe  2  inches  in  diameter,  surmounted  by  an  American 
eagle,  alert,  5g  inches  high.    In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed 
white  star  with  one  point  upward,  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circum- 
ference of  an  imaginary  circle  of  0.468  foot  diameter.*  The  centers  of  these 
circles  are  0.77  foot  from  both  the  long  and  the  short  sides  of  the  colors.     In 
the  center  of  the  colors  shall  be  placed  a  coat  of  arms,  as  prescribed  and  illus- 
trated in  the  plan  accompanying  the  Executive  order  of  the  President   of 
the  United  States  of  May  29,  1916.     The  device,  letters,  and  stars  to  be  em- 
broidered in  silk,  the  same  on  both  sides  of  the  colors ;  the  colors  to  be  trimmed 
on  three  sides  with  knotted  fringe  of  silver  and  gold  3  inches  wide ;  the  cord, 
8  feet  6  inches  long,  having  two  tassels,  to  be  composed  of  red,  white,  and  blue 
silk  strands.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  54.) 

219.  The  flag  of  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  scarlet  bunting,  measuring 
12  feet  fly  and  6  feet  8  inches  hoist.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a 
5-pointed  white  star  with  one  point  upward,  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in 
the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  5  inches  radius ;  the  centers  of 
these  circles  to  "be  17  inches  Ircna  the  short  sides  and  12  inches  from  the  long 
sides  of  the  flag.    In  the  center  of  the  flag  shall  be  the  official  coat  of  arms  of 
the  United  States,  of  suitable  size. 

220.  The  flag  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  white  bunting, 
measuring  12  feet  fly  and  6  feet  8  inches  hoist.     In  each  of  the  four  corners 
shall  be  a  5-pointed  scarlet  star  with  one  point  upward,  the  points  of  each 
star  to  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  5  inches  radius ;  the 


FLAGS,   COLORS,   STANDARDS,   AND   GUIDONS.  59 

centers  of  these  stars  to  be  17  inches  from  the  short  sides  and  12  inches  from 
the  long  sides  of  the  flag.  In  the  center  of  the  flag  shall  be  the  official  coat  of 
arms  of  the  United  States,  of  suitable  size. 

221.  The  colors  of  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  scarlet  silk,  5  feet  6 
inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  9  feet  long,  including 
ferrule  and  spearhead.    In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  5-pointed  white 
star  with  one  point  upward,  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circumference 
of  an  imaginary  circle  of  2£  inches  radius ;  the  centers  of  these  circles  to  be 
13  inches  from  the  short  sides  and  7i  inches  from  the  long  sides  of  the  color. 
In  the  center  shall  be  placed  in  colors -the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United 
States,  the  device,  letters,  and  stars  to  be  embroidered  in  silk  on  both  sides  of 
the  color ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  white  silk  3  inches 
wide ;  the  cord  8  feet  6  inches  long,  having  two  tassels,  and  composed  of  white 
and  scarlet  strands. 

222.  The  colors  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  white  silk, 
5  feet  6  inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  9  feet  long,  includ- 
ing spearhead  and  ferrule.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  5-pointed 
scarlet  star,  one  point  upward,  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circum- 
ference of  an  imaginary  circle  of  2i  inches  radius ;  the  centers  of  these  circles 
to  be  13  inches  from  the  short  sides  and  7*  inches-  from  the  long  sides  of  the 
color.     In  the  center  shall  be  placed  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the 
United  States,  of  suitable  size;  the  device,  letters,  and  stars  to  be  embroidered 
in  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  color ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe 
of  scarlet  silk  3  inches  wide ;  a  cord  8  feet  6  inches  long,  having  two  tassels, 
and  composed  of  white  and  scarlet  silk  strands  to  be  placed  on  the  pike. 

223.  The  garrison,  post,  and  storm  flags  are  national  flags  and  shall  be  of 
bunting.     The  union  of  each  is  as  described  in  paragraph  216  and  shall  be  of 
the  following  proportions:  'Width,  seven-thirteenths  of  the  hoist  of  the  flag; 
length,  seventy-six  one  hundredths  of  the  hoist  of  the  flag. 

The  garrison  flag  will  have  38  feet  fly  and  20  feet  hoist.  It  will  be  furnished 
only  to  posts  designated  in  orders  from  time  to  time  from  the  War  Department, 
and  will  be  hoisted  only  on  holidays  and  important  occasions. 

The  post  flag  will  have  19  feet  fly  and  10  feet  hoist.  It  will  be  furnished  for 
all  garrison  posts  and  will  be  hoisted  in  pleasant  weather. 

The  storm  flag  will  have  9  feet  6  inches  fly  and  5  feet  hoist.  It  will  be  fur- 
nished for  all  occupied  posts  for  use  in  stormy  and  windy  weather,  and  also  to 
semipermanent  camps  to  be  displayed  in  any  weather  during  such  hours  as  may 
be  designated  by  the  commanding  officers  of  such  camps.  It  will  also  be  fur- 
nished to  national  cemeteries. 

The  garrison  and  post  flag  will  be  hoisted  on  a  flagstaff  of  metal  or  wood,  75 
feet  to  100  feet  high ;  the  camp  or  station  flag,  where  the  regularly  prescribed 
staff  is  not  available,  will  be  hoisted  on  a  wooden  staff  approximately  50  feet 
high,  the  staff  to  be  supplied  with  a  galvanized  pulley  at  the  top  and  with  a 
galvanized  cleat  at  the  bottom,  and  also  with  the  necessary  halyards.  ( C.  A.  R., 
No.  4-5.)  . 

224.  A  recruiting  flag  and  an  advertising  flag  will  be  furnished  for  general 
recruiting  stations. 

These  flags  will  be  of  two  sizes,  known  as  large  and  small.  The  large  flag 
will  be  9  feet  6  inches  fly  and  5  feet  hoist,  and  the  small  flag  4  feet  6  inches 
fly  and  2.37  feet  hoist.  They  will  be  provided  with  an  incased  lath  to  keep  the 
flag  from  tangling  while  displayed  with  staff  horizontal. 

The  recruiting  flag  will  be  of  the  same  description  as  the  storm  flag. 


60  FLAGS,   COLORS,   STANDARDS,  AND   GUIDONS. 

The  advertising  flag  will  be  of  blue  bunting  and  bear  on  both  sides  the 
following  inscription  in  bleached  muslin  letters: 

MEN     WANTED 

FOB  THE 

UNITED  STATES 

ARMY. 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

224$.  FLAGS  FOB  CHAPLAINS. — A  flag  of  blue  bunting,  rectangular  in  shape, 
2  feet  hoist  and  3  feet  fly,  bearing  in  the  renter  a  Latin  cross  18  inches  high  and 
of  suitable  width,  in  white,  will  be  furnished  to  each  chaplain  by  the  Quarter- 
master Corps. 

These  flags  will  be  used  for  field  service  only  and  will  be  dropped  by  the 
issuing  officer  from  his  property  account  upon  the  receipts  of  the  chaplains  to 
whom  they  are  supplied. 

225.  The  flag  of  the  Geneva  Convention,  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the 
national  flag  in  time  of  war  with  a  signatory  of  the  convention,  will  be  as 
follows :  ,  ... . 

For  general  hospitals,  white  bunting,  9  by  5  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting 
4  feet  high  and  4  feet  wide  in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  16  inches  wide. 

For  field  hospitals,  white  bunting,  6  by  4  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  3 
feet  high  and  3  feet  wide  in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  12  inches  wide. 

For  ambulances  and  guidons  to  mark  the  way  to  field  hospitals,  white  bunting, 
28  by  16  inches,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  12  inches  high  and  12  inches  wide 
in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  4  inches  wide. 

226.  REGIMENTS  OF  ENGINEERS. — The  national  color  shall  be  of  silk,  5  feet 
6  inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  9  feet  long,  including 
spearhead  and  ferrule ;  the  union  to  be  2  feet  6  inches  long,  with  stars  em- 
broidered in  white  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  union ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with 
knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2$  inches  wide ;  the  cord  8  feet  6  inches  long,  hav- 
ing two  tassels,  and  composed  of  red,  white,  and  blue  silk  strands.     The  official 
designation  of  the  regiment  will  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  pike. 
The  regimental  color  shall  be  of  scarlet  silk  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the 
national  color,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of 
the  United  States,  of  suitable  size.     Below  the  coat  of  arms  in  the  middle  will 
be  embroidered,  in  white  silk,  the  insignia  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  and  also 

an  outlined  scroll  bearing  the  inscription  " U.  S.  Engineers  " ;  the  edges  to 

be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  white  silk  1\  inches  wide;  cord  and  tassels 
same  size  as  national  color,  to  be  of  white  and  scarlet  silk  strands ;  both  sides 
of  color  to  be  embroidered  alike.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  Jfi.) 

227.  MOUNTED  ENGINEERS. — The  national  standard  shall  be  the  national  flag 
of  silk,  4  feet  fly  and  3  feet  on  the  lance,  which  shall  be  9  feet  6  inches  long, 
including  spearhead  and  ferrule;  the  union  to  be  22  inches  long,  with  stars 
embroidered  in  white  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  union ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed 
with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2J  inches  wide ;  the  official  designation  of 
the  battalion  to  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  lance. 

The  battalion  standard,  of  same  dimensions  as  the  national  standard,  shall 
be  of  scarlet  silk,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of 
arms  of  the  United  States,  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  in  the 
middle  shall  be  embroidered  in  white  silk  the  insignia  of  the  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers, and  also  an  outlined  scroll  bearing  the  inscription  " Battalion, 

U.  S.  Mounted  Engineers  " ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of 
white  silk  2$  inches  wide.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  //7.) 


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228.  COAST  ARTILLERY  CORPS. — The  national  color  shall  be  as  prescribed  in 
paragraph  226,  the  official  designation  of  the  coast  defense  command  to  be 
placed  on  the  silver  band. 

The  corps  color,  .of  the  same  dimensions  as  national  color,  shall  be  of  scarlet 
silk,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United 
States,  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  in  the.  middle  will  be  em- 
broidered in  yellow  silk  two  cannons,  crossed ;  also  a  scroll  embroidered  in 
yellow  silk  and  bearing  the  inscription  "  U.  S.  Coast  Artillery  Corps,"  em- 
broidered in  red  silk ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk 
21  inches  wide;  cord  and  tassels  same  size  as  those  of  national  color,  to  be  of 
red  and  yellow  silk  strands.  One  set  of  national  and  corps  colors  shall  be  issued 
to  the  headquarters  of  each  coast  defense  command. 

229.  INFANTRY   REGIMENTS. — The  national   color  shall   be   as  prescribed   in 
paragraph  226,  the  official  designation  of  the  regiment  to  be  placed  on  the  silver 
band. 

The  regimental  color,  of  same  dimensions  as  national  color,  shall  be  of  blue 
silk,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United 
States,  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  shall  be  placed  a  scroll  em- 
broidered in  red  silk,  bearing  the  inscription  " U.  S.  Infantry,"  em- 
broidered in  white  silk ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow 
silk  2$  inches  wide ;  cord  and  tassels  same  size  as  those  of  national  color,  to  be 
of  blue  and  white  silk  strands. 

230.  STANDARDS  FOR  CAVALRY  REGIMENTS. — The  national  standard  shall  be 
the  national  flag  of  silk,  4  feet  fly  and  3  feet  on  the  lance,  which  shall  be  9 
feet  6  inches  long,  including  spearhead  and  ferrule ;  the  union  to  be  22  inches 
long,  with  stars  embroidered  in  white  silk  on  bo^h  sides  of  the  union ;  the  edges 
to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2$  inches  wide;  the  official 
designation  of  the  regiment  to  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  lance. 

The  regimental  standard,  of  same  dimensions  as  the  national  standard,  shall 
be  of  yellow  silk,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms 
of  the  United  States,  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  shall  be  placed  a 

scroll  embroidered  in  red  silk  and  bearing  the  inscription  " U.  S.  Cavalry," 

embroidered  in  yellow ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow 
silk  2£  inches  wide. 

231.  STANDARDS   FOR   FIELD   ARTILLERY    REGIMENTS. — The    national    standard 
shall  be  as  described  in  paragraph  230. 

The  regimental  standard,  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the  national,  standard, 
shall  be  of  scarlet  silk,  having  embroidered  on  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of 
arms  of  the  United  States,  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  shall  be 

placed  a  scroll  embroidered  in  yellow  silk  and  .bearing  the  inscription  " 

U.  S.  Field  Artillery,"  embroidered  in  scarlet ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with 
knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2£  inches  wide. 

231J.  STANDARDS  FOR  BATTALIONS  OF  SIGNAL  CORPS. — The  national  standard 
shall  he  the  national  flag  of  silk,  4  feet  fly  and  3  feet  on  the  lance,  which  shall 
be  9  feet  6  inches  long,  including  spearhead  and  ferrule;  the  union  to  be  22 
inches  long,  with  stars  embroidered  in  white  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  union ; 
the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2£  inches  wide;  the 
official  designation  of  the  battalion  to  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on 
the  lance. 

The  battalion  standard,  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the  national  standard,  shall 
be  of  orange  silk,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms 
of  the  United  States  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  in  the  middle 
shall  be  embroidered,  on  both  sides  of  the  standard,  the  device  of  the  Signal 
Corps,  and  also  an  outlined  scroll  bearing  the  inscription  " Battalion, 


62  FLAGS,   COLORS,   STANDARDS,  AND   GUIDONS. 

Signal  Corps,  U.  S.  A." ;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  white 
silk  24  inches  wide.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  47  and  54.) 

232.  COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. — The  silken  national  and  regimental  colors  or 
standards  shall  be  carried  in  battle,  campaign,  and  on  all  occasions  of  ceremony 
at  regimental  headquarters  in  which  two  or  more  companies  of  the  regiment 
participate. 

A  similar  rule  applies  to  the  use  of  the  silken  colors  of  the  battalion  of  Engi- 
neers and  of  the  coast  defense  commands. 

When  not  in  use  as  prescribed  in  this  paragraph,  colors  and  standards  will  be 
kept  in  their  waterproof  cases. 

233.  SERVICE  COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. — A  national  color  or  standard  made  of 
bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  but  in  all  other  respects  similar  to  the  silken 
national  color  or  standard,  shall  be  furnished  as  follows:  To  each  regiment  of 
Engineers,  one  color  for  each  battalion ;  to  each  regiment  of  Infantry,  one  color 
for  each  battalion;  to  each  coast  defense  command,  one  color  for  each  post 
where  two  or  more  companies  are  stationed ;   to  each  battalion  of  mounted 
Engineers,  one  standard ;  to  each  regiment  of  Cavalry,  one  standard  for  each 
squadron ;  to  each  regiment  of  Field  Artillery,  one  standard  for  each  battalion ; 
to  each  battalion  of  the  Signal   Corps,   one  standard.     The  official  designa- 
tion of  the  regiment  or  mounted  battalion  of  Engineers,  regiment  of  Infantry, 
Cavalry,  or  Field  Artillery,  of  the  battalion  of  the  Signal  Corps,  or  of  the  coast 
defense  command,  will  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  pike  or  lance. 

These  colors  and  standards  are  for  use  at  drills  and  on  marches,  and  onfall 
service  other  than  battles,  campaigns,  and  occasions  of  ceremony ;  but  battalions 
and  squadrons  detached  from  regimental  headquarters,  and  garrisons  of  Coast 
Artillery  posts,  other  than  coast  defense  headquarters,  may  use  them  upon  all 
occasions.  Not  more  than  one  national  color  or  standard  will  be  carried  when 
the  regiment  or  any  part  of  it  is  assembled.  ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  Jfl. ) 

234.  COLORS  FOB  BATTALIONS  OF  PHILIPPINE  SCOUTS. — The  national  service 
color  prescribed  in  paragraph  233  will  be  used  on  all  occasions.     The  official 
designation  of  the  battalion  will  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the 
pike  or  lance. 

235.  GUIDONS  FOR  CAVALEY. — Each  troop  of  Cavalry  will  have  a  silken  guidon, 
cut  swallow-tailed,  15  inches  to  the  fork,  3  feet  5  inches  fly  from  lance  to  end  of 
swallowtail,  and  2  feet  3  inches  on  the  lance,  having  two  horizontal  stripes  each 
one-half  the  width  of  the  flag,  the  upper  red  and  lower  white,  the  red  stripe 
having  on  both  sides  in  the  center  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  white  silk, 
and  the  white  stripe  the  letter  of  the  troop  in  red  silk,  the  letter  and  number 
block  shaped,  4f  inches  high,  the  lance  1£  inches  in  diameter  and  9  feet  long, 
including  spear  and  ferrule.     Each  troop  will  also  have  a  service  guidon,  made 
of  bunting  or  other '  suitable  material,  in  shape  and  design  the  same  as  the 
silken  guidon ;  the  latter  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions 
of  ceremony. 

236.  GUIDONS  FOR  FIELD  ARTILLERY. — Each  battery  of  Field  Artillery   will 
have  a  guidon  of  scarlet  silk,  dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for 
Cavalry  guidons ;  in  the  center  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  two  crossed  field  guns, 
about  14J  inches  in  length,  with  number  of  regiment  in  the  upper  and  letter  of, 
battery  in  the  lower  angle ;  field  guns,  number,  and  letter  to  be  of  yellow  silk, 
number  and  letter  block  shaped,  44  inches  high;  lance  same  as  for  Cavalry 
guidon.     This  silken  guidon  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occa- 
sions of  ceremony.    Each  battery  will  also  have  a  service  guidon  of  bunting  or 
other  suitable  material,  in  shape  and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon. 

237.  GUIDONS   FOR  ENGINEERS. — Each  company   of   mounted   Engineers   and 
each  mounted  section  of  aa  Engineer  company  will  have  a  guidon  of  scarlet  silk, 


FLAGS,  COLORS,  STANDARDS,  AND  GUIDONS.          63, 

dimensions  and  shape  the  same  as  described  for  Cavalry  guidons ;  in  the 
center  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  a  castle  about  104.  inches  high  and  14  inches 
in  length ;  the  guidon  for  a  company  of  mounted  Engineers  to  have  an  out- 
lined panel  2  inches  wide  and  10  inches  in  length,  containing  the  word 
"Mounted"  in  plain  capital  letters,  above  the  castle,  the  lower  line  of  the 
panel  to  be  3  inches  above  a  line  drawn  between  the  tops  of  the  outer  turrets 
of  the  castle.  The  number  of  the  battalion  will  be  superimposed  ,ou  the 
panel  above  the  center  turret  of  the  castle,  the  base  of  the  number  to  be  1J 
inches  above  a  line  drawn  between  the  tops  of  the  outer  turrets  of  the  castle. 
The  letter  of  the  company  will  be  below  the  center  turret  of  the  castle,  the 
top  of  the  letter  being  1 J  inches  below  the  base  of  the  castle ;  the  number  and 
letter  to  be  block  shaped  and  44.  inches  in  height.  Guidons  for  mounted  see- 
tions  of  Engineer  companies  will  be  the  same  except  that  the  bar  or  panel  and 
the  word  "Mounted"  will  be  omitted,  the  castle,  panel,  letters,  and  number  all 
to  be  embroidered  in  silver ;  lance  same  as  for  Cavalry  guidon.  This  silken 
guidon  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions  of  ceremony.  Each 
company  of  mounted  Engineers  and  each  mounted  section  of  an  Engineer  com- 
pany will  also  have  a  service  guidon,  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material, 
in  shape  and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  47.) 

238.  GUIDONS  FOB  SIGNAL  COBPS. — Each  mounted  company  of  the  Signal 
Corps  will  have  a  guidon  of  orange  silk,  dimensions  and  shape  same  as  de- 
scribed for  Cavalry  guidons;  in  the  center  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  two 
crossed  flags  6  inches  square  of  white  silk,  with  centers  2  inches  square  of 
scarlet  silk,  having  staffs  15  inches  in  length  of  yellow  silk ;  the  letter  of  the 
company,  of  white  silk,  block  shaped,  4$  inches  high,  to  be  placed  above  the 
crossed  flags ;  lance  same  as  for  Cavalry  guidon. 

Each  aero  squadron  of  the  Signal  Corps  will  have  a  guidon  of  orange  silk, 
dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for  Cavalry  guidons ;  in  the  center 
on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  the  device  of  the  Signl  Corps;  the  flags  to  be  6 
inches  square,  made  of  white  silk,  having  in  the  center  of  each  a  2-inch  square 
of  scarlet  silk ;  the  crossed  staffs  to  be  17  inches  long  by  seven-eighths  inoh 
wide,  made  of  yellow  silk ;  the  squadron  number,  block  shaped,  44,  inches  high, 
to  be  placed  in  center  above  flags,  34,  inches  from  the  top,  and  an  eagle,  16 
inches  spread,  to  be  placed  in  center  below  flags,  34,  inches  from  the  bottom ;  the 
number  and  eagle  to  be  of  white  silk ;  lance  same  as  for  Cavalry  guidon. 

Each  telegraph  company  of  the  Signal  Corps  will  have  a  guidon  of  orange 
silk,  dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for  Cavalry  guidons ;  in  the 
center  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  the  device  of  the  Signal  Corps ;  the  flags 
to  be  6  inches  square,  made  of  white  silk,  having  in  the  center  of  each  a  2-inch 
square  of  scarlet  silk ;  the  crossed  staffs  to  be  17  inches  long  by  seven-eighths 
inch  wide,  made  of  yellow  silk ;  the  company  letter,  block  shaped,  44.  inches 
high,  to  be  placed  in  center  above  flags,  34.  inches  from  the  top,  and  the  forked 
lightning,  7J  inches  high,  to  be  placed  in  center  below  flags,  34  inches  from  the 
bottom ;  the  letter  and  forked  lightning  to  be  of  white  silk ;  lance  same  as  for 
Cavalry  guidon. 

The  silken  guidons  prescribed  for  mounted  and  telegraph  companies  and 
aero  squadrons  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions  of  cere- 
mony. Each  of  these  organizations  will  also  have  a  service  guidon  made  of 
bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in  shape  and  design  the  same  as  the  silken 
guidon.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

2384..  GUIDONS  FOB  FIELD  HOSPITALS  AND  AMBULANCE  COMPANIES. — Each  field 
hospital  and  each  ambulance  company  of  the  Medical  Department  will  have  a 
guidon  of  maroon  silk,  dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for  Cavalry 
guidons ;  in  the  center,  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon,  the  device  of  the  Hospital 


64  FLAGS,   COLORS,   STANDARDS,  AND   GUIDONS. 

Corps,  a  caduceus  made  of  white  silk,  12J  inches  high ;  the  field  hospital  or  am- 
bulance company  number  to  be  placed  above  the  caduceus,  1$  inches  from  the 
top,  and  the  letters  "  F.  H."  for  field  hospital  and  "A.  C."  for  ambulance  com- 
pany to  be  placed  below  the  caduceus,  1$  inches  from  the  bottom ;  figures  and 
letters  to  be  of  white  silk,  block  shaped,  4$  inches  high;  lance  same  as  for 
Cavalry  guidon.  The  silken  guidons  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on 
occasions  of  ceremony.  Each  field  hospital  and  each  ambulance  company  will 
also  have  a  service  guidon,  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in  shape 
and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

238j.  GUIDONS  FOB  MOTOR  TRUCK  COMPANIES. — Guidons  with  suitable  staffs 
are  authorized  for  each  motor  truck  company  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  and 
will  be  carried  on  the  leading  and  Vear  trucks.  They  will  consist  of  red,  white, 
and  blue  bunting,  triangular'  in  shape ;  the  piece  of  white  bunting,  diamond 
shaped,  measuring  41  inches  in  length  and  13$  inches  at  its  widest  part,  to 
bear  in  center  the  insignia  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  blue  percale,  to  meas- 
ure about  8$  inches  in  diameter  from  head  of  eagle  to  base  of  wheel ;  center  of 
hub  of  wheel  to  be  of  red  percale ;  the  number  of  the  company  to  be  of  blue  per- 
cale, 5  inches  high,  placed  between  casing  and  insignia ;  the  insignia  and  num- 
ber to  be  securely  stitched  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon ;  the  upper  corner  next  to 
the  casing  to  be  of  red  bunting,  triangular  in  shape,  13$  inches  wide,  leading  to 
a  point  at  widest  part  of  diamond,  a  distance  of  20$  inches;  the  lower  corner 
next  to  casing  to  be  of  blue  bunting,  triangular  in  shape,  13$  inches  wide,  lead- 
ing to  a  point  at  widest  part  of  diamond,  a  distance  of  20$  inches.  (C.  A^R., 
No.  47.) 

239.  Whenever  in  the  opinion  of  a  commanding  officer  the  condition  of  any 
silken  color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  the  possession  of  his  command  has  become 
unserviceable,  the  same  will  be  forwarded  to  the  depot  quartermaster,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  for  repair  if  practicable.     Should  it  be  found  that  its  condition 
will  not  warrant  the  expenditure  of  funds  that  may  be  involved,  the  depot 
quartermaster  will  return  it  to  the  officer  from  whom  received  and  will  furnish 
a  new  color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  lieu  thereof.     Upon  receipt  of  new  silken 
colors,  standards,  or  guidons  commanding  officers  will  cause  those  replaced  to  be 
numbered  and  retained  by  the  organization  to  which  they  belong  as  mementos 
of  service,  a  synopsis  of  which,  bearing  the  same  number,  will  be  filed  with  the 
records  of  the  organization.     Service  colors  and  guidons  will  be  submitted  for 
the  action  of  an  inspector  when  unfit  for  further  use.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  12.) 

240.  Boat  flags  and  pennants  for  the  use  of  officers  of  the  Army  when  making 
official  visits  by  water  are  authorized  as  follows : 

FOR  GENERAL  OFFICERS. — A  flag  of  scarlet  bunting,  rectangular  in  shape,  3 
feet  hoist  and  4  feet  9  inches  fly;  the  rank  to  be  indicated  by  white  stars  of 
suitable  size  placed  in  the  center  line  of  the  length  of  the  flag;  for  a  brigadier 
general,  one  star;  for  a  major  general,  two  stars,  and  for  the  lieutenant  gen- 
eral, three  stars. 

The  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  and  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment will  use  the  general  officer's  flag  with  the  appropriate  number  of  stars. 

FOR  COAST  DEFENSE  COMMANDERS. — A  flag  of  scarlet  bunting,  rectangular  in 
shape,  1  foot  6  inches  hoist  and  2  feet  fly  for  small  boats  and  launches  and  2 
feet  3  inches  hoist  and  3  feet  fly  for  larger  boats.  In  the  center,  on  both  sides, 
crossed  cannon  in  yellow,  with  a  medallion  at  their  intersection,  in  scarlet, 
having  an  oblong  projectile  in  yellow. 

FOR  POST  COMMANDERS. — A  pennant  of  bunting,  triangular  in  shape,  1  foot 
hoist  and  3  feet  fly ;  the  third  nearest  the  staff  to  be  a  blue  field  bearing  thir- 
teen white  stars  and  the  remaining  two-thirds  to  be  scarlet. 


FLAGS,  COLORS,  STANDARDS,  AND   GUIDONS.  65 

The  truck  of  the  staff  for  general  officers,  artillery  district  commanders,  and 
post  commanders  above  the  rank  of  captain  to  be  a  gilt  ball,  and  for  post  com- 
manders of  lower  grade  to  be  flat. 

240£.  There  will  be  issued  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  when  the  necessity 
therefor  is  certified  by  the  respective  department  commanders,  the  following 
flags  for  automobiles,  to  be  used  by  the  officers  designated  when  engaged  in 
official  duties,  viz : 

1.  GENERAL  OFFICERS,  INCLUDING  CHIEFS  OF  BUREAUS  OF  THE  WAR  DEPART- 
MENT.— Major  general :  Two  stars  of  white  muslin  6J  inches  from  point  to 
point,  resting  upon  two  points  on  the  field  of  red  bunting.     Brigadier  general: 
Same  as  for  major  general,  having  one  star  placed  in  center  of  flag. 

2.  ARTILLERY  DISTRICT  COMMANDERS. — Of  red  bunting,  bearing  two  crossed 
cannon  with  a  medallion  at  intersection  containing  a  projectile,  all  of  yellow 
muslin,  16i  inches  long,  placed  in  center  of  flag. 

3.  CHIEF  UMPIRE  AT  MANEUVERS. — Of  white  bunting  with  two  scarlet  stripes 
3  inches  wide  crossed  diagonally  from  corner  to  corner. 

These  flags  will  be  rectangular  in  shape,  measuring  2  feet  2  inches  fly  and  1 
foot  6  inches  hoist,  to  be  attached  to  suitable  staffs.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  47.) 

241.  Camp  colors  will  be  as  described  for  flags,  printed  upon  bunting  18  by 
20  inches,  on  a  pole  of  ash  8  feet  long  and  1&  inches  in  diameter,  the  butt  end 
armed  with  a  pointed  ferrule. 

242.  Whenever  provisional  divisions  and  brigades  are  organized  for  purposes 
of  instruction,  the  headquarters  of  opposing  forces  are  marked  by  blue  and  red 
banners,  respectively.     Headquarters  of  organizations  may  be  marked,  accord- 
ing to  the  force  to  which  they  belong,  by  blue  or  red  flags  or  pennants  with 
appropriate  insignia  in  white. 

Dimensions : 

Division  flag:  4  feet  hoist,  6  feet  fly. 

Brigade  pennant:  Swallow-tailed,  4  feet  hoist,  5  feet  fly. 

The  chief  umpire's  flag  will  be  made  of  white  bunting,  crossed  diagonally 
from  corner  to  corner  with  two  stripes  of  red  bunting,  8  inches  wide ;  same  size 
as  division  flag. 

Flags  and  pennants  for  headquarters  of  opposing  forces  and  organizations 
will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

248.  No  ensign,  pennon,  streamer,  or  other  banner  of*  any  kind  other  than 
the  flags,  colors,  standards,  pennants,  and  guidons  prescribed  by  the  Army 
Regulations  or  otherwise  authorized  by  the  War  Department  will  be  used  by  the 
Army  or  by  any  regiment  or  other  organization  thereof. 

244.  The  names  and  dates  of  battles  in  which  regiments  or  separate  bat- 
tajions  have'  participated  will  be  engraved  on  silver  bands  and  placed  on  the 
pike  of  the  colors  or  lance  of  the  standard  of  the  regiment  or  separate  battalion, 
as  the  case  may  be.  For  this  purpose  only  the  name's  of  those  battles  which 
conform  to  the  following  definition  will  be  considered,  viz :  Battles  are  important 
engagements  between  independent  armies  in  their  own  theaters  of  war,  in  con- 
tradistinction to  conflicts  in  which  but  a  small  portion  of  the  opposing  forces 
are  actually  engaged,  the  latter  being  called,  according  to  their  nature,  affairs, 
combats,  skirmishes,  and  the  like.  A  battle  has  for  its  object  the  determination 
of  important  questions  of  policy  or  strategy ;  an  engagement  may  be  partial, 
yet  if  it  tend  to  these  ends,  it  is  also  entitled  to  the  dignity  of  being  termed  a 
battle. 

The  names  and  dates  of  battles  which  it  is  proposed  to  have  engraved  on  the 
silver  bands  will  be  submitted  to  the  War  Department,  which  will  decide  each 
case  on  its  merits. 

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66  BEGIMENTS   AND  BATTALIONS. 

At  least  two  companies,  troops,  or  batteries  of  a  regiment  or  separate  bat- 
talion must  have  participated  in  a  battle  in  order  that  the  name  of  the  battle 
may  be  placed  on  the  colors  or  standards  thereof. 

A  company,  troop,  or  battery  shall  not  receive  credit  for  having  participated 
in  a  battle  unle'ss  at  least  one-half  of  the  actual  strength  thereof  was  engaged. 

The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  furnish  each  company,  troop,  and 
battery  with  a  suitably  engrossed  certificate  setting  forA  the  names  of  all 
battles  in  which  said  company,  troop,  or  battery  participated,  with  the  dates 
thereof,  and  showing,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  the  organizations  of  the  United 
States  troops  engaged  therein,  and  against  what  enemy.  This  certificate  will 
state  that  the  names  and  dates  of  these  battles-are  engraved  on  silver  bands  on 
the  pike  of  the  colors  of  the  regiment  or  battalion,  or  the  lance  of  the  standard 
of  the  regiment  or  battalion,  as  the  case  may  be ;  excepting  in  the  case  of 
companies  which  have  no  regimental  or  battalion  organization. 

This  certificate  will  be  suitably  framed  and  kept  posted  in  the  barracks  of 
the  company,  troop,  or  battery. 

The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  furnish  each  company,  troop,  and 
battery  with  a  suitably  engrossed  certificate  setting  forth  the  names  and  dates 
of  other  engagements  and  minor  affairs  in  which  such  organizations  have  been 
engaged,  showing,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  the  organizations  engaged,  the  num- 
bers of  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  engaged,  and  against  what  enemy. 

This  certificate  will  be  suitably  framed  and  kept  posted  in  the  barracks  of 
the  company,  troop,  or  battery. 

Consideration  will  be  given  to  all  battles  and  engagements  whether  fought 
•within  or  prior  to  the  period  of  existing  organizations. 

A  former  organization  that  participated  in  any  battles  or  engagements  will  be 
traced  to  an  existing  organization  and  such  existing  organization  will  be 
credited  with  the  battles  or  engagements  in  the  case. 

Where  it  can  not  be  determined  with  accuracy  to  what  organization  a  certain 
battle  or  engagement  is  to  be  credited,  the  matter  will  be  decided  by  the  War 
Department  on  its  merits. 

As  soon  as  practicable  after  the  termination  of  any  campaign  in  which  bat- 
tles, engagements,  or  minor  affairs  have  occurred  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  will  furnish  the  companies,  troops,  and  batteries  which  have  been  en- 
gaged with  certificates  as  above  indicated.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  1  and  31.) 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 
REGIMENTS  AND  BATTAIJONS. 

245.  In  the  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  and  Infantry  arms  the  regiment  is  the 
administrative  unit.  The  headquarters  of  the  regiment  are  at  the  station  Af 
the  permanent  regimental  commander;  in  his  absence  the  command  of  the 
regiment  devolves  upon  the  senior  officer  on  duty  with  it  wherever  he  may  be 
stationed.  The  regiment  is  composed  of  two  or  more  battalions  which,  in  turn, 
are  composed  of  two  or  more  companies.  The  battalion,  in  a  regiment,  is  not 
an  administrative  unit  and  has  no  separate  records ;  it  is  purely  a  tactical  unit 
conveniently  organized  for  instruction  or  maneuver,  and  particularly  for  com- 
bat, either  as  an  integral  part  of  the  regiment  to  which  it  belongs  or  separated 
from  it.  It  is  appropriately  commanded  by  a  field  officer,  normally  a  major, 
regularly  assigned  in  orders.  In  the  absence  of  its  regular  commander  the 
command  devolves  upon  the  senior  officer  of  the  battalion  on  duty  with  it, 
unless  a  field  officer  has  been  assigned  as  contemplated  in  paragraph  247. 
Whenever  incomplete  battalions  of  the  same  or  different  regiments  are  serving 
together,  the  commanding  officer  may  designate  provisional  battalions,  and  simi- 


BEGIMENTS  AND  BATTALIONS.  67 

larly,  in  the  case  of  incomplete  regiments,  he  may  designate  provisional  regi- 
ments. The  regulations  relating  to  regiments  apply  to  battalions  not  organized 
into  regiments  unless  otherwise  specially  provided. 

A  battalion  commander  is  responsible  for  the  instruction,  tactical  efficiency, 
and  preparedness  for  war  service  of  the  troops  of  his  battalion  under  his 
immediate  command.  Correspondence  relating  to  the  personnel,  instruction, 
discipline,  or  equipment  of  a  company,  battery,  or  troop  in  battalion  or 
squadron,  will  pass  through  the  battalion  or  squadron  commander.  No  official 
record,  however,  of  such  correspondence  will  be  kept  by  the  battalion  or  squad- 
ron commander.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  23.) 

246.  A  regimental  commander  and  coast-defense  commander  are  responsible 
for  the  instruction,  tactial  efficiency,  nnd  preparedness  for  war  service  of  the 
troops  under  his  immediate  command.    They  will  encourage  among  their  officers 
harmonious  relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emulation  in  the  performance  of 
duty.     Their  timely  interference  to  prevent  disputes,  their  advice  to  the  inex- 
perienced, and  immediate  censure  of  any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dissension 
in  the  command  or  to  reflect  discredit  upon  it,   are  of  great  importance  in 
securing  and  maintaining  its  efficiency.     In  such  efforts  they  will  receive  the 
loyal  support  of  their  subordinates. 

247.  Field  officers  of  the  mobile  Army  are  assigned  by  the  department  com- 
mander to  stations  or  commands  where  their  services  are  most  required,  and 
are  there  assigned  to  appropriate  duties  by  the  commanding  officer,  preferably 
with  troops  of  the  units  to  which  they  belong.     A  lieutenant  colonel  may  be 
appropriately  assigned  to  the  command  of  any  part  of  a  regiment  larger  than 
a  battalion,  or  to  the  command  of  a  battalion  in  the  absence  of  its  major. 

248.  The  regimental  staff  officers  are  appointed  from  the  captains,  and  con- 
sist of  the  regimental  adjutant  and  the  regimental  supply  officer,  and  they  will 
be  so  designated,  respectively.     They  are  appointed  by  the  regimental  com- 
mander, who  will  at  once  report  his  action  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army.    The  battalion  staff  consists  of  the  adjutant,  who  will  be  designated  as 
the  battalion   (or  squadron)   adjutant  and,  except  in  the  battalions  of  Engi- 
neers, is  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander  after  consultation  with  the 
battalion  commander.    When  a  battalion  is  detached  and  serving  at  such  a  dis- 
tance from  regimental  headquarters  that  more  than  15  days  are  required  for 
exchange  of  correspondence  by  mail,  the  battalion  adjutant  is  appointed  by  the 
battalion  commander,  who  will  immediately  notify  the  regimental  commander 
and  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     In  the  battalions  of  mounted  Engi- 
neers the  adjutants  are  appointed  by  the  battalion  commanders.    Appointments 
of  staff  officers  will  not  be  antedated  and  will  take  effect  on  the  day  on  which 
actually  made.    A  regimental  staff  officer  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  pertaining 
to  his  appointment  from  the  date  on  which  he  reports  for  duty  at  regimental 
headquarters,  a  battalion  staff  officer  from  the  date  on  which  he  reports  for 
duty  at  the  station  of  a  company  of  his  battalion,  whether  such  company  be 
stationed  at  the  post  of  the  battalion  commander  or  not.    This  date  will  be  noted 
on  the  post  return  for  the  month  in  which  the  officer  reports,  and  on  his  pay 
voucher  for  the  same  month.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

249.  The  tour  of  duty  of  a  staff  officer  of  a  regiment,  coast  defense  command, 
or  battalion  not  forming  part  of  a  regiment,  is  limited  to  four  years,  and  having 
completed  a  tour,  an  officer  will  not  be  eligible  for  a  second  tour  until  he  shall 
have  served  two  years  as  a  company  officer.    The  tour  of  duty  of  a  staff  officer 


68  KEGIMENTS   AND  BATTALIONS. 

of  a  battalion  forming  part  of  a  regiment  is  limited  to  two  years,  and  having 
completed  a  tour,  an  officer  will  not  be  eligible  for  a  second  tour  until  he  shall 
have  served  two  years  as  a  company  officer. 

250.  All  staff  appointments  in  a  regiment  are  restricted  to  the  officers  on 
duty  with  it  and  who  are  not  serving  at  a  school  of  instruction.     Should  the 
regimental  commander  desire  to  appoint  an  absent  officer  to  the  regimental  staff 
he  may  apply  for  orders  for  the  absent  officer  to  join,  but  the  officer  must  join 
before  the  appointment  can  be  made. 

251.  The  adjutant,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  have 
charge  of  the  various  rosters  of  service;  he  will  make,  publish,  and  verify  all 
details,  keep  the  records  of  the  regiment,  and  perform  such  military  duties 
with  troops  as  are  required  by  regulations.     Through  him  the  commanding 
officer  communicates  with  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command. 

252.  The  adjutant  should  be  courteous  to  and  on  friendly  terms  with  the 
officers  of  the  command  he  represents,  and  will  avoid  all  discussions  of  the 
orders  or  military  conduct  of  his  superiors.     He  should  inform  himself  upon  all 
points  of  military  usage  and  etiquette,  and  on  proper  occasions  aid  with  his 
advice  and  experience  the  subalterns  of  the  regiment,  especially  those  just 
entering  the  service.     He  will  endeavor   at  all   times  to  exert   the  influence 
belonging  to  his  station  in  sustaining  the  reputation,  discipline,  and  harmony 
of  the  command. 

253.  The  adjutant  and  supply  officer,  under  the  regimental  commander,  are 
responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the  noncommissioned  staff  sand 
band  and  for  the  proper  supply  of  the  regiment  in  the  field.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

254.  Regimental  supply  officers  and  regimental  supply  sergeants  will  be  avail- 
able for  duty  as  assistants  and  will  be  required  to  assist  the  officers  of  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  at  the  various  posts  and  stations.     They  shall  not  be 
called  upon  to  receipt  for  money  or  property  which  does  not  pertain  to  their 
lespective  regiments,  nor  shall  they  be  separated  from  the  organizations  to 
which  they  belong. 

They  will  be  available  at  all  times  for  field  service  and  such  other  exercises 
with  their  organizations  as  the  regimental  commander  may  deem  necessary. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

Questions  arising  as  to  the  number  of  assistants  necessary  will  be  decided  by 
department  commanders,  who  will  see  that  the  number  so  detailed  is  kept  at 
the  lowest  point  consistent  with  an  efficient  performance  of  these  duties,  due 
attention  being  given  to  the  avoidance  of  assigning  to  officers  duties  which  can. 
be  properly  performed  by  civilian  employees.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

255.  Regimental  and  battalion  staff  officers  may  be  assigned  to  duty  with  a 
company  or  to  any  staff  duty  which  their  regimental  commander  may  impose, 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  254. 

256.  The    regimental    noncommissioned    staff    officers    consist    of    the    regi- 
mental sergeant  major,  the  regimental  supply  sergeants,  the  color  sergeants, 
and    in    regiments    of    Engineers,    the    master    engineers,    senior    grade,    and 
are  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander.     The  battalion  noncommissioned 
staff  officers  are  the  battalion  sergeants  major,  and  in  Engineers  the  master 
engineers,    junior    grade,    and    the    battalion    supply    sergeants.      They    are 
appointed  by  the  regimental  commander  after  consultation  with  the  battalion 
commander.     When    a    battalion    is    detached    from    regimental    headquarters 
the  battalion  noncommissioned  staff  officers  are  appointed  temporarily  by  the 
battalion  commander,  who  will  immediately  notify  the  regimental  commander, 

ilood  ai  Jwfft  9ff  fliw  .^nivra?  9<1  v.srn  tnernh^f  *urt.tlr»irtw 


REGIMENTS   AND   BATTALIONS.  69 

and  such  temporary  appointment  will  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  the  date 
it  is  made  and  will  continue  in  full  force  and  effect  from  that  date  if  it  be 
approved  by  the  regimental  commander.  If  the  regimental  commander  disap- 
proves the  appointment,  then  the  increased  rank  and  pay  will  cease  upon  receipt 
by  the  battalion  commander  of  notice  of  such  disapproval.  Each  noncommis- 
sioned staff  officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  warrant  signed  by  the  regimental 
commander.  The  appointment  takes  effect  on  the  day  upon  which  it  is  made 
and  the  warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and  reenlistment, 
if  reenlistment  be  made  on  the  day  following  that  of  discharge;  each  reen- 
listment and  continuance  will  be  noted  on  the  warrant.  Any  noncommissioned 
staff  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or 
by  order  of  the  commander  having  final  authority  to  appoint  such  noncommis- 
sioned officer.  Noncommissioned  staff  officers  will  preferably  be  selected  from 
the  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  regiment  who  are  most  distinguished  for 
efficiency,  gallantry,  and  soldierly  bearing.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

257.  The  public  property  pertaining  to   the  headquarters   of  the   regiment 
will  be  marked  "  H.   Q.,"  with   arm   and   number  of  regiment.     Haversacks, 
canteens,  and  similar  articles  of  equipment  in  possession  of  the  noncommis- 
sioned staff  and  band  will  be  marked  as  follows :  Cavalry  equipments,  crossed 
sabers,  with  number  of  the  regiment  above  and  "  N.  C.  S.  "  or  "  Band  "  below 
the  intersection ;  Field  Artillery  equipments,  crossed  field  guns,  with  the  number 
of  the  regiment  above  and  "  N.  C.   S.  "  or  "  Band "  below  the  intersection ; 
Infantry  equipments,  crossed  rifles,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  above  and 
"  N.  C.  S."  or  "  Band  "  below  the  intersection ;  Coast  Artillery  Corps  equipments, 
crossed  cannons,  with  "  N.  C.  S."  or  "  Band  "  below  the  intersection,  and  in  the 
latter  case  the  number  of  the  band  below  the  intersection  and  above  the  word 
"  Band  " ;  and  equipments  of  the  special  corps  of  the  Army,  according  to  their 
respective  devices.    The  design  will  be  stenciled  in  black,  the  letters  and  num- 
bers  in  full-faced   characters.     The1  design  will  be  placed   above  the   letters 
"  U.  S."  on  equipments  and  the  soldier's  number  in  characters  one-half  inch  high 
below  the  letters  "  U.  S."    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  1.) 

258.  The  following-named  books  of  record,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  kept 
in  each  regiment :  A  correspondence  book  and  a  morning  report  of  the  field,  staff, 
and  band,  furnished  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department ;  a  regimental  fund 
book   (ordinary  blank  book  without  special  ruling),  furnished  by  the  Quarter- 
master Corps ;  a  document  file,  a  file  of  the  regimental  orders,  all  orders,  cir- 
culars, and  instructions  from  higher  authority,  copies  of  the  monthly  returns, 
muster  rolls  of  the  field,  staff,  and  band,  and  other  regimental  returns  and 
reports. 

Of  the  books,  reports,  and  papers  herein  referred  to,  the  correspondence 
book,  the  document  file,  the  muster  rolls,  the  regimental  monthly  returns  and 
all  other  returns  of  the  personnel  of  the  regiment,  the  general  orders  and  cir- 
culars of  the  War  Department,  and  regimental  general  orders  will  be  perma- 
nently preserved.  Division  and  department  orders,  except  extracts  of  special 
orders,  will,  when  the  regiment  is  relieved  from  duty  in  the  division  or  de- 
partment, be  disposed  of  under  instructions  of  the  division  or  department  com- 
mander. All  other  books,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  kept  five  years,  reckoned 
from  the  close  of  the  period  of  their  use  in  case  of  books  and  reports  and  from 
their  dates  in  case  of  papers,  when  they  will  be  destroyed  under  the  direction  of 
the  regimental  commander. 

259.  All  orders  and  circulars  from  the  War  Department,  or  from  the  head- 
quarters of  an  army,  field  army,  division,  brigade,  or  territorial  department  in 
which  the  regiment  may  be  serving,  will  be  filed  in  book  form,  and  general  orders 
and  circulars  indexed  as  soon  as  received. 


70  TROOPS,  BATTERIES,   AND   COMPANIES. 

BANDS. 

260.  The  noncommissioned  officers  of  regimental  bands  will  be  appointed  by 
the  regimental  commanders,  upon  the  recommendation  of  regimental  adjutants, 
under  the  same  conditions  prescribed  in  paragraph  256  for  the  noncommissioned 
staff  of  the  regiment.    The  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Engineer  baud  will 
be  appointed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  battalion  with  which  the  band  is 
serving.    The  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  bands  will 
be  appointed  by  coast  defense  commanders. 

261.  When  a  regiment  occupies  several  stations  the  band  will  be  kept  at 
headquarters,  provided  one  or  more  companies  be  serving  there.    The  field  mu- 
sicians of  companies  will  not  be  separated  therefrom.     The  Coast  Artillery 
Corps  and  Engineer  bands  will  be  assigned  to  stations  by  the  War  Department 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  chiefs  of  Coast  Artillery  and  Engineers,  re- 
spectively.    Army  bands,  or  members  thereof,  are  prohibited  by  law  from  re- 
ceiving remuneration  for  furnishing  music  outside  the  limits  of  military  posts 
when  the  furnishing  of  such  music  places  them  in  competition  with  local  civilian 
musicians. 

262.  Musical  instruments  mentioned  in  paragraph  1179,  extra  parts  there- 
for, and  equipments  for  bands,  including  the  issue  quarterly  of  one-half  ream  of 
music  writing  paper,  upright,  14  staves,  size  of  paper  10i  by  13^  inches,  and 
one-half  ream  of  music  writing  paper,  oblong,  16  staves,  size  of  paper  13£  by 
10J  inches,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.    Musical  instruments 
other  than  those  above  referred  to  may  be  purchased  from  available  regimental 
funds.     The   commanding  officer   of   the   band   will   be   responsible   for   baud 
instruments  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  and  both  responsible  and 
accountable  for  those  purchased  from  the  regimental  funds.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

263.  Regimental  commanders  will  notify  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
direct  when  field  or  band  musicians  are  required. 

264.  1.  The  composition  consisting  of  the  words  and  music  known  as  "  The 
Star-Spangled  Banner  "  is  designated  the  national  anthem  of  the  United  States 
of  America. 

2.  Provisions  in  these  regulations  or  in  orders  issued  under  the  authority  of 
the  War  Department  requiring  the  playing  of  the  national  anthem  at  any  time 
or  place  shall  be  taken  to  mean  "  The  Star-Spangled  Banner  "  to  the  exclusion 
of  other  tunes  or  musical  compositions  popularly  known  as  national  airs. 

3.  Commanding  officers  will  require  bands  to  play  national  and  patriotic  airs 
on  appropriate  occasions.     The  playing  of  the  national  anthem  of  any  country 
as  part  of  a  medley  is  prohibited.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

ARTICLE  XXX. 

TBOOPS,  BATTEBIES,  AND  COMPANIES. 

265.  The  details  of  captains  on  detached  service  away  from  their  arm  of 
the  service  will  be  limited,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  those  required  by  law. 

266.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company  is  responsible  for  the  instruction, 
tactical  efficiency,  and  preparedness  for  war  service  of  his  company ;  for  its 
appearance  and  discipline;  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  its  equipment;  and 
for   the  proper   performance   of   duties   connected   with   its   subsistence,    pay, 
clothing,  accounts,  reports,  and  returns. 

267.  In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  the  command  of  a  company  devolves  upon 
the  subaltera  next  in. rank  who  .is  serving. .with  itv  unless  ofclaejrwise  special ly 
directed. 


TBOOPS,   BATTERIES,  AND   COMPANIES.  71 

268.  In  the  absence  of  all  the  officers  of  a  company,  the  post  commander 
will  assign  an  officer,  preferably  of  the  same  regiment,  to  its  command.     If 
there  be  no  officer  available,  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the  department  com- 
mander. 

269.  Captains  will  require  their  lieutenants  to  assist  in  the  performance  of 
all  company  duties,  including  the  keeping  of  records  and  the  preparation  of  the 
necessary  reports  and  returns. 

270.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  be  carefully  selected  and  instructed,  and 
always  supported  by  company  commanders  in  the  proper  performance  of  their 
duties.    They  will  not  be  detailed  for  any  duty  nor  permitted  to  engage  in  any 
occupation  inconsistent  with  their  rank  and  position.     Officers  will  be  cautious 
in  reproving  them  in  the  presence  or  hearing  of  private  soldiers. 

271.  Company  noncommissioned  officers  are  appointed  by  regimental  com- 
manders, or  temporarily  appointed  by  battalion  commanders,  under,  the  con- 
ditions stated  in  paragraph  256,  on  the  recommendation  of  their  company  com- 
manders ;  but  in  no  case  will  any  company  organization  have  an  excess  of  non- 
commissioned officers  above  that  allowed  by  law.    The  noncommissioned  officers 
of  Coast  Artillery  Corps  companies,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  company 
commanders,  will  be  appointed  by  coast  defense  commanders. 

When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department  from  its  regimental 
headquarters  and  at  such  a  distance  therefrom  that  more  than  15  days  are  re- 
quired for  an  exchange  of  correspondence  by  mail;  company  noncommissioned 
officers  and  wagoners  for  the  transportation  pertaining  to  the  company  may  be 
appointed,  on  recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the  order  of  the 
battalion  commander,  if  such  commander  be  in  the  same  department  as  the  com- 
pany. When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department  from  its  regimental 
and  battalion  head/juarters  and  at  such  a  distance  from  its  regimental  head- 
quarters that  more  than  15  days  are  required  for  an  exchange  of  correspondence 
by  mail,  company  noncommissioned  officers  and  wagoners  for  the  transportation 
pertaining  to  the  company  may  be  appointed,  on  recommendation  of  the  company 
commander,  by  the  order  of  the  senior  officer  of  the  regiment  on  duty  in  the  de- 
partment in  which  the  company  is  serving. 

Coast  Artillery  noncommissioned  officers  of  a  mine  planter  or  cable  ship 
detachment,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  mine 
planter  or  cable  ship,  will  be  appointed  and  reduced  by  the  coast  defense  com- 
mander if  the  vessel  is  serving  in  a  coast  defense  command ;  otherwise  by  the 
department  commander.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  46  and  54-) 

272.  To  test  the  capacity  of  privates  for  the  duties  of  noncommissioned 
officers  company  commanders  may  appoint  lance  corporals,  who  will  be  obeyed 
and  respected  as  corporals,  but  no  company  shall  have  more  than  one  lance  cor- 
poral at  a  time,  unless  there  are  noncommissioned  officers  absent  by  authority, 
during  which  absences  there  may  be  one  for  each  absentee. 

273.  The  captain  will  select  the  first  sergeant,  quartermaster  sergeant,  and 
stable  sergeant  from  the  sergeants  of  his  company,  and  may  return  them  to  the 
grade  of  sergeant  without  reference  to  higher  authority. 

274.  Each  noncommissioned  officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate  or 
warrant  of  his  rank,  signed  by  the  regimental  commander ;  but  a  separate  war- 
rant as  first  sergeant,  quartermaster  sergeant,  or  stable  sergeant  will  not  be 
given.    A  warrant  issued  to  a  noncommissioned  officer  is  his  personal  property. 
Warrants  need  not  be  renewed  in  cases  of  reenlistment  in  the  same  company, 
if  reenlistment  is  made  the  day  following  the  day  of  discharge,  but,  unless  other- 
wise ordered  by  the  regimental  or  coast  defense  commander,  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of -the -company  eemnmnder,  will  remain  4n  f orcejujjiil  seated  by, promotion 
or  reduction,  each  reenlistment  and  continuance  to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by 


72  TROOPS,   BATTERIES,  AND   COMPANIES. 

the  company  commander.  The  warrants  for  noncommissioned  officers  of  the 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  companies  will  be  signed  by  the  coast  defense  commander. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  36  and  5o.) 

275.  Appointments  of  company  noncommissioned  officers  and  cooks  of  the 
Medical  Department  will  take  effect  on  the  day  of  appointment  by  the  author- 
ized commander,  and  of  first  sergeants,  quartermaster  sergeants,  stable  sergeants, 
chief  mechanics,   cooks,   artificers,   farriers,   horseshoers,   mechanics,   saddlers, 
wagoners,  musicians,  trumpeters,  and  first-class  privates  on  the  day  of  appoint- 
ment by  the  company  commander;  but  in  case  of  vacancy  in  a  company  absent 
from  regimental  and  battalion  headquarters  a  company  commander  may  make 
a  temporary  appointment  of  a  noncommissioned  officer,  which  will  carry  rank 
jmd  pay  from  the  date  of  such  appointment.     Information  of  the  appointment 
will  be  promptly  sent  to  the  regimental  commander,  and  if  he  disapproves  it  th^e 
increased  rank  and  pay  will  cease  upon  receipt  by  the  company  commander  of 
such  disapproval.      (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

276.  A  noncommissioned  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  of 
a  court-martial,  or,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the 
order  of  the  commander  having  final  authority  to  appoint  such  noncommissioned 
officer,  but  a  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  reduced  because  of  absence  on 
account  of  sickness  or  injury  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty.     If  reduced  to  the 
ranks  by  sentence  of  court-martial  at  a  post  not  the  headquarters  of  his  regi- 
ment, the  company  commander  will  forward  a  transcript  of  the  order  to  the 
regimental  commander.     The  transfer  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  from  one 
organization  to  another  carries  with  it  reduction  to  the  ranks,  unless  otherwise 
specified  in  the  order  by  authority  competent  to  issue  a  new  warrant. 

When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department  from  its  regimental 
headquarters  and  at  such  a  distance  therefrom  that  more  than  15  days  are  re- 
quired for  exchange  of  correspondence  by  mail,  a  noncommissioned  officer  may 
be  reduced  to  the  ranks,  on  recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the 
order  of  the  battalion  commander,  if  such  commander  be  in  the  same  depart- 
ment as  the  company.  When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department 
from  its  regimental  and  battalion  headquarters,  and  at  such  a  distance  from  its 
regimental  headquarters  that  more  than  15  days  are  required  for  exchange  of 
correspondence  by  mail,  a  noncommissioned  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  rants, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the  order  of  the  senior 
officer  of  the  regiment  on  duty  in  the  department  in  which  the  company  is 
serving.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  45.) 

277.  When  a   noncommissioned   officer,   while   in  arrest  or   confinement,   is 
reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  the  date  of  the  order  publishing  the 
sentence  is  the  date  of  reduction.     In  all  other  cases  reduction  takes  effect  on 
the  date  of  receipt  of  the  order  at  the  soldier's  station.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  15.) 

278.  Chief    mechanics,    cooks,    buglers,    horseshoers,    mechanics,     saddlers, 
wagoners,  and  privates,  first  class,  are  enlisted  as  privates,  and  after  joining 
their  organizations  are  appointed  by  their  respective  organization  commanders. 
For  inefficiency  or  misconduct  they  are  subject  to  reduction  by  the  same  author- 
ity, and  in  case  of  desertion  their  appointments  are  vacated  from  the  date  of 
their  unauthorized  absence.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  9  and  55.) 

279.  A  soldier  may,  when  necessary,  be  relieved  from  ordinary  military  duty 
to  make,  repair,  or  alter  uniforms.    The  post  exchange  council  will  fix  the  rates 
to  be  charged,  which  will  not  exceed  the  cost  of  doing  such  work  at  the  clothing 
depot,  and  company  commanders  will  cause  to  be  deducted  from  the  pay*  of 
enlisted  men  and  turned  over  'to  the  proper  person  the  amount  properly  due 
tbereifrnr; 


TROOPS,  BATTERIES,  AND   COMPANIES.  73 

tailors,  who  conform  to  prices  fixed  by  post  exchange  council,  as  well  as  to 
enlisted  men  detailed  for  that  duty  by  proper  authority. 

280.  The  following-named  books  of  record,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  kept 
in  each  company  :  A  correspondence  book,  a  sick  report,  a  morning  report,  and, 
in  companies  supplied  with  public  animals,  a  file  of  descriptive  cards  of  public 
animals,  all  to  be  furnished  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department  ;  also  a  com- 
pany council  book,  a  record  of  individual  property  responsibility  of  enlisted 
men,  and  a  record  of  punishments  awarded  by  the  company  commander  under 
the  provisions  of  paragraph  953,  to  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

There  will  also  be  kept,  on  blanks  supplied  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Depart- 
ment, a  complete  record,  description,  and  accounts  of  all  men  who  belong  to 
or  who  have  belonged  to  the  company.  A  record  of  vaccinations  will  be  kept 
on  these  blanks. 

There  will  also  be  kept  a  document  file,  orders  and  instructions  received  from 
higher  authority,  and  retained  copies  of  the  various  rolls,  reports,  and  returns 
required  by  regulations  and  orders. 

Where  copies  of  orders  affecting  the  company  are  not  supplied,  the  orders  will 
be  copied,  if  practicable,  attested  by  the  adjutant,  and  placed  on  the  order  file. 

281.  There  will  also  be  kept  in  each  company  or  detachment  retained  copies 
of  all  returns  of  property  pertaining  to   the  company   and   full   information 
respecting   all    quartermaster   and   all   other   supplies    held    on    memorandum 
receipt,  showing  list  of  'articles,  date  of  receipt,  from  whom  received,  and  the 
name  of  the  officer  who  signed  the  memorandum   receipt   therefor  ;   also  an 
account  of  all  articles  turned  in,  expended,  stolen,  lost,  or  destroyed  ;  and  the 
company   or   detachment   commander   will   have   a   settlement   with   the   staff 
officers  concerned  quarterly  and  when  relinquishing  his  command. 

Of  the  books,  reports,  and  papers  referred  to  in  this  and  in  the  preceding 
paragraph,  the  correspondence  book,  the  document  file,  the  records  of  enlisted 
men  as  kept  in  descriptive  and  deposit  books  or  on  loose  leaves,  the  muster 
rolls,  the  monthly  returns,  and  all  other  returns  of  the  personnel,  and  the 
general  orders  and  circulars  of  the  War  Department  will  be  permanently  pre- 
served. Division  and  department  orders,  except  extracts  of  special  orders,  will 
be  disposed  of  under  instructions  of  the  division  or  department  commander 
when  the  company  is  relieved  from  duty  in  the  division  or  department. 

The  other  books,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  kept  five  years,  reckoned  from 
the  close  of  the  period  of  their  use  in  case  of  books  and  reports  and  from  their 
dates  in  case  of  papers,  when  they  will  be  destroyed  under  direction  of  the 
commanding  officer. 

The  disposition  of  retained  papers  relating  to  an  officer's  accountability  for 
public  property  is  vested  in  the  accountable  officer. 

282.  A  duty  roster  will  be  kept  in  each  company  on  blank  forms  furnished 
by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department  ;  used  blank  forms  will  be  held  one  year 
and  will  then  be  destroyed. 

INTERIOR   ECONOMY   OF   COMPANIES. 

283.  Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  inspect  their  oi-ganizations 
every  Saturday  as  provided  in  drill  regulations.     No  one  will  be  excused  from 
Saturday  inspection  except  the  guard  and  the  sick  in  hospital. 

Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  be  held  responsible  that— 

(a)  The  barracks,   stables,   gun   sheds,  storerooms,   etc..   occupied   by   their 

organization  or  detachment  are  properly  ventilated,  heated,  lighted,  kept  clean, 

and  in  sanitary  condition  at  all  times. 


of  food  kept  on  hand  are  stored  and  cared  for  in  a  sanitary  manner. 


74  TROOPS,   BATTERIES,   AND   COMPANIES. 

(c)  The  grounds  surrounding  the  barracks,  gun  sheds,  stables,  etc.,  occu- 
pied by  their  company  or  detachment  are  properly  policed  and  cared  for. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

284.  The  company  commander  will  cause  the  enlisted  men  of  the  company 
to  be  numbered  and  divided  into  squads,  each  under  the  charge  of  a  noncom- 
missioned officer.     As  far  as  practicable  the  men  of  each  squad  will  be  quar- 
tered together. 

285.  In  quarters  the  name  of  each  soldier  will  be  attached  to  his  bunk,  arms 
will  be  kept  in  racks,  and  accouterments  and  sabers  will  be  hung  up  by  the 
belts. 

286.  Strict  attention  will  be  paid  by  company  commanders  to  the  cleanliness 
of  the  men  and  to  the  police  of  barracks  or  tents.    The  men  will  be  required  to 
bathe  frequently.     In   garrison,   and   whenever   practicable   in   the  field,   they 
will  be  required  to  wash  their  hands  thoroughly  after  going  to  the  latrines  and 
before  each  meal,  in 'order  to  prevent  the  transmission  of  typhoid  fever  and 
other  diseases  by  germs  taken  into  the  mouth  with  food  from  unclean  hands. 
The  hair  will  be  kept  short  and  the  beard  neatly  trimmed.     Soiled  clothing 
will  be  kept  in  the  barrack  bag. 

287.  A  thorough  police  of  barracks  will  precede  the   Saturday   inspection. 
The  chiefs  of  squads  will  see  that  bunks  and  bedding  are  overhauled,  floors, 
tables,  and  .benches  scoured,  arms  and  accouterments  cleaned,  and  all  leather 
articles  polished. 

288.  Chiefs  of  squads  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  cleanliness  of  their 
men.     They  will  see  that  those  who  are  to  go  on  duty  put  their  arms,  accou- 
terments, and  clothing  in  the  best  order,  and  that  such  as  have  passes  leave 
the  post  in  proper  dress. 

289.  Soldiers  will  wear  uniform  in  camp  and  garrison.     When  on  fatigue 
they  will  wear  suitable  fatigue  dress. 

290.  Company  commanders  will  see  that  all  public  property  in  the  possession 
of  enlisted  men  is  kept  in  good  order,  and  that  missing  or  damaged  articles  are 
duly  accounted  for. 

291.  Company  commanders  are  responsible  for  textbooks  and  other  official 
publications  issued  for  the  use  of  their  companies. 

292.  Enlisted  men  will  not  take  their  arms  apart  except  by  permission  of  a 
commissioned  officer  under  proper  supervision,  and  only   in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed in  the  descriptive  pamphlet  of  the  arm  issued  by  the  Ordnance  De- 
partment.    The  polishing  of  blued  or  browned  parts  of  small  arms,  rebluing  or 
rebrowning,  putting  any  portion  of  an  arm  in  a  fire,  or  removing  a  receiver 
from  a  barrel,  is  prohibited.     The  mutilation  of  any  part  by  filing  or  other- 
wise, and  attempts  to  beautify  or  change  the  finish,  are  prohibited.     Pieces 
will  be  unloaded  before  being  taken  to  quarters  or  tents,  and  as  soon  as  the 
men  using  them  are  relieved  from  duty,  unless  otherwise  ordered.     The  use 
of  tompions  in  small  arms  is  forbidden.     The  prohibition  in   this  paragraph 
of  attempts  to  beautify  or  change  the  finish  of  arms  in  the  hands  of  enlisted 
men  is  not  construed  as  forbidding  the  application  of  raw  linseed  oil  to  the 
wood  parts  of  the  arms.    This  oil  is  considered  necessary  for  the  preservation 
of  the  wood,  and  it  may  be  used  for  such  polishing  as  can  be  given  by  rubbing 
in  one  or  more  coats  when  necessary.     The  use  of  raw  linseed  oil  only  will 
be  allowed  for  redressing,  and  the  application  for  such  purpose  of  any  kind  of 
wax  or  varnish,  including  heelball,  is  strictly  prohibited. 

293.  It  is  forbidden  to  use  any  dressing  or  polishing  material  on  the  leather 
accouterments  or  equipments  of  the  soldier,  the  horse  equipments  for  Cavalry, 
or  the  Artillery  harness,  except,  the,,  preparation*. -supplied  ;by.  the  Ordn;in«i 
Department  for  that  purpose. 


TKOOPS,   BATTERIES,   AND   COMPANIES.  75 

294.  Equipments  will  be  fitted  to  the  men  undec  the  direction  of  an  officer ; 
all  other  changes  are  prohibited. 

296.  Articles  of  public  property  issued  to  a  company  for  its  exclusive  use 
will  be  marked,  when  practicable,  with  the  number  or  letter  of  the  company 
and  number  and  arm  of  the  regiment.  Such  articles  issued  to  an  enlisted  man 
(arms  and  clothing  excepted)  will  be  marked,  when  practicable,  with  the  num- 
ber of  the  man,  letter  or  number  of  the  company,  and  number  of  the  regi- 
ment. Haversacks,  canteens,  and  similar  articles  of  equipment  will  be  uniformly 
marked  on  the  outside  as  follows :  Cavalry  equipments,  crossed  sabers,  with  the 
number  of  the  regiment  above  and  the  letter  of  the  troop  below  the  intersection ; 
Field  Artillery  equipments,  crossed  field  guns,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment 
above  and  the  letter  of  the  battery  below  the  intersection ;  Infantry  equipments, 
crossed  rifles,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  above  and  the  letter  of  the 
company  below  the  intersection ;  Coast  Artillery  Corps  equipments,  crossed  can- 
nons, with  the  number  of  the  company  below  the  intersection  of  the  cannons ; 
and  equipments  of  the  special  corps  of  the  Army,  according  to  their  respecnve 
devices.  The  design  will  be  stenciled  in  black,  the  letters  and  numbers  in  full- 
faced  characters.  The  design  will  be  placed  above  the  letters  "  U.  S."  on  equip- 
ments, and  the  soldier's  number  in  characters  one-half  inch  high  below  the  let- 
ters "  U.  S."  Articles  will  not  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the  man  in  the 
Medical  Department  and  Signal  Corps  except  the  articles  issued  to  men  as- 
signed to  field  companies  of  the  Signal  Corps  and  to  men  assigned  to  field 
hospitals  and  ambulance  companies  of  the  Medical  Department.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
1  and  55.) 

MESSING   AND    COOKING. 

296.  In  camp  or  barracks  where  companies  are  not  joined  in  a  general  mess 
the  company  commander  will  supervise  tne  cooking  and  messing  of  his  meu 
He  will  see  that  his  company  is  provided  with   at  least  two  copies  of  the 
Manual  for  Army  Cooks,  and  that  suitable  men  in  sufficient  numbers  are  fully 
instructed  in  managing  and  cooking  the  ration  in  the  field ;  also  that  necessary 
utensils  and  implements  in  serviceable  condition,  for  cooking  both  in  garrison 
and  field,  are  always  on  hand,  together  with  the  field  mess  furniture  for  each 
man.    At  a  post  where  all  the  companies  are  joined  in  a  general  mess  the  post 
commander  will  see  that  the  instruction  above  mentioned  is  given.     At  such  a 
post  a  company  commander  will  confine  his  supervision  of  the  mess  of  his  com- 
pany to  observation  and  to  notifying  the  officer  in  charge  in  writing  of  anything 
requiring  remedy.     Should  this  officer  fail  to  apply  proper  remedy  report  may 
then  be  made  to  the  post  commander.    A  department  commander  will  see  that 
each  company  of  his  command  has  the  necessary  field  practice  each  year.    The 
use  in  garrison  of  field  ranges  or  utensils  pertaining  thereto  is  forbidden, 

297.  Kitchens  will  be  placed  under  the  immediate  charge  of  noncommis- 
sioned officers,  who  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  condition  and  for  the 
proper  use  of  rations.    No  one  will  be  allowed  to  visit  or  remain  in  the  kitchen 
except  those  who  go  there  on  duty  or  are*  employed  therein.    The  greatest  care 
will  be  observed  in  cleaning  and  scouring  cooking  utensils. 

298.  Special  regulations   for  soldiers'   fare  can  not  be  made  to  suit  each 
locality  and  circumstance.     Personal  care  and  judgment  on  the  part  of  com- 
pany officers  are  relied  on  to  prevent  waste  or  misuse.     By  due  economy  the 
ration  allowance  will  provide  sufficient  variety  of  diet. 

299.  The  Manual  for  Army  Cooks  contains  comprehensive  instructions  in 
cooking^  which  will  be  observed  as  far  as  practicable.     ,     - ii^kujm    m,    i., 


76  THE   COAST  ARTILLERY   CORPS. 

300.  The  food  of  prisoners  will  be  sent  to  their  places  of  confinement  when 
practicable,  but  post  commanders  may  arrange  to  send  prisoners,  under  proper 
guard,  to  their  messes. 

301.  Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  mess  furniture  will  be  supplied  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps.     Allowances  will  be  announced   in  orders.     Post  com- 
manders  will   enforce   rigid   economy   in   regard   to   such   property.     Articles 
broken,  lost,  or  damaged  will  be  charged  to  individuals  at  fault.     Such  pro- 
portions of  company  allowances  of  brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  service  of  a  general  mess  will  be  allotted  by  the  post  com- 
mander.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  bl.) 

302.  In  the  field  the  mess  furniture  of  a  soldier  will  be  limited  to  one  tin 
cup,  knife,  fork,  and  spoon,  and  such  device  for  individual  cooking  as  may  be 
furnished  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

ARTICLE   XXXI. 

THE    COAST    ARTILLERY    CORPS. 
THE  CHIEF  OF  COAST  ARTILLERY. 

303.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  to  keep  the  Chief 
of  Staff  advised  and  informed  with  respect  to  the  business  under  his  charge, 
including  the  efficiency  of  the  personnel  and  materiel  of  the  Coast  Artillery, 
and  he  shall,  as  circumstances  require,  make  such  recommendations  in  refer- 
ence thereto  as  shall  in  his  judgment  tend  to  promote  efficiency. 

2.  He  shall  from  time  to  time,  and  as  frequently  as  conditions  require,  con- 
fer directly  with  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  and  advise  them 
of  all  matters  relating  to  Coast  Artillery  materiel  or  personnel  that  pertain  to 
their  respective  branches  of  the  service,  which  the  experience  and  observation 
of  the  Coast  Artillery  arm  of  the  service  show  to  be  of  practical  importance.    In 
like  manner  he  may  correspond  directly  with  the  commandant  of  the  Coast 
Artillery  School,  and  with  the  president  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Board,  on  Coast 
Artillery  questions  of  a  purely  technical  character  which  do  not  involve  matters 
of  command,  discipline,  or  administration,  and  do  not  relate  to  the  status  or 
interests  of  individuals. 

3.  He  shall  make  recommendations  as  to  the  instruction  of  Coast  Artillery 
officers  and  men,  and  as  to  examinations  for  appointment  and  transfer  of  offi- 
cers to  the  Coast  Artillery  arm  and  for  promotion  therein,  and  shall  recommend 
such  examinations  and  such  courses  and  methods  of  instruction  in  the  Coast 
Artillery  School  and  elsewhere  as  he  shall  deem  requisite  to  secure  a  thor- 
oughly trained  and  educated  force.    To  this  end  he  is  authorized  to  issue  directly 
to  Coast  Artilery  officers  bulletins   and   circulars  of  information  on   current 
Coast  Artillery  matters  of  a  purely  technical  character  which  do  not  involve 
matters  of  command,  discipline,  or  administration,  and  do  not  relate  to  the 
status  or  interests  of  individuals. 

4.  He  is  charged  with  the  recommending  of  officers  of  Coast  Artillery  for 
special  duty  and  assignment  to  Coast  Artillery  organizations  and  stations. 

5.  He  shall  be  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification  and  is 
by  law  a  member  of  the  General  Staff  Corps. 

6.  The  office  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  will  not  be  an  office  of  record 
except  of  correspondence  authorized  by  section  2  of  this  paragraph.     All  other 
records  pertaining  to  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  Chief  of  Coast 
Artillery  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  The  Ad  jutan£^^n«F#^  <#[  jf^e^^i^y^^ 
whom  all  communications  from  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  intended  for  the  War 


THE   COAST   ARTILLERY   CORPS.  77 

Department,  except  such  communications  as  may  be  addressed  directly  to  the 
Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  under  section  2  of  this  paragraph,  shall  be  addressed 
as  required  by  paragraph  782. 

7.  Nothing  in  these  regulations  shall  be  deemed  to  relieve  the  department  and 
Coast  Artillery  district  commanders  of  the  duties  of  inspection  and  command, 
or  of  the  responsibility  for  the  condition  and  efficiency  of  the  materiel  and 
personnel  of  the  Coast  Artillery  in  the  several  departments  and  districts. 
(C  .A.  R.,  No.  43.)  *••• 

THE   COAST   ARTILLERY    DISTRICT. 

303£.  Routine  papers  connected  with  a  Coast  Artillery  district  will  not  be 
forwarded  to  the  War  Department  except  in  cases  of  questions  of  a  technical 
nature  involving  a  modification  of  technical  requirements  that  have  been  es- 
tablished by  War  Department  orders,  such  as  questions  involving  policy,  modi- 
fications of  instruction,  systems  and  methods  of  fire  control,  and  decisions  rela- 
tive to  equipment  and  to  methods  of  instruction. 

Questions  of  a  routine  character  that  pertain  strictly  to  a  single  Coast  Artillery 
district  should,  subject  to  the  general  control  of  the  department  commander,  be 
decided  by  the  Coast  Artillery  district  commander ;  questions  involving  more 
than  one  district  of  a  department,  by  the  department  commander. 

All  questions  involving  administration  in  the  expenditure  of  funds,  all  matters 
pertaining  to  barracks  and  quarters,  the  providing  and  issuing  of  supplies,  and 
all  questions  of  discipline  involving  commissioned  officers  will  be  handled  by 
department  commanders. 

The  assignment  of  officers  for  duty  on  the  staffs  of  Coast  Artillery  district  com- 
manders will  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  1.) 

THE  COAST  DEFENSE   COMMAND. 

304.  The  coast  defense  command,  as  an  administrative  unit,  consists  of  one 
or  more  forts  with  their  accompanying  mine  fields  and  land  defenses.     Coast 
defense  commands  are  established,  their  limits  defined,  and  their  headquarters 
designated  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

The  command  of  coast  defenses  devolves  upon  the  senior  Coast  Artillery 
Corps  officer  therein,  who  is  responsible  for  its  efficiency  to  department  and 
district  commanders  and  subject  to  their  authority,  and  has  control  within  the 
limits  of  the  command  of  all  matters  relating  to  Coast  Artillery  instruction, 
drill,  practice,  and  the  procurement  of  Coast  Artillery  supplies  and  accessories. 
He  will  prescribe  the  hours  of  drill  and  instruction  throughout  the  command. 

The  commanding  officer  of  coast  defenses  may,  with  the  sanction  of  the 
department  commander,  continue  to  exercise  the  more  important  functions  of 
his  command  when  temporarily  absent  therefrom  on  artillery  duty  within  the 
department.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  1.) 

305.  All  correspondence  and  reports  relating  to  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps 
personnel  or  materiel  will  pass  through  coast  defense  command  headquarters. 

306.  The   commander  of   coast   defenses   should   continually    labor   for   the 
instruction  and  efficiency  of  his  command.     He  should  encourage  among  his 
officers  harmonious  relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emulation  in  the  perform- 
ance of  duty.     His  timely  interference  to  prevent  disputes,  his  advice  to  the 
inexperienced,  and  immediate  censure  of  any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dissen- 
sion in  his  command,  or  to  reflect  discredit  upon  it,  are  of  great  importance  in 
securing  and  maintaining  its  efficiency.    In  such  efforts  he  will  receive  the  loyal 


78  THE    COAST   ARTILLEKY    CORPS. 

307.  The  coast  defense  command  staff  consists  of  the  coast  defense  adju- 
tant, coast  defense  quartermaster,  coast  defense  ordnance  officer,  and  the  coast 
defense  artillery  engineer.    They  are  appointed  from  the  officers  serving  in  the 
command  by  the  coast  defense  commander,  who  will  confine  lus  selection  to  the 
allowance  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 
Should  the  officers  selected  be  assigned  to  companies,  application  will  be  made 
for  their  transfer  to  the  unassigned  list.    The  names  of  the  officers  selected  and 
any  change  in  the  officers  on  these  duties  will  be  promptly  reported  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

308.  The  coast  defense  adjutant  is,  under  the  coast  defense  commander, 
responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  non- 
commissioned staff  and  band  assigned  to  coast  defense  headquarters. 

Master  electricians,  engineers,  electrician  sergeants,  first  class,  electrician 
sergeants,  second  class,  master  gunners,  and  firemen  are  under  the  supervision 
of  the  artillery  engineer  of  the  coast  defense  command  or  post  to  which  they  are 
assigned. 

A  coast  defense  command  staff  officer  may  be  attached  to  a  company  for  duty 
or  assigned  to  any  staff  duty  by  the  coast  defense  commander. 

309.  The  coast  defense  command  records  consist  of  an  order  file,  a  corre- 
spondence book  and  document  file,  all  orders,  circulars,  and  instructions  from 
higher   authority,   and   all  returns   and   reports   concerning   the   command   or 
affecting  its  personnel. 

NONCOMMISSIONED    STAFF   OFFICERS. 

310.  The   Coast   Artillery   Corps   noncommissioned   staff   officers   consist  of 
sergeants  major,  senior  grade ;  master  electricians ;  engineers ;  sergeants  major, 
junior   grade ;   electrician   sergeants,   first   class ;   assistant   engineers ;   master 
gunners ;    electrician   sergeants,   second   class ;    radio   sergeants ;   and   firemen. 
They  are  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery 
after  due  examination  under  rules  announced  from  time  to  time  by  the  War 
Department.      They    will   be   furnished   with   warrants   signed   by   the   Chief 
of  Coast  Artillery.     The   appointment   takes   effect   on  the   day   upon   which 
it  is  made  and  the  warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and 
reenlistment  if  reenlistment  be  made  on  the  day  following  that  of  discharge. 
Any  noncommissioned  officer  enlisted  on  or  after  the  first  day  of  November, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  furloughed  to  the  reserve  upon  the  completion 
of  three  years  in  the  active  service  with  an  excellent  character,  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  reenlist  in  the  organization  from  which  furloughed  with  the  rank 
and  grade  held  by  him  at  the  time  of  his  furlough  if  he  reenlists  within  20 
days  after  the  date  of  such  furlough.     In  each  case  the  soldier  will  reenlist 
at  the  place'  where  his  organization  is  stationed.     Each  reenlistment  and  con- 
tinuance will  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  coast  defense  commander  and 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  be  informed  of  the  fact.    The  noncom- 
missioned staff  officers,  though  liable  to  discharge  for  inefficiency  or  misconduct, 
will  not  be  reduced  except  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Each  noncommissioned  staff  officer  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  changing 
station  under  proper  orders,  upon  arrival  at  his  new  station  will  report  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  the  date  on  which  he  left  his  former 
station  and  the  date  on  which  he  reported  for  duty  at  his  new  station,  such 
report  to  be  forwarded  directly  by  the  coast  defense  commander.  Similar 
report  will  be  made  both  upon  departure  for  and  return  from  any  detached 
duty,  furlough,  or  other  absence,  except  that  when  detached  duty  or  other 
absence  of  ^.:temporary,,^ctora^ter,:is  .directed : by ; a •  cpast  defense  .commoadei?,. 
and  involves  duty  within  his  command,  the  report  will  not  be  made.  The 


COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION.  79 

report  of  departure  on  furlough  will  state  the  length  thereof  and  the  authority 
under  which  it  is  granted. 

When  a  noncommissioned  staff  officer  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  is  dis- 
charged or  reduced  the  officer  under  whose  command  he  is  serving  will  notify 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  as  early  as  practicable  of  the  date,  place, 
and  cause  of  discharge  or  reduction ;  in  case  of  discharge  the  report  will 
stajte  whether  or  not  the  soldier  reenlisted  on  the  day  following  that  of  dis- 
charge. (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  51  and  54.) 

311.  The  appropriate  duties  of  Coast  Artillery  Corps  noncommissioned  staff 
officers  are  announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

312.  A  Coast  Artillery  Corps  noncommissioned  staff  officer  may  be  reenlisted 
provided  he  shall  have  conducted  himself  properly  and  performed  his  duties  iu 
a  satisfactory  manner.     If,  however,  his  commanding  officer  should  not  deem 
the  reenlistment  to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service,  he  will  communicate 
his  reasons  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  in  time  to  receive  the  decision 
of  the  War  Department  before  the  soldier  is  discharged. 

COAST  ABTILLERY  PRACTICE. 

313.  The  details  of  the  methods  of  conducting  technical  instruction,  target 
practice,  and  competitions  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  will  be  prescribed  in 
orders  and  instructions  from  the  War  Department. 

314.  The  allowance  of  ammunition  for  the  instruction'  and  practice  of  the 
Coast  Artillery  will  be  determined  each  year  and  announced  in  general  orders 
from  the  War  Department. 

315.  Targets  and  target  material  for  Coast  Artillery  practice  will  be  provided 
by  the  Ordnance  Department.    The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  furnish  all  neces- 
sary assistance  in  placing,  removing,  and  storing  targets. 

ARTICLE   XXXII. 

COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION. 

316.  Post  exchange,  aero  squadron,  company,  and  mess  councils  of  adminis- 
tration are  assembled  to  audit  the  exchange,  aero  squadron,  company,  and  mess 
funds,   respectively,   to   ascertain   and   examine  the   sources   from   which   and 
methods  by  which  they  have  accrued,  and  to  recommend  expenditures  there- 
from.   The  post  exchange  officer,  aero  squadron,  and  company  commanders  are, 
respectively,  the  custodians  of  the  exchange  and  company  funds.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  38.) 

317.  On  the  last  day  of  each  quarter,  and  when  necessary,  the  general  mess 
council  will  be  convened  by  the  post  commander.     The  post  exchange,   aero 
squadron,  and  company  councils  will  meet  at  the  end  of  each  month  and  when 
necessary.    The  mess,  exchange,  aero  squadron,  and  company  councils  will  also 
meet  at  the  call  of  their  presidents.    The  post  exchange  council  will  consist  of 
the  officer  in  charge  of  the  exchange  and  the  commanding  officer  of  each  organi- 
zation participating  in  the  exchange.    It  may  delegate  to  an  executive  committee 
of  its  own  members  the  performance  of  such  portion  of  the  duties  prescribed  for 
the  council  as  the  council  may  decide.    The  aero  squadron  council  will  consist 
of  the  squadron  commander,  the  second  ranking  officer  in  the  squadron,  and 
the  squadron   mess  officer.     The  company  council  will   consist  of  all  officers 
present  for  duty  with  the  company,  and  the  mess  council  of  the  commanders  of 
the  several  companies  participating1  in  'the  general  iwess.- The  council  to  audit 
the  hospital  fund  will  consist  of  the  three  senior  officers  on  duty  at  the  hospital, 


80  REGIMENTAL,   COMPANY,   AND   MESS   FUNDS. 

or  as  many  as  are  available  if  less  than  three:  A  formal  order  convening  the 
areo  squadron,  company,  or  post  exchange  council  is  not  necessary.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  33.) 

318.  The  junior  member  of  each  council  will  record  its  proceedings  in  an 
appropriate  book,  to  include  a  written  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer  that 
the  funds  are  on  deposit  in  a  reputable  banking  institution  named  in  the  certifi- 
cate, or  a  statement  that  they  have  been  exhibited  to  the  council,  which  pro- 
ceedings will  be  signed  by  the  president  and  recorder.     The  post  or  other  com- 
mander will  require  the  proceedings  to  be  kept  as  this  regulation  prescribes  and 
will  decide  disagreements  in  those  of  company  councils.    Those  of  the  exchange 
and  mess  councils  will  be  submitted  to  the  post  or  other  commander,  who  will 
sign  his  approval  or  objection  in  the  council  book.     Should  the  post  or  other 
commander  disapprove  the  proceedings,  and  the  council,  after  reconsideration, 
adhere  to  its  conclusions,  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  will  be  sent  by  the  jcom- 
manding  officer  to  the  department  commander,  whose  decision  thereon  will  be 
final.    The  final  orders  in  each  case  will  be  entered  in  the  council  book. 

319.  The  post  exchange  council  will  fix  laundry  charges  and  prices  charged 
by  tradesmen  for  making  and  repairing  uniforms  of  enlisted  men. 

320.  The  commanding  officer  who  approves  the  appropriations  of  a  council, 
and  in  the  matter  of  the  company  fund  the  company  commander,  will  be  held 
responsible  for  all  expenditures  not  made  in  accordance  with  regulations. 

321.  In  case  of  loss  of  regimental,  exchange,  company,  or  mess  funds,  the 
circumstances  will  be  carefully  investigated  and  reported  by  a  board,  of  three 
officers,  with  recommendation  as  to  responsibility,  for  the  decision  of  the  de- 
partment commander. 

ARTICLE  XXXIII. 

REGIMENTAL,  COMPANY,  AND  MESS  FUNDS. 
GENEBAL  PEOVJSIONS. 

322.  The  purchase  from  regimental,  company,  or  mess  funds  of  any  article 
which  can  be  obtained  on  requisition  from  a  supply  department  is  forbidden, 
except  that,  with  the  approval  of  the  post  commander,  such  articles  may  be  pur- 
chased if  necessity  exists  for  their  immediate  use  and  they  are  not  on  hand  for 
issue  at  the  post. 

323.  No  projects  by  which  money  will  accrue  will 'be  entered  upon  under 
color  of  military  control  without  specific  authority  from  the  War  Department. 

324.  Under  no  circumstances  will  regimental,  company,  mess,  hospital,  post 
exchange,  or  band  funds  be  taken  away  from  the  post  where  the  organization  to 
which  they  pertain  is  stationed,  except  as  may  be  necessary  to  pay  indebtedness 
or  for  deposit  in  a  bank. 

Should  the  officer  who  is  custodian  of  any  of  these  funds  be  absent  from  the 
post,  on  leave  or  otherwise,  for  any  period  beyond  three  and  less  than  10  days, 
he  will  leave  the  funds  with  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  taking  memorandum 
receipt  therefor.  If  an  officer  is  to  be  absent  for  more  than  10  days  he  will 
regularly  transfer  the  funds  of  which  he  is  custodian  to  his  successor. 

In  transferring  funds  to  the  successor,  the  accountable  officer  will  make  the 
following  certificate,  including  list  of  outstanding  debts  and  obligations,  in  the 
fund  or  council  book  arid  on  the  statement  of  the  hospital  fund : 

I  certify  that,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief,  the  following  is  a  complete  and 
accurate  statement  of  all  outstanding  debts  and  obligations  to  date,  payable  from  this 
fund. 


BEGIMENTAL,   COMPANY,  AND   MESS  FUNDS.  81 

In  case  there  are  no  outstanding  debts  or  obligations  he  will  certify  accord- 
ingly. 

Company,  post  exchange,  and  other  funds  referred  to  in  paragraph  316  will, 
if  deposited  in  a  bank,  be  placed  under  their  official  designation,  as,  for  example, 
"  Company  Fund,  Company  B,  Twenty-first  Infantry,"  and  not  to  the  credit  of 
the  officer  who  is  custodian.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  6.) 

BEGIMENTAL  FUND. 

325.  This  fund  consists  of  the  gross  amounts  received  on  accotint  of  the 
band,  from  post  exchange  profits,  voluntary  contributions,  amounts  retained  for 
regimental  use  from  proceeds  of  private  engagements  of  the  band,  from  sale  of 
articles  purchased,  or  from  any  other  source.     The  adjutant  will  be  the  treas- 
urer of  the  fund,  and  will  disburse  it  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental 
commander  for  the  promotion  of  the  efficeincy  of  the  band  and  for  such  objects 
as  facilitate  the  transaction  of  regimental  business.     A  record  of  all  receipts 
and  expenditures  and  a  complete  list  of  property  purchased  will  be  kept  in  the 
regimental  fund  book. 

326.  In  the  case  of  the  Engineer  band  and  in  Coast  Artillery  Corps  com- 
mands to  which  bands  are  assigned  the  corresponding  fund  will  be  designated 
"  The  baud  fund,"  and  will  in  all  particulars  be  governed  by  the  same  rules  as 
regimental  funds,  except  that  all  funds,  property,  and  records  pertaining  to  this 
fund  are  transferred  with  the  bands.     The  senior  Engineer  or  Coast  Artillery 
Corps  officer  of  the  command  and  his  adjutant  perform  the  duties  prescribed 
for  regimental  commander  and  adjutant,  respectively,  in  case  of  regimental 
funds.     This  fund  will  be  kept  distinct  from  the  company  fund  of  the  band, 
authorized  by  paragraph  327.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  Jfi.) 

326£.  At  recruit  depots,  where  one  of  the  recruit  companies  is  organized  as 
a  band,  the  corresponding  fund  will  be  designated  "  The  recruit  depot  head- 
quarters fund,"  and  will  in  all  particulars  be  governed  by  the  same  rules  as 
regimental  funds.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  recruit  depot  and  his  adjutant 
perform  the  duties  prescribed  for  regimental  commander  and  adjutant,  respec- 
tively, in  the  case  of  the  recruit  depot  headquarters  fund.  This  fund  will 
be  kept  distinct  from  any  company  fund  of  the  recruit-depot  band.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  18.) 

COMPANY    AND    MESS    FUNDS. 

327.  The  company  fund,  which  will  consist  of  the  gross  amounts  of  money 
received  from  all  sources,  is  received  by  the  company  commander  and,  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  company  council,  is  disbursed  by  him  solely  for  the  benefit 
of  the  company.    The  fund  of  the  hospital,  or  of  a  detachment  or  band  having 
a  separate  mess,  is  regarded  as  a  company  fund.    Moneys  accruing  to  the  fund, 
of  a  detachment  of  the  Medical  Department,  together  with  the  proceeds  from 
the  ration  and  savings  account  of  the  sick  in  hospital,  and  the  commutation  of 
rations  paid   to  _the  surgeon  conformably  to   paragraph  1212,   belong  to   the 
hospital  fund. 

The  establishment  of  company  tailor  shops,  barber  shops,  and  of  company 
billiard  and  pool  tables,  and,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  post  exchange  coun- 
cil, of  company  shoe  repair  shops  and  company  laundries  from  which  revenues 
may  be  derived,  is  authorized.  The  post  exchange  council  will  fix  the  rates  of 
salaries  to  be  allowed  attendants  for  company-owned  equipment  of  these  func- 
tions, and  the  rates  of  percentages  to  accrue  to  the  company  fund  for  the  col- 
lection of  soldiers'  accounts  due  to  individuals  for  privately-owned  equipment 
90651—17 6 


82  REGIMENTAL,   COMPANY/  AND   MESS  FUNDS. 

of  these  functions.     All  funds  accruing  therefrom  will  be  accounted  for  as 
part  of  the  company  fund.     (G.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

328.  The  company  commander  will  keep  an  account  of  the  company  fund 
and  also  a  complete  list  of  property,  with  cost  thereof,  purchased  from  said 
fund.     The  company  fund  account  will  be  inspected  by  the  post,  regimental, 
battalion,  or  squadron  commander  at  least  once  each  quarter. 

328£.  The  chaplain's  fund  will  consist  of  the  gross  amount  of  money  re- 
ceived from  all  sources  for  such  fund.  The  chaplain  will  keep  an  account  of 
this  fund  and  also  a  complete  list  of  all  property  purchased  from  this  fund  or 
donated  for  the  use  of  the  command  or  station.  The  chaplain's  fund  account 
will  be  inspected  by  the  post,  regimental,  battalion,  or  squadron  commander 
at  least  once  each  quarter.  The  chaplain's  fund  will  pertain  to  that  particular 
post  or  organization  for  which  it  was  originally  intended  and  remain  with  such 
post  or  organization  when  a  chaplain  is  transferred.  — 

At  a  station  where  there  are  two  or  more  chaplains  on  duty  the  commanding 
officer  will  designate  the  chaplain  to  account  for  the  fund  and  property  pertain- 
ing to  the  station  separate  from  the  fund  and  property  pertaining  to  any 
organization  at  that  station.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  23.) 

329.  Extra  compensation  may  be  paid  to  enlisted  men  from  company  or 
general  mess  funds  as  follows :  From  a  company  fund,  25  cents  a  day  to  one 
private  detailed  on  special  duty  as  assistant  cook  for  a  company  whose  author- 
ized strength  is  fixed  at  100  or  more  enlisted  men  and  only  two  cooks  authorized 
by  law,  and  25  cents  a  day  to  one  private  detailed  as  cook  for  a  headquarters 
company  or  troop  (provisional)  or  a  machine-gun  company  or  troops  (provisional) 
whose  authorized  strength  does  not  exceed  50  men,  and  to  one  additional  private 
for  each  additional  50  men  or  major  fraction  thereof,  from  a  general  mess  fund, 
not  exceeding  $2  a  day,  or  from  the  general  mess  fund  of  a  recruit  depot,  not 
exceeding  $3  a  day,  to  be  apportioned  by  the  mess  council  among  the  necessary 
regular  attendants;  but  no  extra  compensation  from  company  or  general  mess 
funds  shall  be  paid  to  any  soldier  holding  the  statutory  grade  of  cook  or  mess 
sergeant.    Of  this  $2  (or  $3  at  recruit  depots)  the  mess  council  may  allot  to  the 
mess  steward  (who  may  be  a  noncommissioned  officer)  a  per  diem  of  50  cents, 
and  in  addition  thereto  a  share  of  the  remaining  $1.50   (or  $2.50  at  recruit 
depots).     One  cook  of  a  company  and  such  of  the  regular  attendants  of  a 
general  mess  as  the  commanding  officer  may  designate  will  be  inspected  and 
mustered  in  the  kitchen  or  mess  hall.    Cooks  may  be  excused  from  the  ordinary 
post  duties  and  from  target  practice,  but  the  attendants  may  be  excused  from 
the  ordinary  post  duties  only. 

In  case  the  mess  stewards  and  cooks  at  recruit  depots  are  graduates  of  the 
schools  for  bakers  and  cooks,  extra-duty  pay  will  be  paid  to  them  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  at  the  following  rates,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War : 
To  mess  stewards,  $1  a  day,  and  to  cooks,  50  cents  a  day,  and  they  will  receive 
no  further  extra  commensation.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  32  and  49.) 

330.  An  officer  appointed  by  the  post  commander  will,  under  his  direction, 
conduct  the  general  mess  affairs,  make  necessary  purchases,  and  have  charge 
of  the  mess  fund.     Quarterly  and  when  relieved  he  will  submit  to  the  mess 
council  a  statement  of  all  business  dealings  and  money  transactions,  with  proper 
vouchers.     Upon  the  call  of  the  mess  council  he  will  furnish  information  re- 
garding the  condition  and  management-of  the  mess.    A  company  on  taking  the 
field  or  withdrawing  from  a  general  mess  will  be  entitled  to  a  just  share  of 
the  fund  thereof,  to  be  determined  by  the  mess  council,  approved  by  the  post 
commander. 


LIBRARIES,   READING  ROOMS,  POST   LAUNDRIES.  83 

ARTICLE  XXXIV. 

•  i ,  ' '     ' 
LIBRARIES,  READING  ROOMS,  POST  LAUNDRIES." 

331.  At  each  permanent  post  suitable  rooms  will  be  set  apart  for  use  as 
library,  reading  room,   chapel,  and  school.     The  Quartermaster  General  will 
procure  and  forward  to  post  libraries  such  newspapers  and  periodicals,  and  to 
post  schools  such  schoolbooks,  stationery,  and  school  material  for  the  use  of 
enlisted  men  as  are  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     Newspapers  and 
periodicals  will  not  be  taken  from  the  library ;  schoolbooks  will  not  be  taken 
from  the  schoolroom  except  for  the  proper  use  of  those  attending  the  post 
school.     These  books  and  periodicals  are  intended  especially  for  the  use  of 
enlisted  men.    Books  for  post  chapel  services  are  not  furnished  by  the  Govern- 
ment.   The  library  and  reading  rooms  may  be  used  by  officers  in  such  manner 
as  not  to  interfere  with  their  use  by  enlisted  men.     The  post  commander  will 
detail  an  officer  as  post  librarian,  who  will  have  charge  of  the  post  library. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

332.  On  December  31  of  every  year  each  officer  in  charge  of  a  post  or  regi- 
mental library  will  render  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  a  return  of  all 
books  on  hand  in  or  pertaining  thereto,  the  return  to  be  forwarded  directly  by 
the  post  or  regimental  commander.     Such  books  as  are  required  by  regulations 
to  be  accounted  for  on  property  returns  shall  not  be  included  in  the  library 
returns.    Post  and  regimental  commanders  will  examine  the  returns  and  certify 
thereon  that  the  books  in  the  library  are  accounted  for  as  required  by  orders 
and  regulations. 

333.  Department  adjutants  will,  on  December  31  of  each  year,  render  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  returns  of  all  library  books  on  hand  in  their 
charge.     These  returns  will  be  in  addition  to  the  property  returns  required  to 
be  made  by  them  under  paragraph  200.    The  necessary  blank  forms  for  returns 
of  books  will  be  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  and  the 
returns  will  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  directions  printed  upon  the  blanks. 

334.  When  library  books  are  damaged  or  lost,  the  fact  will  be  reported  to 
the  commanding  officer  by  the  librarian,  and  the  person  responsible  for  the  loss 
(ft  damage  will  be  required  to  replace  the  book  by  a  new  copy,  or  to  pay  its 
value  in  money  to  the  librarian  to  enable  him  to  procure  one. 

335.  Valuable  books  pertaining  to  a  post  library  which  have  become  un- 
serviceable by  fair  wear  and  tear  will,  when  practicable,  be  repaired,  and  the 
cost  of  repair  will  be  a  proper  charge  against  the  funds  of  the  post  exchange. 

336.  Books  received  from  the  War  Department  will  be  promptly  acknowl- 
edged and,  together  with  all  library  books  received  from  other  sources,  will  be 
taken  up  on  the  return. 

337.  Inspectors  general  will,  at  the  annual  inspection  of  posts,  examine  the 
methods  adopted  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  library,  condemn  and 
destroy  such  books  as  may  be  unserviceable  and  worthless,  and  note  action  in 
their  reports  of  the  inspections  of  the  posts. 

338.  The  necessary  orders  for  the  disposition  of  the  books  on  hand  when  a 
post  is  abandoned  or  discontinued  will  be  given  by  the  War  Department. 

339.  At  any  post  where  building  material  can  be  obtained  without  expense 
to  the  Government,  and  it  is  desired  to  erect  buildings  by  labor  of  the  troops 
for  use  as  post  exchanges,  gymnasiums,  bowling  alleys,  and  othew  places  of 
amusement,  the  post  commander  is  authorized  to  use  the  necessary  teams  and 
such  tools,  window  sash,  doors,  and  other  material  as  may  be  on  hand  and  can 
be  spared. 


84  POST  EXCHANGES. 

34:0.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  is  authorized  to  transport  gymnastic  and 
athletic  appliances,  purchased  with  regimental  or  company  funds,  for  the  use 
of  troops,  from  the  nearest  market  to  the  post  or  station  of  the  troops.  In 
all  cases  of  necessary  removal  the  articles  supplied  for  use  in  bakeries,  libraries, 
reading  rooms,  schools,  and  gymnasiums  will  also  be  transported  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps. 

34:1.  Post  laundries  are  established  and  maintained  under  special  regula- 
tions by  the  War  Department. 

The  amount  of  indebtedness  of  a  soldier  to  a  post  laundry  contracted  in 
accordance  with  such  regulations  will  be  noted  on  the  pay  rolls  for  the  current 
month  and  Avill  be  deducted,  if  practicable,  from  his  pay  by  the  quartermaster 
making  the  payment  and  turned  over  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  laundry,  who 
will  duly  receipt  to  the  quartermaster  and  the  soldier  for  the  amount  so  received. 
Where  the  soldier  is  detached  the  amount  due  the  laundry  will  be  noted_son 
the  detachment  pay  roll  or  descriptive  list,  and  will  be  deducted  by  the  quarter- 
master at  the  next  payment  and  forwarded  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the 
laundry  in  which  the  indebtedness  was  incurred.  In  case  of  the  discharge  of 
a  soldier  the  amount  of  any  such  indebtedness  will  be  noted  on  the  final  state- 
ment and  will  be  similarly  deducted  from  payment  made  thereon  and  trans- 
mitted to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  laundry. 

ARTICLE  XXXV. 

POST  GAKDENS. 

842.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  at  or  near  which  suitable  public  lands 
are  available  will  set  aside  for  post  gardens  such  ground  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  production  of  vegetables  for  the  command,  and  will  cause  it  to  be  culti- 
vated by  the  garrison ;  or  if  the  commanding  officer  so  elects,  he  may  apportion 
it  among  the  organizations  for  cultivation  by  them. 

34:3.  Seeds  for  post  gardens  may  be  procured  from  post  exchange  funds,  or 
from  company  funds. 

344.  Department  commanders  will  give  such  instructions  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  carrying  these  regulations  into  effect  and  for  the  proper  distribution  of 
products  of  gardens  among  those  entitled  to  them.  Surplus  products  may  be 
sold  and  the  proceeds  divided  among  the  company  funds  of  the  garrison  accord- 
ing to  strength  of  companies. 

ARTICLE   XXXVI. 

POST  EXCHANGES. 

»     345.  Post  exchanges  are  established  and  maintained  under  special  regula- 
tions issued  by  the  War  Department. 

The  amount  of  indebtedness  of  a  soldier  to  a  post  exchange  contracted  in 
accordance  with  such  regulations  will  be  noted  on  the  pay  roll  for  the  next 
succeeding  month  and  be  deducted,  if  practicable,  from  his  pay  by  the  quarter- 
master making  the  payment  and  turned  over  to  the  post  exchange  officer,  who 
will  duly  receipt  to  the  quartermaster  and  the  soldier  for  the  amount  so  received. 
In  case  of  discharge  of  a  soldier  the  amount  of  any  such  indebtedness  will  be 
noted  on  the  final  statement,  and  in  like  manner  be  deducted  from  payment 
made  thereon. 

346.  The  sale  of,  or  dealing  in,  beer,  wine,  or  any  intoxicating  liquors  by 
any  person  in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen  or  Army  transport,  or  upon  any 


FIELD  ARTILLERY,  MACHINE  GUN,  AND  SMALL- ARMS  PRACTICE.          85 

premises  used  for  military  purposes  by  the  United  States,  is  prohibited.  Com- 
manding officers  will  carry  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  into  full  force  and 
effect,  and  will  be  held  strictly  responsible  that  no  exceptions  or  evasions  are 
permitted  within  their  respective  jurisdictions. 

ARTICLE   XXXVII. 
VISITS  TO  LAKE  AND  SEACOAST  DEFENSES. 

847.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  at  which  are  located  lake  or  coast  de- 
fenses are  charged  with  the  responsibility  of  preventing,  as  far  as  practicable, 
visitors  from  obtaining  information  relative  to  such  defenses  which  would  prob- 
ably be  communicated  to  a  foreign  power,  and  to  this  end  may  prescribe  and 
enforce  appropriate  regulations  governing  visitors  to  their  posts. 

American  citizens  whose  loyalty  to  their  Government  is  unquestioned  may 
be  permitted  to  visit  such  portions  of  the  defenses  as  the  commanding  officer 
deems  proper. 

348.  The  taking  of  photographic  or  other  views  of  permanent  works  of  de- 
fense will  not  be  permitted.     Neither   written   nor  pictorial   descriptions   of 
these  works  will  be  made  for  publication  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  nor  will  any  information  be  given  concerning  them  which  is  not  con- 
tained in  the  printed  reports  and  documents  of  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE  XXXVIII. 

FIELD  ARTILLERY,  MACHINE  GUN,  AND  SMALL-ARMS  PRACTICE. 

349.  Small-arms  practice  will  be  conducted  and  reports  thereof  made  in 
accordance  with  the  authorized  firing  manual  and  orders  from  the  War  De- 
partment. 

360.  The  aggregate  allowance  of  small-arms  ammunition  for  any  company 
will  be  expended  at  such  times  during  the  year  as  the  department  commander 
may  direct,  or,  in  the  absence  of  specific  directions,  as  the  post  and  company 
commanders  may  determine.  When  not  used  in  target  practice,  small-arms 
ammunition  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  post  and  company  commanders,  be 
expended  in  hunting. 

351.  In  all  classes  of  authorized  target  practice  the  Ordnance  Department 
will  provide  the  requisite  targets,  streamers,  and  flags.    The  quartermaster  will 
set  up  the  targets,  prepare  the  range,  and  construct  shelters  for  the  markers. 
Flour  for  making  paste  for  use  in  target  practice  will  be  issued  by  the  quarter- 
master. 

352.  The  details  of  the  methods  of  conducting  the  technical  instruction  and 
target  practice  of  Field   Artillery   troops  and   the   target  practice  of  troops 
charged  with  the  service  of  machine  guns  will  be  announced  in  orders  and 
instructions  from  the  War  Department. 

353.  The  allowance  of  ammunition  for  small-arms  practice,  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  Field  Artillery,  and  for  target  practice  with  machine  guns  will  be 
fixed  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

354.  Where  hunting  for  game  is  practicable  the  men  will  be  encouraged  to 
hunt,  and  for  this  purpose  company  commanders  may  permit  their  men  to  pur- 
chase cartridges,  if  the  supply  warrants  it,  such  sales  to  be  accounted  for  on 
the  returns  of  ordnance.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  38.) 


86  ROSTER,  DETACHMENTS,  AND  DAILY   SERVICE. 

ARTICLE  XXXIX. 

ROSTEB,  DETACHMENTS,  AND  DAILY  SERVICE. 
THE  KOSTEK. 

355.  A  roster  is  a  list  of  officers  or  men  for  duty,  with  a  record  of  the  duty 
performed  by  each.    Generally  details  for  duty  are  so  made  that  the  one  longest 
off  is  the  first  for  detail.    Details  so  made  are  said  to  be  made  by  roster. 

356.  All  details  for  service  in  garrison  and  in  the  field,  except  the  author- 
ized special  and  extra  duty  details,  will  be  by  roster;  but  officers  or  enlisted 
men  when  detailed  must  serve  whether  a  roster  be  kept  or  not. 

357.  The  duties  performed  by  roster  are  of  two  classes.    The  first  comprises 
(1)  outposts;  (2)  interior  guards,  including  stable  guards ;  (3)  detachments  to 
protect  laborers  on  military  works;  (4)  armed  working  parties  on  such  works. 
Soldiers  march  armed  and,  if  necessary,  fully  equipped  on  all  duties  of  uiis 
class.    The  second  class  comprises  all  other  duties  and  fatigue,  in  or  out  of  the 
garrison  or  camp.    The  rosters  are  distinct  for  each  class. 

358.  Lieutenant  colonels  and  majors  are  on  one  hoster,  and  may  be  detailed 
when  the  importance  of  the  duty  requires  it.    In  the  field  their  roster  is  kept 
at  division  and  brigade  headquarters.    Captains  form  one  roster,  and  are  exempt 
from  ordinary  fatigue  duties.    Lieutenants  form  one  roster,  but  when  conditions 
make  it  advisable  captains  and  lieutenants  may  be  placed  on  one  roster,  or  one 
or  more  of  the  senior  lieutenants  may  be  placed  on  the  captains'  roster.     Ser- 
geants, corporals,  musicians,  and  privates  form  distinct  rosters. 

359.  Unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer,  officers,  noncom- 
missioned officers,  and  privates  take  duties  of  the  first  class  in  the  order  stated 
in  paragraph  357,  viz,  the  first  for  detail  takes  the  outposts,  the  next  the  inte- 
rior guards,  and  so  on.    In  those  of  the  second  class  the  senior  officer  takes  the 
largest  party.    The  party  first  for  detail  takes  the  service  out  of  camp. 

360.  In  making  details  by  roster,   an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is  each  day 
charged  with  the  number  of  days  that  he  has  remained  present  and  available 
since  the  beginning  of  his  last  tour.     Departures  from  this  rule  may  be  au- 
thorized by  the  commanding  officer  whenever  a  strict  application  would  allow 
improper  advantage  or  work  hardship. 

361.  When  an  officer  has  been  detailed  and  is  not  present  or  available  at 
the  hour  of  marching,  the  next  after  him  takes  the  duty.    When  an  outpost  has 
passed  the  chain  of  sentinels,  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its  post,  the 
officer  whose  tour  it  was  can  not  take  it  unless  so  ordered  by  the  commanding 
officer. 

362.  Duties  of  the  first  class  are  credited  on  the  roster  when  the  guards  or 
detachments  have  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached 
its  post ;  other  duties,  when  the  parties  have  entered  upon  their  performance. 

363.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  on  duty  of  the  first  class,  or  who  is  next  for 
detail  for  such  duty,  is  available,  when  relieved,  for  duty  of  the  second  class 
that  has  fallen  to  him  during  that  time.    Except  in  emergencies,  no  duty  will  be 
required  of  the  old  officer  of  the  day  or  the  old  guard  until  four  hours  after 
they  have  been  relieved. 

364.  Detachments  of  the  Signal  Corps  shall  be  exempt  from  detail  for  any 
other  duty,  except  when  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer  the  impor- 
tance of  the  duty  will  not  permit  exemption. 

DETACHMENTS. 

365.  As  far  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service  will  permit,  detachments  for  all 
service  will  be  formed  by  taking  battalions,  companies,  platoons,  or  other  sub- 
divisions in  turn,  according  to  the  roster. 


ROSTER,  DETACHMENTS,  AND  DAILY  SERVICE.  87 

366.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  detailed  for  detached  serice  while  on  other- 
duty  will  be  relieved  from  that  duty,  if  practicable,  in  time  to  march  with  the 
detachment. 

367.  When  a  detachment  is  to  be  formed  from  the  different  organizations  of 
a  command,  the  adjutant  or  adjutant  general  forms  its  contingent,  verifies  the 
details,  and  sends  it  to  the  place  of  assembly,  or  turns  it  over  to  the  detachment 
commander. 

368.  When  detachments  meet,  the  command  is  regulated  while  they  serve 
together  as  if  they  formed  one  command,  but  the  senior  officer  can  not  prevent 
the  commander  of  any  detachment  from  moving  when  he  thinks  proper  to  exe- 
cute the  orders  he  has  received. 

369.  On  the  return  of  a  detachment  its  commander  reports  to  the  head- 
quarters from  which  he  received  his  orders. 

DAILY    SERVICE. 

370.  There  will  be  daily,  Sundays  and  holidays  excepted,  at  least  two  roll 
calls,  viz,  at  reveille  and  retreat.    Commanding  officers  may  also  order  roll  calls 
in  special  cases  at  such  times  as  they  deem  necessary.    The  roll  will  be  called 
on  the  company  parade  by  the  first  sergeant,  superintended, by  a  commissioned 
officer.     If  companies  are  quartered  together  or  in  contiguous  barracks,  one 
officer  may  superintend  "the  roll  call  of  two  or  more  of  them,  provided  he  can 
do  so  efficiently,  commanding  officers  regulating  the  practice  in  this  regard. 
Ordinarily  there  will  not  be  any  formation  for  roll  call  at  tattoo,  but  the  pre- 
scribed  signal   will  be  sounded,   and   15   minutes   thereafter   lights   in   squad 
rooms  will  be  extinguished  and  all  noises  and  loud  talking  will  cease.    Call  to 
quarters  will  be  sounded  at  10.45  p.  m.  and  taps  at  11.    At  taps  all  lights  not 
authorized  by  the  commanding  officer  will  be  extinguished.     Reveille  roll  call 
in  garrison  will  not  ordinarily  take  place  earlier  than  5.30  a.  m.  in  summer, 
or  6.30  a.  m.  in  winder.    On  Sundays  and  holidays  reveille  roll  call  may  be  dis- 
pensed with  in  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  officer.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  25.) 

371.  Mess  call  in  garrison  will  be  sounded  daily  as  follows:  For  breakfast, 
30  minutes  after  reveille  roll  call ;  for  dinner,  not  earlier  than  12  m.  nor  later 
than  12.15  p.  m. ;  for  supper,  not  earlier  than  5  nor  later  than  6.30  p.  m. 
Meals  for  enlisted  men  will  be  served  promptly  at  the  hours  appointed,  and  the 
duties  of  the  post,  as  far  as  compatible  with  the  requirements  of  the  service,  will 
be  so  arranged  that  all  the  men  may  be  present.     The  men  will  be  allowed  at 
least  20  minutes  for  breakfast  and  supper  and  30  minutes  for  dinner. 

372.  Except  at  the  ceremony  of  parade,  the  result  of  a  roll  call  will  be 
reported  after  the  companies  have  been  dismissed  to  the  officer  superintending 
the  call,  who  will  report  the  result  to  the  commanding  officer. 

373.  In  camp  and  garrison  the  commanding  officer  fixes  the  hours  for  re- 
ports,  issues,  and  roll  calls,  and  for  the  performance  of  stated  duties  and 
fatigues.     In  garrison,  retreat  will  be  not  later  than  sunset.    The  signals  will 
be  sounded  by  the  field  musicians  in  accordance  with  authorized  drill  regula- 
tions. 

374.  After  breakfast,  and  after  stable  duty  in  the  mounted  service,  the  tents 
or  quarters  and  adjacent  ground  will  be  policed  by  the  men  of  the  companies 
and  the  guardhouse  or  guard  tent  by  the  prisoners,  or  by  members  of  the 
guard  if  there  be  no  prisoners. 


88  HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND   CEREMONIES. 

ABTICLE  XL. 

HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES. 
HONORS. 

875.  1.  The  President  of  the  United  States  will  be  received  with  regimental 
standards  or  colors,  officers  and  troops  saluting,  the  drums  giving  four  ruffles 
and  the  bugles  sounding  four  flourishes.  The  mffles  and  flourishes  will  be 
followed  by  the  national  anthem,  or,  in  the  absence  of  a  baud,  the  field  music 
or  bugles  will  sound  "  To  the  Color." 

2.  An   ex-President  and  the  Vice  President   of  the   United   States   will  be 
received  with  the  same  honors  as  prescribed  for  the  Preident,  except   that 
the  flourishes  will  be  followed  by  a  march  in  lieu  of  the  national  anthem.      •* 

3.  The  President  of  a  foreign  republic,  a  foreign  sovereign,  or  a  member 
of  a  royal  family  will  be  received  with  the  same  honors  as  prescribed  in  sub- 
paragraph  1,  except  that  the  national  anthem  of  his  country  will  be  played. 

4.  Officers  of  the  following  grades  of  rank  will  be  received  with  regimental 
standards  or  colors,  officers  and  troops  saluting,  and  field  music  playing  as 
follows :  General,  four  ruffles  and  flourishes ;  lieutenant  general,  three  ruffles 
and  flourishes;  major  general,  two  ruffles  and  flourishes;  brigadier  general, 
one  ruffle  and  flourish. 

In  tendering  honors  to  a  general  officer  or  official  of  like  rank,  the  Gen- 
erals' March  will  be  played  immediately  after  the  flourishes.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

376.  To  the  members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Justice,  the  President  pro 
tempore  of  the  Senate,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  American 
or  foreign  ambassadors,  and  governors  within  their  respective  States  and  Ter- 
ritories the  same  honors  are  paid  as  to  the  general,  except  that  a  foreign  am- 
bassador will  be  received  with  the  national  anthem  of  his  country,  and  that 
the  number  of  guns  fired  as  personal  salute  will  be  as  prescribed  in  paragraph 
400 ;  to  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  and  to  American  or  foreign  envoys  or 
ministers  the  same  honors  as  to  the  lieutenant  general ;  to  officers  of  the  Navy 
the  honors  due  to  their  relative  rank ;  to  officers  of  marines  and  volunteers,  and 
militia  when  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the  honors  due  to  like  grades 
in  the  regular  service ;  to  officers  of  a  foreign  service  the  honors  due  to  their 
rank. 

In  rendering  personal  honors,  when  the  command  presents  arms,  officers 
and  men  in  uniform  who  are  not  in  formation  and  are  in  view  and  within 
saluting  distance  shall  salute  and  shall  remain  in  the  position  of  salute 
until  the  end  of  ruffles  and  floxirishes,  or,  if  none,  until  "  order  arms." 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

377.  The  national  or  regimental  color  or  standard,  uncased,  passing  a  guard 
or  other  armed  body  will  be  saluted,  the  field  music  sounding  "  To  the  Color  "  or 
"  To  the  Standard."    Officers  or  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased  color  will  ren- 
der the  prescribed  salute;  with  no  arms  in  hand,  the  salute  will  be  the  hand 
salute,  using  the  right  hand,  the  headdress  not  to  be  removed. 

878.  Whenever  the  national  anthem  is  played  at  any  place  when  persons  be- 
longing to  the  military  service  are  present,  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  in 
formation  shall  stand  at  attention  facing  toward  the  music  (except  at  retreat, 
when  they  shall  face  toward  the  flag).  If  in  uniform,  covered  or  uncovered,  or 
in  civilian  clothes,  uncovered,  they  shall  salute  at  the  first  note  of  the  anthem, 
retaining  the  position  of  salute  until  the  last  note  of  the  anthem.  If  not  in 
uniform  and  covered,  they  shall  uncover  at  the  first  note  of  the  anthem,  holding 


HONORS,   COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES.  89 

the  headdress  opposite  the  left  shoulder  and  so  remain  until  its  close,  except 
that  in  inclement  weather  the  headdress  may  be  held  slightly  raised. 

The  same  rules  apply  when  "  To  the  Color "  or  "  To  the  Standard "  is 
sounded  as  when  the  national  anthem  is  played. 

When  played  by  an  Army  band,  the  national  anthem  shall  be  played 
through  without  repetition  of  any  part  not  required  to  be  repeated  to  make 
it  complete. 

The  same  marks  of  respect  prescribed  for  observance  during  the  playing 
of  the  national  anthem  of  the  United  States  shall  be  shown  toward  the 
national  anthem  of  any  other  country  when  played  upon  official  occasions. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  5  and  50.) 

379.  No  honors  are  paid  by  troops  when  on  the  march  or  in  trenches,  except 
that  they  may  be  called  to  attention,  and  no  salute  is  rendered  when  marching 
in  double  time  or  at  the  trot  or  gallop. 

380.  The  commanding  officer  is  saluted  by  all  commissioned  officers  in  com- 
mand of  troops  or  detachments.    Troops  under  arms  will  salute  as  prescribed 
in  drill  regulations. 

381.  When  making  or  receiving  official  reports  or  on  meeting  out  of  doors 
all  officers  will  salute.     Military  courtesy  requires  the  junior  to  salute  first, 
but  when  the  salute  is  introductory  to  a  report  made  at  a  military  ceremony 
or  formation  to  the  representative  of  a  common  superior — as,  for  example,  to 
the  adjutant,  officer  of  the  day,  etc. — the  officer  making  the  report,  whatever 
his  rank,  will  salute  first ;  the  officer  to  whom  the  report  is  made  will  acknowl- 
edge, by  saluting,  that  he  has  received  and  understood  the  report.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  50.) 

382.  1.  Salutes  shall  be  exchanged  between  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  in 
a  military  formation,  nor  at  drill,  work,  games,  or  mess,  on  every  occasion 
of  their  meeting,  passing  near,  or  being  addressed,  the  officer  junior  in  rank 
or  the  enlisted  man  saluting  first. 

2.  When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  there  are  several  enlisted  men,  the 
Avord  "  attention  "  is  given  by  some  one  who  perceives  him,  \vhen  all  rise,  un- 
cover, and  remain  standing  at  attention  until  the  officer  leaves  the  room  or  di- 
rects otherwise.     Enlisted  men  at  meals  stop  eating  and  remain  seated  at 
attention. 

3.  An  enlisted  man,  if  seated,  rises  on  the  approach  of  an  officer,  faces  toward 
him,  stands  at  attention,  and  salutes.     Standing,  he  faces  an  officer  for  the 
same  purpose.    If  the  parties  remain  in  the  same  place  or  on  the  same  ground, 
such  compliments  need  not  be  repeated.     Soldiers   actually   at  work  do  not 
cease  work  to  salute  an  officer  unless  addressed  by  him. 

4.  Before  addressing  an  officer,  an  enlisted  man  makes  the  prescribed  salute 
with  the  weapon  with  which  he  is  armed,  or,  if  unarmed,  with  the  right  hand. 
He  also  makes  the  same  salute  after  receiving  a  reply.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

383.  1.  In  uniform  covered  or  uncovered,  but  not  in  formation,  officers  and 
enlisted  men  salute  military  persons  as  follows :  With  arms  in  hand,  the  salute 
prescribed  for  that  arm   (sentinels  on  interior  guard  duty  excepted)  ;  without 
arms,   the   right-hand    salute. 

2.  In  civilian  dress  covered  or  uncovered,  officers  and  enlisted  men  salute 
military  persons  with  the  right-hand  salute. 

3.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  will  render  the  prescribed  salutes  in  a  military 
manner,  the  officer  junior  in  rank  or  the  enlisted  man  saluting  first.     When 
several  officers  in  company  are  saluted,  all  entitled  to  the  salute  shall  return  it. 

4.  Except  in  the  field  under  campaign  or  simulated  campaign  conditions,  a 
mounted  officer    (or  soldier)    dismounts  before  addressing  a  superior  officer 
not  mounted. 


90  HONORS,   COURTESIES,  AND   CEREMONIES. 

5.  A  man  in  formation  shall  not  salute  when  directly  addressed,  but  shall 
come  to  attention  if  at  rest  or  at  ease.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

384.  1.  Saluting  distance   is   that    within   which   recognition    is    easy.      In 
general,  it  does  not  exceed  30  paces. 

2.  When  an  officer  entitled  to  the  salute  passes  in  rear  of  a  body  of  troops 
it  is  brought  to  attention  while  he  is  opposite  the  post  of  the  commander. 

3.  In  public  conveyances,  such  as  railway  trains  and  street  cars,  and  in  public 
places,  such  as  theaters,  honors  and  personal  salutes  may  be  omitted   when 
palpably  inappropriate  or  apt  to  disturb  or  annoy  civilians  present.     (C.  A.  R., 
Nos.  33  and  50.) 

385.  1.  Salutes  to  the  national  anthem  or  when  "  To  the  Color  "  (or  "  Stand- 
ard")   is  sounded  during  ceremonies  will  be  as  prescribed  in  regulations,  as 
herein  amended. 

2.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased  color  will  render  honors  as 
follows :  If  in  uniform  they  will  salute  as  required  in  subparagraph  1  of  para- 
graph 383;  if  in  civilian  dress  and  covered  they  will  uncover,  holding  the 
headdress  opposite  the  left  shoulder  with  the  right  hand;  if  uncovered  they 
will  salute  with  the  right-hand  salute.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

386.  Sentinels  on  post  doing  interior  guard  duty  conform  to  the  foregoing 
principles,  but  salute  by  presenting  arms  when  armed  with  the  rifle.     They 
will  not  salute  if  it  interferes  with  the  proper  performance  of  their  duties. 
Troops  under  arms  will  salute  as  prescribed  in  drill  regulations.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  50.) 

387.  1.  Commanders  of  detachments  or  other  commands  will  salute  officers 
of  grades  higher  than  the  person  commanding  the  unit  by  first  bringing  the 
unit  to  attention  and  then  saluting  as  required  in  subparagraph  1  of  paragraph 
383.    If  the  person  saluted  is  of  a  junior  or  equal  grade  the  unit  need  not  be 
at  attention  in  the  exchange  of  salutes. 

2.  If  two  detachments  or  other  commands  meet,  their  commanders  will  ex- 
change salutes,  both  commands  being  at  attention.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

388.  Salutes  and  honors  as  a  rule  are  not  paid  by  troops  actually  engaged 
in  drill,  on  the  march,  or  in  the  field  under  campaign  or  simulated  campaign 
conditions.     Troops  on  the  service  of  security  pay  no  compliments  whatever. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

389.  If  the  command  is  in  line  at  a  halt  (not  in  the  field)  and  armed  with 
the  rifle,  or  with  sabers  drawn,  it  shall  be  brought  to  "  present  arms  "  or  "  pre- 
sent sabers  "  before  its  commander  salutes  in  the  following  cases :  When  the 
national  anthem  is  played,  or  when  "  To  the  Color  "  or  "  To  the  Standard  " 
is  sounded  during  ceremonies,  or  when  a  person  is  saluted  who  is  its  immediate 
or  higher  commander  or  a  general  officer,  or  when  the  national  or  regimental 
color  is  saluted.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

390.  At  parades  and  other  ceremonies,  under  arms,  the  command  shall  render 
the  prescribed  salute  and   shall  remain   in  the  position  of  salute  while  the 
national  anthem  is  being  played ;  also  at  retreat  and  during  ceremonies  when 
"  To  the  Color "   is  played   if   no  band   is  present.     If  not  under   arms,  the 
organizations  shall  be  brought  to  attention  at  the  first  note  of  the  national 
anthem,  "  To  the  Color,"  or  "  To  the  Standard,"  and  the  salute  rendered  by 
the  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  in  command  as  prescribed  in  regulations, 
as  amended  herein.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

391.  No  officer  in  civilian  clothes  or  present  informally  in  uniform  shall  be 
saluted  with  guns  or  have  a  guard  paraded  in  his  honor.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

392.  Guards  shall  not  turn  out  on  Sundays  as  a  matter  of  compliment  for 
officers  of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps.     (C,  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 


HONORS,   COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES.  91 

392  £.  Soldiers  at  all  times  and  in  all  situations  pay  the  same  compliments 
to  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps,  and  Volunteers,  and  to  officers 
of  the  National  Guard  in  uniform  as  to  officers  of  their  own  regiment,  corps, 
or  arm  of  service.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

SALUTES    WITH    CANNON. 

893.  Salutes  with  cannon  will  be  fired  under  charge  of  commissioned  officers, 
who  shall  be  present  at  the  firing  and  direct  it. 

Guns  using  metallic-case  ammunition  will  be  used  whenever  practicable ;  in 
their  absence  other  breech-loading  guns  should  preferably  be  used.  Muzzle- 
loaders  will  be  used  only  when  breechloaders  are  not  available.  When  using 
muzzle-loading  guns  a  sufficient  number  should  be  employed,  if  practicable,  to 
avoid  the  necessity  of  firing  the  same  gun  a  second  time. 

For  muzzle-loading  guns,  or  breechloaders  using  cartridge  bags,  the  bags  will 
be  made  of  silk,  measuring  in  length  at  least  one  and  one-half  times  their  diam- 
eter, and  care  will  be  taken  that  the'  sponges  are  not  worn  and  that  they 
thoroughly  fill  the  chamber  or  bore  of  the  gun,  and  when  the  same  gun  is  fired 
more  than  once,  that  the  intervals  between  the  discharges  are  sufficient  to 
allow  the  chamber  or  bore  to  be  thoroughly  sponged  and  chamber  of  breech- 
loaders examined.  Unless  all  of  these  conditions  be  fulfilled  salutes  will  not 
be  fired  with  these  classes  of  guns. 

The  minimum  number  of  pieces  with  which  salutes  may  be  fired  is  1  for 
rapid-fire  and  field  guns  using  metallic-case  ammunition,  2  for  breechloaders 
using  cartridge  bags,  4  for  siege,  and  6  for  seacoast  guns.  When  practicable, 
rapid-fire  guns  will  be  used  for  saluting  purposes. 

394.  The  rapidity  with  which  pieces  are  discharged  during  a  salute  depends 
upon  their  caliber.     Subject  to  the  restrictions   of  the  preceding  paragraph, 
guns  of  4-inch  caliber  or  less  should  have  intervals  of  5  seconds  between  dis- 
charges ;  guns  of  over  4-inch  caliber,  10  seconds. 

When  a  single  field  gun  is  used  to  fire  a  salute  the  interval  between  dis- 
charges should  be  10  seconds. 

395.  When  muzzle-loading  guns  are  used,  the  pieces  for  a  salute  should,  if 
possible,  be  of  the  same  or  equivalent  caliber.     If  the  number  of  guns  in  the 
saluting  battery  admits  of  it,  the  entire  number  required  and  two  or  three  over 
should  be  loaded  and  made  ready  previous  to  commencing  the  salute ;  the  de- 
tachments are  then  dispensed  with,  and  a  single  cannoneer  at  each  piece  dis- 
charges it  at  the  proper  time.     When  the  number  of  pieces  is  insufficient  for 
the  entire  salute,  as  many  as  possible  should  be  used  so  as  to  avoid  frequent 
reloadings. 

The  pieces  are  numbered  from  right  to  left — 1,  2,  3,  and  so  on — and  each  de- 
tachment or  the  cannoneer,  as  the  case  may  be,  is  made  clearly  to  understand 
the  number  of  the  piece. 

At  the  proper  moment  the  officer  in  charge  commands :  "  Number  1,  fire !  " 
and  observing  the  proper  interval,  "  Number  2,  fire !  "  and  so  on  to  the  left 
piece,  when  he  returns  to  the  first  and  repeats  the  same  commands  until  the 
entire  number  required  for  the  salute  is  discharged.  In  order  to  preserve  regu- 
larity in  the  fires  he  will  not  concern  himself  with  the  running  number,  but 
will  have  a  capable  person  to  keep  count  and  notify  him  when  the  required 
number  of  discharges  is  made.  In  giving  the  command  "  Fire !  "  he  looks  toward 
the  piece  to  be  fired,  and  gives  it  in  such  a  pronounced  manner,  accompanied 
by  a  signal  with  his  sword,  as  to  be  unmistakable.  The  cannoneer  discharging 
a  piece  when  its  number  is  called  casts  his  eye  to  the  officer  and,  observing  the 
signal  as  well  as  the  command,  fires  the  piece  promptly.  Should  a  piece  mis- 


92  HONORS,   COURTESIES,   AND   CEREMONIES. 

fire,  the  officer  immediately  commands  the  next  to  fire  and  allows  the  piece  that 
has  missed  to  remain  undischarged  until  its  proper  turn  comes  again.  Immedi- 
ately after  each  piece  is  discharged  it  is  reloaded  and  made  ready  if  there  is 
probability  of  its  being  fired  again. 

When  troops  are  drawn  up  for  the  reception  of  a  dignitary,  and  it  is  prac- 
ticable to  have  a  battery  of  field  guns  on  the  ground,  a  salute  from  it  should 
form  part  of  the  ceremony ;  otherwise  guns  in  position  are  used.  When  field 
guns  are  used,  it  is  most  appropriate  to  fire  the  salute  at  the  place  of  review, 
and  at  the  time  just  previous  to  the  review  when  the  personage  arrives  on 
the  ground. 

396.  Salvos  are  simultaneous  discharges  from  several  cannon ;  they  corre- 
spond to  volleys  of  musketry  and  are  fired  by  way  of  salute  only  over  the 
graves  of  officers  at  the  time  of  burial.    The  order  designating  a  funeral  escort 
prescribes  whether  the  fire  shall  be  three  volleys  of  musketry  or  three  ssrtvos 
of  artillery. 

397.  Salutes  will  not  be  fired  between  sunset  and  sunrise,  and  not  on  Sunday 
unless  required  by  international  courtesy.     As  a  general  rule,  salutes  will  be 
fired  between  8  a.  m.  and  sunset.     The  national  flag  will  always  be  displayed 
at  the  time  of  firing  a  salute. 

NATIONAL    SALUTES. 

398.  The  national  salute  is  21  guns.    It  is  also  the  salute  to  a  national  flag. 
The  salute  to  the  Union,  commemorative  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 

and  consisting  of  1  gun  for  each  State,  is  fired  at  noon  on  July  4  at  every  post 
provided  with  suitable  artillery. 

399.  It  is  the  custom  of  foreign  ships  of  war,  on  entering  a  harbor  or  pass- 
ing near  a  fortification,  to  display  at  the  main  the  flag  of  the  country  in  whose 
waters  they  are,  and  to  salute  it.    It  is  the  rule,  however,  in  our  own  and  for- 
eign navies  to  fire  salutes  only  between  8  a.  m.  and  sunset.     On  the  completion 
of  the  salute  to  the  flag,  a  salute  of  the  same  number  of  guns  will  be  promptly 
returned   by   the   designated   saluting   station.      United    States   vessels    return 
salutes  to  tho  flag  in  United  States  waters  only  when  there  is  no  fort  or  bat- 
tery designated  to  do  so.     United  States  vessels  do  not  salute  United  States 
forts  or  posts,  and  the  converse. 

Saluting  stations  for  the  purpose  of  returning  the  salutes  of  foreign  men-of- 
war  in  the  ports  and  territorial  waters  of  the  United  States  will  be  designated 
in  orders  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

The  salute  to  the  flag  is  the  only  salute  that  is  returned,  and  this  is  invariably 
done  as  soon  as  possible.  The  time  intervening  should  never  exceed  24  hours. 
The  failure  to  return  such  salutes  is  regarded  as  a  discourtesy  or  lack  of  friend- 
ship justifying  the  other  party  in  asking  an  explanation. 

Notice  of  an  intention  to  salute  the  flag  is  sometimes  given  by  the  vessel 
direct  to  the  fort,  but  as  giving  notice  involves  delay,  vessels  generally  salute 
without  it.  Surveying  vessels,  storeships,  and  transports  do  not  salute.  If 
notice  of  intention  to  salute  the  flag  be  received  by  a  fort  not  the  saluting 
station,  such  fort  immediately  notifies  the  saluting  station  and  informs  the 
vessel  of  the  fact. 

PERSONAL    SALUTES. 
\ 

400.  The  President,  both  on  his  arrival  at  and  departure  from  a  military 
post,  or  when  in  its  vicinity,  receives  a  salute  of  21  guns.     No  other  personal 
salute  is  fired  in  his  presence. 


HONORS,   COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES.-  93 

The  sovereign  or  chief  magistrate  of  a  foreign  country  receives  the  salute  pre- 
scribed for  the  President ;  and  members  of  a  royal  family  receive  the  salute  due 
their  sovereign.  No  salute  to  a  personage  of  lesser  degree  shall  be  fired  in  their 
official  presence. 

An  ex-President  of  the  United  States  receives  a  salute  of  21  guns. 

The  Vice  President  receives  a  salute  of  19  guns. 

When  officials  other  than  those  named  visit  military  posts,  they  receive  salutes 
as  follows : 

Guns. 
Ambassadors,   members   of  the   Cabinet,    and   the   president   pro    tempore 

of  the  Senate 19 

The  Chief  Justice,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  a  com- 
mittee of  Congress  officially  visiting  a  military  post,  governors  within 
their  respective  States~or  Territories,  or  a  governor  general,  and  the  civil 

governor  of  the  Philippine  Islands 17 

The  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 
when  officially  visiting  a  military  post ;  the  vice  governor  of  the  Philip- 
pine Islands,  and  American  or  foreign  envoys  or  ministers 15 

Ministers  resident  accredited  to  the  United  States 13 

Charges    d'affaires 11 

Consuls  general  accredited  to  the  United  States 11 

The   General 17 

The  Lieutenant  General 15 

Major   general 13 

Brigadier  general 11 

The  term  "  governor  general  "  shall  be  taken  to  mean  an  administrative  officer 
under  whom  officers  with  the  title  of  governor  are  acting. 

401.  As  a  rule,  a  personal  salute  is  to  be  fired  when  the  personage  entitled 
to  it  enters  a  post. 

When  several  persons,  each  of  whom  is  entitled  to  a  salute,  arrive  together 
at  a  post,  the  highest  in  rank  or  position  is  alone  saluted.  If  they  arrive  suc- 
cessively, each  is  saluted  in  turn. 

An  officer  assigned  to  duty  according  to  his  brevet  rank  is  entitled  to  the 
salute  prescribed  for  the  grade  to  which  he  is  assigned. 

A  retired  general  officer  making  an  official  visit  is  saluted  according  to  his 
rank. 

An  officer,  whether  civil,  military,  or  naval,  holding  two  or  more  positions, 
either  of  which  entitles  him  to  a  salute,  receives  only  the  salute  due  to  the 
highest  grade.  In  no  event  is  the  same  person  to  be  saluted  in  more  than  one 
capacity. 

Personal  salutes  at  the  same  place  and  in  compliment  to  the  same  person, 
whether  civil,  diplomatic,  military,  or  naval,  are  never  to  be  fired  oftener  than 
once  a  year,  unless  such  person  shall  have  been  in  the  meantime  advanced  in 
rank. 

402.  Officers   of   the   Navy   are   saluted    according   to   their   relative  rank ; 
officers  of  marines  and  of  the  volunteer  forces  or  militia  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  and  officers  of  foreign  services,  are  saluted  according  to  rank. 

403.  When  a  civil  functionary  entitled  to  a  salute  arrives  at  a  military  post, 
the  commanding  officer  meets  or  calls  upon  him  as  soon  as  practicable,  and  will 
tender  him  a  review  if  the  garrison  consists  of  not  less  than  four  companies. 
When  a  general  officer  visits  a  post  within  his  command,  the  troops  will  be 
paraded  for  review,  unless  he  directs  otherwise.    When  a  salute  is  to  be  given 
an  officer  junior  to  another  present  at  a  post,  the  senior  will  be  notified  to  that 
effect  by  the  commanding  officer. 


94  HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES. 

404.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  occasions  of  a  public  nature  frequently 
arise  when  salutes  are  both  desirable  and  proper.     Orders  will  be  given  in 
such  cases. 

405.  The  flag  of  a  military  post  will  not  be  dipped  by  way  of  salute  or  com- 
pliment. 

VISITS   AND   COUETESIES. 

406.  1.  An  officer  arriving  at  the  headquarters  of  a  military  command,  sta- 
tion, or  post,  will  call  upon  the  commander  thereof  as  soon  as  practicable  and 
register  his  name,  address,  and  the  probable  time  of  his  stay.     If  the  visiting 
officer  be  senior  to  the  commander,  the  former  may  send  his  card  and  his 
address  for  registration,  in  which  case  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  commander 
to  make  the  first  call. 

2.  When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  or  at  the  headquarters  of 
a  territorial  department,  he  will  report  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  825. 

3.  An  officer  arriving  for  duty  with  an  organization,  a  staff  department,  at 
the  Military  Academy,  or  any  of  the  service  schools,  will  make  both  an  official 
and  a  call  of  courtesy  upon  the  head  or  commander  thereof  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable.   If  the  arriving  officer  is  the  senior,  the  first  call  will  be  made  by  the 
junior. 

4.  In  case  of  large  commands  or  posts,  an  arriving  officer  will  pay  such 
additional  visits  as  his  post,  station,  or  regimental  commander  may  prescribe. 
Under  normal  conditions  it  is  considered  desirable  that  at  least  the  arriving 
field  officers  should  call  at  the  various  organization  headquarters. 

5.  Official  calls  are  made  at  the  office  of  the  commanding  officer.     If  made 
after  office  hours  and  the  commanding  officer  is  not  present,  the  visiting  officer 
will  register,   leave  his   card,  and   repeat  the   call   informally   the   following 
morning  during  office  hours.    Social  calls  will  be  made  at  some  convenient  time 
at  the  quarters  of  the  commanding  officer. 

6.  As  a  rule,  juniors  will  give  way  to  seniors,  and  at  all  times  juniors  will 
show  deference  to  their  seniors  and  will  not  ignore  their  presence.     These 
rules  will  apply  whether  in  vehicles,  on  horseback,  or  on  foot.     In  accompany- 
ing officers,  juniors  will  walk  or  ride  on  the  left  of  their  seniors,  unless  there 
be  special  reason  to  the  contrary. 

7.  In  case  of  an  organization  reporting  at  a  post  or  station  for  duty,  the 
commanding  officer  thereof,  accompanied  by  his  staff   (if  there  be  one),  will 
immediately  make  an  official  call  upon  the  commander  of  the  post  or  station,  as 
prescribed  in  subparagraph  1.     The  commanding  officer  of  the  arriving  troops 
may,  at  his  discretion,  be  accompanied  by  the  other  officers  of  his  command. 
If  not  accompanied  by  them  at  this  first  visit,  he  will  arrange  to  present  them 
officially  at  some  convenient  time  to  the  post  or  station  commander,  unless  other- 
wise directed.    A  similar  procedure  will  be  observed  on  the  departure  of  an  or- 
ganization from  a  post  or  station. 

8.  A  subordinate  officer,  after  reporting  officially  to  the  commanding  officer  of 
the  post,   headquarters,  or  station,  will  report  as  soon  as  practicable  to  his 
intermediate  commanding  officers,  presenting  to  them  copies  of  his  assignment 
or  other  duty  order.    An  officer  returning  from  leave  or  detached  service  makes 
an  official  call,  without  delay,  on  the  post  or  station  commander  and  upon  his 
intermediate  commanders.     An  officer  about  to  leave  the  post  or  station  for 
any  length  of  time  will  make  an  official  call  upon  the  commander  thereof  and 
also  upon  his  intermediate  commanding  officers. 

9.  Newly  arrived  officers  will  be  called  upon  promptly  by  the  other  officers  of 
the  post  or  station.     In  case  of  large  commands,  where  the  conditions  are  such 
as  to  make  this  usual  custom  burdensome  or  impracticable,  the  commanding  officer 


HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES.  95 

may  prescribe  that  visits  shall  only  be  exchanged  between  senior  officers,  or  he 
may  designate  officers  to  make  the  visits,  who  shall  extend  the  usual  civilities 
on  behalf  of  all  the  others,  or  he  may  prescribe  that  no  visits  of  courtesy  shall  be 
required.  A  general  officer  is  not  required  to  return  the  official  visits  of  officers 
of  his  command,  except  in  the  case  of  general  officers  or  colonels ;  but  when  he 
considers  it  advisable,  return  calls  on  officers  of  grades  junior  to  colonel  shall  be 
made  at  his  direction  by  aids  or  other  staff  officers. 

10.  The  interchange  of  compliments  and  visits  between  officers  of  the  service  is 
of  great  importance.  Failure  to  pay  the  civilities  customary  in  official  and  polite 
society  is  to  the  prejudice  of  the  best  interests  of  the  service.  The  well-estab- 
lished customs  of  the  Army  in  this  regard  will  be  carried  out.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

407.  1.  The  interchange  of  official  compliments  and  visits  between  military 
and  naval  officers  is  international  in  character  and  opens  the  way  to  official  and 
social  courtesies.     In  cases  of  vessels  of  war  and  transports  carrying  troops,  for- 
eign or  otherwise,  recently  arrived,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  post  or  station  com- 
mander to  send  a  suitable  officer  to  offer  civilities  and  assistance.    This  is  called 
the  "  boarding  visit,"  and  it  is  expected  that  this  civility  will  be  returned.     Within 
24  hours  thereafter,  weather  permitting,  the  officer  in  chief  command  of  the  ship 
or  ships  or  the  senior  general  officer  on  board  the  transport  or,  in  case  a  general 
officer  is  not  present,  then  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troops  should  visit  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station  should  the  latter  be  his  equal  or  superior 
in  grade.     This  visit  will  be  returned  within  24  hours.    Should  the  naval  officer 
in  command  or  the  general  officer  on  board  the  transport,  or  in  case  a  general 
officer  is  not  present,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troops,  be  superior  in  grade  to 
the  officer  commanding  the  post  or  station,  the  first  visit  will  be  paid  by  the  latter. 

2.  In  ports  of  the  United  States,  whether  within  the  continental  limits,  out- 
lying Territories,  or  in  the  insular  possessions,  visits  of  ceremony  between  officers 
of  the  United  States  Army  and  Navy  will  be  governed  by  the  rules  laid  down  in 
subparagraph  1  of  this  paragraph. 

3.  In  the  interchange  of  visits  between  officers  in  command  of  Army  posts, 
Territorial  or  other  departments  and  the  naval  officers  in  command  of  naval  sta- 
tions on  shore,  whether  within  the  continental  limits,  outlying  Territories,  or 
insular  possessions  of  the  United  States,  the  officer  already  established  will  send 
an  aid  to  offer  the  customary  courtesies  on  the  arrivel  for  duty  of  a  newcomer  of 
the  other  service.     The  latter  will  then  make  the  first  visit  if  of  equal  or  inferior 
grade  to  the  former.    The  officer  junior  in  grade  will  make  the  first  visit,  whether 
he  is  the  last  comer  or  not.     ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  50. ) 

408.  The  following  rules  prescribed  by  Navy  Regulations  shall  be  observed 
in  regard  to  the  interchange  of  visits  between  officers  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
United  States  Army,  and  the  governors  of  the  United  States  insular  possessions, 
and  outlying  territories. 

1.  When  a  naval  vessel  or  group  of  vessels  arrives  at  a  port  of  an  island  or 
group  of  islands  or  outlying  possession  of  the  United  States  where  there  is  a 
governor  general  or  governor,  holding  a  commission  or  appointment  as  such  from 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  the  commander  in  chief  or  senior  command- 
ing officer  of  such  vessel  or  group  of  vessels  will  within  24  hours  of  arrival  make 
the  first  visit  upon  such  governor  general  or  governor. 

2.  In  case  of  the  temporary  absence  of  such  governor  general  or  governor 
from  his  post  the  official  duly  acting  in  his  stead  will  receive  the  same  courtesies. 

3.  Should  such  governor  general  or  governor  find  that  from  indisposition  or 
pressure  of  important  business  he  is  unable  to  make  or  return  the  prescribed 
visits  in  person,  he  will  depute  his  aid  or  some  other  official  to  do  so.     In  like 
manner  should  naval  commander  in  chief  or  senior  commanding  officer  find  that 
from  indisposition  or  pressing  occupation  he  is  unable  to  make  the  prescribed 


96  HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES. 

visits,  he  will  depute  an  officer  of  his  staff  to  do  so.  In  each  case  the  officer 
failing  to  make  the  prescribed  visit  in  person  will  report  the  circumstances  and 
state  the  reasons  which  led  to  the  omission  of  the  visit  to  the  department  under 
which  he  is  acting.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  50.) 

409.  For  the  purpose  of  developing  efficiency  in  intercommunication  between 
signal  stations  of  the  Army  and  the  Navy,  both  on  ship  and  ashore,  command- 
ing officers  of  seacoast  fortifications  will  at  all  times  encourage  the  interchange 
of  messages  and  signals  between  signal  stations  at  their  posts  and  ships  of  the 
Navy  or  naval  stations  making  use  of  radio  telegraphy  and  visual  signaling. 
Whenever,  upon  entering  a  harbor  of  the  United  States;  vessels  of  the  Navy 
come  within  signal  distance  of  fortifications  and  open  communication  with  them, 
suitable  acknowledgment  will  be  made  by  the  Army  stations.     As  far  as  prac- 
ticable, the  name  of  the  fort,  the  name  and  rank  of  the  commanding  officer, 
and  such  other  information  as  may  be  of  interest  will  be  communicated.    A 
similar  appropriate  exchange  of  signals  will  be  made  when  a  naval  vessel 
leaves  a  harbor,  the  initiative  being  taken  by  the  Navy.     Commanding  officers 
of  forts  provided  with  radio  equipment  will  issue  the  necessary  orders  requir- 
ing their  stations  to  cooperate  with  and-  communicate  with  all  naval  radio 
stations  in  their  vicinity,  both  on  shipboard  and  ashore,  but  Army  coast  radio 
stations  will  not  be  used  in  the  transmittal  of  official  messages  in  any  case 
where  commercial  or  military  telegraph  lines  are  available  and  where  the  serv- 
ice is  not  between  ship  and  shore.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

410.  When  a  military  commander  officially  visits  a  vessel  of  war  he  will 
give  notice  in  advance  of  his  intention  to  do  so.    He  is  received  at  the  gangway 
by  the  commander  of  the  vessel  and  is  accompanied  there  by  the  same  officer 
when  leaving.     The  officer  who  is  sent  with  the  customary  offer  of  civilities  is 
met  at  the  gangway  of  a  vessel  of  war  by  the  officer  of  the  deck,  and  is  presented 
by  the  latter  to  the  commander  of  the  vessel. 

411.  A  vessel  of  war  is  approached  and  boarded  by  commissioned  officers  by 
the  starboard  side  and  gangway.     In  entering  a  boat,  the  junior  goes  first  and 
other  officers  follow  in  order  of  rank ;  in  leaving  a  boat,  the  senior  goes  first. 
The  latter  acknowledges  the  salutes  which  are  given  at  the  gangway  of  a  naval 
vessel. 

41 1$.  The  following  regulations  of  the  United  States  Navy  are  published  for 
the  information  of  the  Army.  So  far  as  applicable  they  will  govern  Army 
officers  and  enlisted  men  visiting  war  vessels. 

1142.  When  a  chief  of  staff  or  any  commanding  officer  of  a  ship  or  of  a 
flotilla  visits  officially  another  ship  of  the  Navy,  he  shall  be  attended  at  his 
reception  and  departure  by  the  commanding  officer  and.  if  of  or  above  the  grade 
of  lieutenant  commander,  the  guard  of  the  day  shall  be  paraded  in  his  honor. 
When  the  chief  of  staff  leaves  or  returns  to  the  flagship  officially,  the  guard  of 
the  day  shall  be  paraded  in  his  honor. 

1143.  When  an  officer  of  the  Army  or  Marine  Corps  commanding  a  military 
post  or  station,  of  or  above  the  grade  of  major  and  not  above  the  grade  of 
colonel,  visits  officially  any  ship  of  the  Navy,  he  shall  receive  the  same  honors 
as  prescribed  in  Article  R  1142. 


1165.  The  officer  of  the  deck  shall  attend  at  the  gangway  on  the  arrival  or 
departure  of  any  commissioned  officer  or  distinguished  visitor. 

1166.  (1)  On  the  occasion  of  the  official  reception  or  departure  of  a  civil, 
diplomatic,  or  consular  official  or  of  any  commissioned  officer  of  the  Navy, 
Army,  Marine  Corps,  Naval  Militia,  or  Coast  Guard,  the  side  shall  be  piped. 


HONORS,   COURTESIES,   AND   CEREMONIES.  97 

The  side  shall  not  be  piped  for  shore  boats,  but  officers  in  them,  if  in  uniform, 
si  mil  be  so  saluted  on  reaching  or  leaving  the  deck. 

(2)  Piping  the  side  for  officers  not  wearing  side  arms  may,  by  order  of  the 
commanding  officer,  be  dispensed  with,  without  distinction  of  rank  or  grade,  on 
board  the  ships  to  which  they  are  attached. 

1167.  Side  boys  shall  attend  at  the  side  when  the  side  is  piped,  as  follows, 
except  as  noted  in  (c)  below: 

(a)   For  officials  saluted  with  15  or  more  guns,  eight, 
(ft)   For  officials  saluted  with  11  or  13  guns,  six. 

(c)  For  other  officers  of  and  above  the  rank  of  commander  and  for  officials 
entitled  to  corresponding  honors,  four. 

(d)  For  other  commissioned  officers  of  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  and  officials 
entitled  to  corresponding  honors,  two. 

1168.  (1)  All  honors,  except  as  prescribed  in  Article  R  1165  and  such  as 
social  courtesy  may  demand,  shall  be  dispensed  with  at  the  reception  or  de- 
parture of  all  officers  under  the  following  circumstances : 

(c)  When  they  are  in  plain  clothes. 

(&)  When  the  departure  or  reception  takes  place  after  sunset  and  before 
8  a.  m.  (except  that  for  foreign  officers  the  side  shall  be  piped). 

(c)  During  the  meal  hours  of  the  crew,  for  officers  of  the  United  States  Navy 
or  Marine  Corps. 

(d)  When  coaling  ship,  for  officers  of  the  United   States  Navy  or  Marine 
Corps. 

(e)  On  board  ships  having  a  complement,  exclusive  of  the  engineer  force, 
of  125  men  or  less  the   attendance  of  side  boys  for   officers  of  the  United 
States  Navy   shall  be  required   on   occasions   of  ceremony,   but   shall  not  be 
required  on  ordinary  occasions.     When  the  side  is  piped  for  officers  of  the 
United  States  Army  or  of  foreign  services,  side  boys  shall  be  in  attendance 
between  8  a.  m.  and  sunset. 

(2)  The  guard  and  band  shall  not  be  paraded  on  Sundays  for  ships  or 
officers  of  the  United  States  Navy  and  Marine  Corps. 

1169.  Sentries  at  the  gangways  shall  salute  all  officers  in  uniform  when  going 
or  coming  over  the  side.    All  sentries  on  the  upper  decks,  or  in  view  frmo  put- 
side,  shall  salute  all  commissioned  officers  passing  them  close  aboard,  in  boats 
or  otherwise. 

1170.  The  starboard  gangway  shall  be  used  by  all  commissioned  officers  and 
their  visitors ;  the  port  gangway  shall  be  used  by  all  other  persons.     If  the 
construction  of  the  ship  or  other  circumstances  make  a  change  in  this  rule  ex- 
pedient, the  change  may  be  made  at  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  officer. 

1171.  (1)  All  officers  and  men,  whenever  reaching  the  quarter-deck,  either 
from  a  boat,  from  a  gangway,  from  the  shore,  or  from  another  part  of  the 
ship,  shall  salute  the  national  ensign.     In  making  this  salute,  which  shall  be 
entirely  distinct  from  the  salute  to  the  officer  of  the  deck,  the  person  making  it 
shall  stop  at  the  top  of  the  gangway  or  upon  arriving  upon  the  quarter-deck, 
face  the  colors,  and  render  the  salute,  after  which  the  officer  of  the  deck  shall 
be  saluted.     In  leaving  the  quarter-deck,  the  same  salute  shall  be  rendered  in 
inverse  order.     The  officer  of  the  deck  shall  return  both  salutes  in  each  case, 
and  shall  require  that  they  be  properly  made. 

(2)  The  commanding  officer  shall  clearly  define  the  limits  of  the  q\iarter-deck ; 
it  shall  embrace  so  much  of  the  main  or  other  appropriate  deck  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  proper  conduct  of  official  and  ceremonial  functions.    When  the 
quarter-deck  so  designated  is  forward  and  at  a  considerable  distance  from  the 
colors,  the  salute  to  the  colors  prescribed  in  the  preceding  paragraph  will  not  be 
rendered  by  officers  and  men  except  when  leaving  or  coming  aboard  the  ship. 

(3)  The  salute  to  the  national  colors  to  be  made  by  officers  and  enlisted  men 
with  no  arms  in  hand  shall  be  the  "  hand  salute,"  the  headdress  not  to  be 
removed.     (C.  A.  R.,  No,  50.) 

412.  Naval  vessels  fire  personal  salutes  to  officers  entitled  to  them  when  the 
boats  containing  them  have  cleared  the  ship.  It  is  an  acknowledgment  of  the 
salute  by  the  officer  saluted  for  his  boat  to  lie  on  her  oars  from  the  first  until 
the  last  gun  and  for  him  to  uncover ;  at  the  conclusion,  to  give  way.  Personal 
salutes  are  not  returned  by  military  posts. 
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98  HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES. 

413.  In  case  of  vessels  of  war  of  foreign  powers  at  peace  with,  the  United 
States  lying  in  our  ports  or  harbors  and  celebrating  their  national  festivities, 
the  commander  of  each  fort,  battery,  or  military  post  may  participate  in  the 
celebration  by  firing  salutes,  parading  commands,  etc.     In  such  a  case  the  flag 
of  the  United  States  will  be  hoisted  and  lowered  simultaneously  with  that  of 
the  ship  on  board  of  which  the  celebration  occurs. 

414.  When  boats  are  rowing  in  the  same  direction,  an  inferior  is  not  to  pass 
a  superior  in  grade  unless  'he  is  on  urgent  duty,  or  authorized  by  the  superior. 

When  boats  are  pursuing  opposite  directions,  the  rule  of  the  road  to  prevent 
fouling  is  that  both  shall  "  put  their  helms  to  port,"  i,  e.,  to  pass  to  the  right, 
circumstances  permitting. 

When  boats  are  approaching  the  same  landing  or  vessel,  an  inferior  is  always 
to  give  way  to  a  superior  in  rank. 

Boats  about  leaving  a  ship's  side  or  landing  are  to  give  way  in  ample  time  to 
others  approaching. 

It  is  not  proper  to  land  over  another  boat  without  permission,  and  only  when 
it  can  not  be  avoided  is  permission  to  be  asked. 

415.  A  vessel  of  war  on  which  the  President  of  the  United  States  is  travel- 
ing displays  the  President's  flag  at  the  main.    In  case  of  foreign  sovereigns,  ves- 
sels display  the  royal  standard  of  the  sovereign  in  like  manner. 

ESCORTS  OF  HONOR. 

416.  Escorts  of  honor  may  be  composed  of  any  or  of  all  arms,  according  to 
the  circumtances.    They  are  detailed  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  and  escorting 
personages  of  high  rank,  civil  or  military,  when  they  arrive  and  depart.    The 
troops   for   this  purpose  will  be  selected  for  their   soldierly  appearance  and 
superior  discipline,  and  are  formed  and  maneuvered  as  prescribed  in  the  author- 
ized drill  regulations.    The  post  commander  in  each  case  will  detail  an  officer 
to  attend  the  personage  escorted,  and  to  bear  communications  from  him  to  the 
commander  of  the  escort. 

FUNERAL  HONORS. 

417.  On  the  receipt  at  any  post  or  camp  of  official  notice  of  the  death  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  the  commanding  officer  will,  on  the  following 
day,  cause  a  gun  to  be  fired  every  half  hour,  beginning  at  sunrise  and  ending 
at  sunset.     When  posts  are  in  sight  or  within  6  miles  of  each  other  the  firing 
will  take  place  only  at  the  post  commanded  by  the  senior  officer. 

418.  The  orders  announcing  the  death  of  a  Secretary  of  War,  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  War,  or  a  general  officer  on  the  active  or  retired  list,  or  other  person 
entitled  to  a  salute  of  cannon,  will  specify  the  number  of  guns  to  be  fired  at 
half-hour  intervals,  commencing  at  8  o'clock  a.  m.  on  the  day  after  the  receipt 
of  the  order,  and  the  posts  at  which  they  shall  be  fired.    During  the  firing  the 
flag  will  be  displayed  at  halfstaff. 

419.  When  the  funeral  of  an  officer  who  was  entitled  to  a  salute  takes  place 
at  or  near  a  military  post,  minute  guns  will  be  fired  while  the  remains  are  being 
borne  to  the  place  of  interment,  but  the  number  of  guns  will  not  exceed  that  to 
which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute.    After  the  remains  are  deposited  in 
the  grave  a  salute  corresponding  to  the  rank  of  the  deceased  will  be  fired,  in 
addition  to  three  salvos  of  artillery  or  three  volleys  of  musketry. 

420.  If  the  remains  of  a  flag  officer  of  the  Navy  or  a  general  officer  are 
brought  asiiore  in  the  vicinity  of  a  military  post,  the  flag  will  be  displayed  at 


HONORS,   COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES.  99 

halfstaff  and  minute  guns  will  be  fired  as  the  procession  moves.     The  number 
of  guns  will  be  that  to  which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute. 

421.  During  the  funeral  at  or  near  a  military  post  of  a  civil  functionary  who 
was  entitled  to  a  salute,  the  flag  is  displayed  at  halfstaff  and  minute  guns  are 
fired.    The  number  of  guns  will  be  that  to  which  the  functionary  was  entitled 
as  a  salute. 

422.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is  displayed  at 
halfstaff  and  so  remains,  between  reveille  and  retreat,  until  the  last  salvo  or 
volley  is  fired  over  the  grave ;  or  if  the  remains  are  not  interred  at  the  post, 
until  they  are  removed  therefrom. 

423.  During  the  funeral  of  an  enlisted  man  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is 
displayed  at  halfstaff.     It  is  hoisted  to  the  top  after  the  final  volley  or  gun  is 
fired,  or  after  the  remains  are  taken  from  the  post.     The  same  honors  are 
paid  on  the  occasion  of  the  funeral  of  a  retired  enlisted  man. 

424.  All  military  posts  in  sight  of  each  other  display  their  flags  at  halfstaff 
upon  the  occasion  of  one  doing  so.    The  same  rule  is  observed  toward  all  vessels 
of  war. 

425.  When  the  flag  is  displayed  at  halfstaff  it  is  lowered  to  that  position 
from  the  top  of  the  staff.    It  is  afterwards  hoisted  to  the  top  before  it  is  finally 
lowered. 

426.  The  funeral  escort  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  General  of  the  Army 
will  consist  of  a  regiment  of  Infantry,  a  squadron  of  Cavalry,  and  a  battalion  of 
Field  Artillery ;  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Lieutenant  General,  a 
regiment  of  Infantry,  a  squadron  of  Cavalry,  and  a  battery  of  Field  Artillery ;  of 
a  major  general,  a  regiment  of  Infantry,  two  troops  of  Cavalry,  and  a  battery  of 
Field  Artillery  ;  of  a  brigadier  general,  a  regiment  of  Infantry,  a  troop  of  Cavalry, 
and  a  platoon  of  Field  Artillery ;  of  a  colonel,  a  regiment ;  a  lieutenant  colonel  or 
major,  a  battalion  or  squadimon ;  a  captain,  one  company ;  a  subaltern,  a  platoon. 
The  funeral  escort  of  a  general  officer,  or  of  any  other  officer  either  on  the 
active  or  retired  list,  when  the  funeral  occurs  at  any  other  place  than  a  military 
post  or  camp,  will  be  ordered  by  the  War  Department,  and  will  be  composed 
of  such  bodies  of  troops,  not  exceeding  the  number  prescribed  in  this  paragraph, 
as  the  interests  of  the  service  will  permit.    But  in  all  cases  where  the  funeral 
ceremonies  take  place  at  or  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  a  military  post,  or 
where  the  remains  are  conveyed  through  a  military  post  en  route  to  the  place 
of  burial,  the  above  regulation  relative  to  escort  will  be  complied  with  so  far 
as  the  strength  of  the  garrison  will  allow.    The  flag  will  be  at  halfstaff  while 
the  remains  are  at  or  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  post,  and  the  department 
or  post  commander  will  give  the  necessary  orders. 

427.  The  funeral  escort  of  an  officer  will  be  commanded  by  an  officer  of  the 
same  grade ;  if  none  such  be  present,  by  one  of  the  next  lower  grade  available. 
The  ceremony  is  prescribed  in  the  drill  regulations. 

428.  The  funeral  escort  of  a  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  consist  of  16 
men,  commanded  by  a  sergeant;  of  a  sergeant,  of  14  men,  commanded  by  a  ser- 
geant; of  a  corporal,  of  12  men,  commanded  by  a  corporal;  of  a  private,  of  8 
men,  commanded  by  a  corporal;  of  an  enlisted  man  of  Field  Artillery,  one 
section. 

429.  Six  pallbearers  will  be  selected,  as  far  as  practicable,  from  the  grade  of 
the  deceased. 

430.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  attending  military  funerals  wear  uniform  and 
side  arms  and  in  the  funeral  procession  follow  the  mourners  in  order  of  rank, 
seniors  in  front.    The  funeral  of  an  officer  is  attended  by  such  officers  of  the 


100  HONORS,   COURTESIES,  AND   CEREMONIES. 

post  or  organization  in  the  field  as  other  duties  will  permit.  The  funeral  of  a 
noncommissioned  officer  is  attended  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates 
of  the  regiment,  or  such  part  of  it  as  may  be  present  and  can  be  spared  from 
other  duties ;  that  of  a  private  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  of 
his  company. 

431.  The  badge  of  military  mourning  shall  consist  of  a  straight  band  of 
black  crape  or  plain  black  cloth,  5  inches  wide,  worn  around  the  left  arm  above 
the  elbow ;  also,  when  the  sword  is  worn,  a  knot  of  black  crape  on  the  hilt ; 
but  no  badge  of  military  mourning  shall  be  worn  with  the  uniform  except  at 
funerals  or  for  occasions  prescribed  by  the  War  Department. 

432.  As  family  mourning,   officers  may  wear  the  arm  band  prescribed   in 
paragraph  431. 

433.  The  drums  of  a  funeral  escort  will  be  covered  with  black  crape  or  thin 
black  serge,  furnished  by  the  quartermaster. 

434.  The  colors  of  a  regiment  will  not  be  placed  in  mourning  or  draped, 
except  when  ordered  from  the  War  Department.    Two  streamers  of  crape  7  feet 
long  and  about  12  inches  wide  attached  to  the  ferrule  below  the  spearhead  will 
be  used  for  the  purpose. 

CEREMONIES. 

435.  All  ceremonies  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill 
regulations. 

436.  The  number  and  kind  of  parades  will  be  determined  by  the  post  com- 
mander with -the  approval  of  the  next  higher  tactical  commander  and  of  the 
department  commander.     After  the  schedule  has  been  approved  parades  will 
not  be  dispensed  with  except  on  urgent  occasions.    All  officers  and  men  will  be 
present  unless  specially  excused  or  on  duty  incompatible  with  such  attendance. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  1.) 

437.  At  every  military  post  or  station  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  at  the  sound- 
ing of  the  first  note  of  the  reveille,  or  of  the  first  note  of  the  march,  if  a  march 
be  played  before  the  reveille.    The  flag  will  be  lowered  at  the  sounding  of  the 
last  note  of  the  retreat,  and  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered  the  band  will  play 
the  national  anthem,  or,"  if  there  be  no  band  present,  the  field  music  will  sound 
"  To  the  Color."     When  "  To  the  Color  "  is  sounded  by  the  field  music  while 
the  flag  is  being  lowered  the  same  respect  will  be  observed  as  when  the  national 
anthem  is  played  by  the  band,  and  in  either  case  officers  and  enlisted  men  out 
of  ranks  will  face  toward  the  flag,  stand  at  attention,  and  render  the  prescribed 
salute.     The  national  flag  will  be  displayed  at  one  seacoast  or  lake  fort  of  a 
group  of  forts  within  sight  of  each  other  at  the  beginning  of  and  during  an 
action  in  which  the  forts  may  be  engaged,  whether  by  day  or  by  night.    ( C.  A.  R., 
No.  50.) 

438.  Troops  will  be  mustered  for  pay  on  the  last  day  of  each  month  unless, 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  War  Department.     When  the  commanding  officer  can 
not  muster  all  the  troops  he  will  designate  other  officers  to  assist. 

439.  Each  stated  muster  will,  when  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  minute 
and  careful  inspection.    If  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  company,  the 
inspection  will  be  preceded  by  a  review.    If  the  day  for  muster  falls  on  Sunday, 
such  review  and  inspection  will  be  omitted. 

440.  On  Memorial  Day,  May  30,  at  all  Army  posts  and  stations,  the  national 
flag  will  be  displayed  at  halfstaff  from  sunrise  till  midday,  and  immediately 
before  noon  the  band,  or  field  music,  will  play  some  appropriate  air,  and  the 
national  salute  of  21  guns  will  be  fired  at  12  m.  at  all  posts  and  stations  pro- 
vided with  artillery.    At  the  conclusion  of  this  memorial  tribute,  at  uoon,  the 


KOUTE   MAPS  AND   JOURNALS  OF   MARCH.  101 

flag  will  be  hoisted  to  4he  top  of  the  staff  and  will  remain  there  until  sunset. 
When  hoisted  to  the  top  of  the  staff,  the  flag  will  be  saluted  by  playing  one  or 
more  appropriate  patriotic  airs.  In  this  way  fitting  testimonial  of  respect  for 
the  heroic  dead  and  honor  to  their  patriotic  devotion  will  be  appropriately 
rendered. 

ARTICLE   XLI. 

GUARDS. 

441.  The  authorized  Manual  of  Guard  Duty  is  the  guide  in  all  matters  relat- 
ing to  duties  of  guards  not  contained  in  these  regulations. 

442.  Quartermaster's  supplies  and  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  required 
for  strictly  post  or  police  purposes,  or  for  use  by  the  post  or  camp  guard,  will  be 
supplied  by  the  quartermaster  and  ordnance  officer,  respectively,  on  request  from 
the  officer  of  the  day,  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  and  will  be  con- 
tinued on  the  returns  of  the  quartermaster  or  ordnance  officer,  as  the  case  may 
require. 

443.  Articles  so  obtained  will  be  duly  entered  under  the  direction  of  the 
officer  who  receives  them  on  a  list  of  "  articles  in  charge."    They  will  be  carried 
on  the  list  and  verified  daily  under  the  direction  of  the  officer  of  the  day. 
When  no  longer  fit  for  use  they  will  be  submitted,  as  the  case  may  require,  by 
the  quartermaster  or  ordnance  officer  for  inspection  and,  if  condemned,  disposed 
•of  as  ordered. 

ABICLE   XLII. 

ROUTE  MAPS  AXD  JOURNALS  OF  MARCH. 

444.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  body  of  troops  ordered  to  march  will 
detail  a  competent  person,  preferably  a  mounted  commissioned  officer,  as  topog- 
rapher, whose  special  duty  will  be  to  prepare  and  preserve  the  field  notes, 
sketches,  and  maps  necessary  for  a  complete  record  of  the  route  traversed  and 
adjacent  points  of  military  interest.    The  topographer  will  be  relieved  of  such 
of  his  routine  duties  as  interfere  with  this  work.     He  will  be  furnished  with 
such  official  maps  and  descriptive  notes  of  the  proposed  route  as  may  be  avail- 
able.    Should  these  be  adequate,  the  fieldwork  will  be  confined  to  marking 
thereon  the  route  followed  and  adding  such  notes  as  may  be  required  to  com- 
plete the  record.     Where  no  maps  are  available  or  those  furnished  are  inade- 
quate, field  maps  to  standard  scales  will  be  prepared.    When  necessary,  selected 
enlisted  men,  preferably  mounted,  will  be  detailed  to  assist  the  topographer. 
The  work  will  be  done  under  the  supervision  of  the  commanding  officer.     For 
facility  in  reading,  military  maps  are  made  according  to  a  uniform  system  of 
scales  and  contour  intervals,  as  follows : 

1.  One  inch  to  1  mile,  vertical  interval,  60  feet. 

2.  Three  inches  to  1  mile,  vertical  interval,  20  feet. 

3.  Six  inches  to  1  mile,  vertical  interval,  10  feet. 

4.  Twelve  inches  to  1  mile,  vertical  interval,  5  feet. 

In  general  these  scales  and  contour  intervals  are  used  as  follows : 

1.  For  route  maps  of  extended  marches,  or  of  marches  of  large  commands 
using  several  roads. 

2.  For  ordinary  route  sketches  and  extended  positions. 

3.  For  position  and  outpost  sketches. 

4.  For  maps  used  in  the  war  game,  discussion  of  operations  at  maneuvers  and 
in  siege  operations. 


102  MILITARY  EDUCATION. 

445.  Field  notes  and  maps  of  the  route  traversed  -each  day  will  be  com- 
pleted the  same  day.    In  time  of  peace  the  original  field  notes  and  maps  covering 
the  entire  march  will  ultimately  be  transmitted  to  the  department  engineer  of 
the  department  in  which  it  terminates  for  file  and  for  use  in  the  compilation  of 
new  or  the  correction  of  existing  military  maps.    In  campaign  these  records  will 
be  disposed  of  as  prescribed  in  Field  Service  Regulations. 

446.  Journals  of  march  will  be  kept  by  the  adjutant  of  the  command  or  by 
an  officer  detailed  for  that  purpose.     The  journal  will  contain  an  historical 
record  of  the  march,  facts  as  to  equipment,   clothing,  supply,   shelter,   roads, 
weather,  health  of  troops,  and  incidents  of  any  kind  that  may  have  value. 
Journals  of  march  pertaining  to  provisional  commands  will  be  forwarded  to 
the  headquarters  of  the  department  in  which  the  march  terminates  for  file; 
those  of  permanent  organizations  will  be  retained  at  the  headquarters  of  the 
organizations  to  which  they  pertain.     In  campaign,  journals  of  march  are  incor- 
porated in  or  replaced  by  war  diaries,  as  provided  in  Field  Service  Regulations. 

447.  Commanding  officers  will  see  that  the  organizations  under  their  com- 
mand are  at  all  times  fully  supplied  with  the  engineer  reconnaissance  equipment 
prescribed  in  orders  of  the  War  Department,  that  the  equipment  is  in  good  order 
and  repair,  and  that  selected  officers  and  enlisted  men  are  instructed  in  its  use. 

448.  Notebooks,  blanks,  and  reconnaissance  instruments  are  supplied  by  the 
Engineer  Department  as  a  part  of  the  authorized  equipment  of  companies,  regi- 
ments, and  other  organizations.     When  such  books  or  blanks  can  not  be  obtained, 
substitutes  will  be  prepared  conforming  to  the  standard  forms.     General  instruc- 
tions for  the  use  and  preservation  of  instruments,  the  character  of  the  observa- 
tions to  be  made,  and  the  methods  of  recording  them  will  be  found  in  the 
Engineer  Field  Manual  or  as  notes  printed  in  the  record  books  or  on  the  blanks 
supplied. 

ARTICLE   XLIII. 

MILITARY  EDUCATION. 

449.  The  military  educational  system  of  the  United  States  comprises : 

1.  The  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  for  the  education  of  cadets. 

2.  Post  schools  for  the  instruction  of  enlisted  men. 

3.  At  each  military  post  a  garrison  school  for  the  instruction  of  officers  in 
subjects  pertaining  to  the  performance  of  their  ordinary  duties. 

4.  Service  schools — 

a.  The  Army  War  College,  Washington,  D.  C. 

6.  The  Army  Staff  College,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 

c.  The  Coast  Artillery  School,  Fort  Monroe,  Va. 

d.  The  Engineer  School,  Washington,  Barracks,  D.  C. 

e.  The  Mounted  Service  School,  Fort  Riley,  Kans. 
/.  The  Army  Medical  School,  Washington,  D.  C. 

g.  The  Army  Signal  School,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 
h.  The  Army  School  of  the  Line,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 
».  The  School  for  Bakers  and  Cooks,  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C. 
j.  The  School  for  Bakers  and  Cooks.  Presidio  of  Monterey,  Cal. 
k.  The  School  for  Bakers  and  Cooks,  Fort  Sam  Houston,  Tex. 
1.  The  School  for  Bakers  and  Cooks,  Fort  Shafter,  Hawaii. 
m.  The  School  for  Bakers  and  Cooks,  Fort  Riley.  Kans. 
n.  The  School  for  Bakers  and  Cooks,  Fort  William  McKinley,  P.  I. 
o.  The  Army  Field  Engineer  School,  Fort  Leavenworth.  Kans. 
p.  The   Army    Field    Service   and   Correspondence    School    for    Medical 
Officers,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 


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q.  The  School  of  Fire  for  Field  Artillery,  Fort  Sill,  Okla. 

r.  The  School  of  Musketry.  Fort  Sill.  Okla. 

s.  The  Signal  Corps  Aviation  School,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

t.  The  Signal  Corps  Aviation  School,  near  New  York  City. 

u.  The  Signal  Corps  Aviation  School,  near  Chicago,  111. 

v.  The  U.  S.  Army  Balloon  School,  Fort  Omaha,  Nebr. 

w.  The  Ordnance  School  of  Application,  Sandy  Hook  Proving  Ground,  N.  J. 
5.  The  military  department  of  civil  institutions  at  which  officers  of  the  Army 
are  detailed  under  the  provisions  of  law. 

The  detail  of  officers  at  these  institutions  is  announced  and  the  regulations 
governing  the  courses  of  instruction  therein  are  issued  in  orders  from  the  War 
Department.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  38  and  49.) 

ARTICLE   XLIV. 

THE  ORGANIZED  MILITIA. 

450  to  463.  Rescinded,  the  matter  being  covered  by  special  regulations. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE   XLV. 

THE  GOVERNMENT  HOSPITAL  FOE  THE  INSANE. 

464.  The  following  classes  of  persons  are  entitled  by  law  to  admission  to 
the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane:   (1)   Officers,  contract  surgeons,  and 
enlisted  men  of  the  Army  who  have  become  insane  while  in  the  military  service, 
or  within  three  years  after  their  discharge  therefrom,  from  causes  which  arose 
during  and  were  incident  to  such  service;   (2)  inmates  of  the  Soldiers'  Home 
and  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers;   (3)   civilian  em- 
ployees of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  who  may  become  insane  during  such  employ- 
ment;  (4)  general  prisoners. 

465.  The  insane  of  the  military  service,  except  as  otherwise  provided  for  in 
paragraph  469,  will  be  reported,  through  military  channels,  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army,  that  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  their  dispo- 
sition may  be  obtained.     No  person  will  be  reported  under  the  provisions  of 
this  paragraph  except  after  a  critical  examination  by  a  board  of  at  least  two 
medical  officers.    The  report  will  be  accompanied  by  the  proceedings  and  find- 
ings of  the  board  giving  the  diagnosis,  a  detailed  account  of  the  medical  history 
of  the  case  in  duplicate,  and  a  statement  as  to  whether  the  disability  was  or 
was  not  incurred  in  line  of  duty ;  also  a  statement  as  to  whether  the  patient, 
if  discharged  from  the  service,  can  be  released  from  military  control  without 
danger  to  himself  or  others.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  46.) 

466.  In  the  case  of  an  insane  soldier  ordered  by  the  War  Department  to  be 
sent  to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  all  papers,  including  his  serv- 
ice record,  certificate  of  disability,  and  form  of  medical  certificate  required  by 
the  Department  of  the  Interior,  properly  filled  in,  will  be  forwarded  directly 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  by  the  post  commander  on  the  date  of  the 
soldier's  departure  from  the  post.    An  insane  soldier  will  not  be  discharged  from 
the  service  except  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

The  blank  forms  for  the  medical  certificate  required  by  the  Department  of 
the  Interior  will  be  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

Prior  to  the  departure  of  the  insane  soldier  the  post  commander  will  prepare 
and  sign  an  inventory,  in  duplicate,  of  his  effects  and  will  send  one  copy  of  the 


104  INDIANS. 

inventory,  together  with  his  money  and  other  valuables,  by  registered  mail  to 
the  Superintendent,  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  Washington,  D.  C., 
retaining  the  other  copy  for  the  post  records.  The  other  effects,  such  as  cloth- 
ing, will  accompany  the  patient  and  attendant  as  baggage.  (C.  A,  R.,  Nos.  13, 
22,  and  5-5.) 

467.  An  insane  soldier  ordered  by  the  War  Department  to  be  sent  to  the 
Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane  will  be  escorted  by  a  noncommissioned 
officer.     When  a  number  are  sent  at  one  time  or  when  the  patient  or  patients 
require  restraint,  the  department  commander  may  order  such  addition  to  the 
escort  as  may  be  necessary.     The  noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  by  telegraph,  at  least  24  hours  in  advance,  the 
probable  time  and  place  of  arrival  in  Wahington.     After  leaving  the  patient 
at  the  hospital  the  noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army  for  further  instructions. 

468.  On  the  departure  of  the  patient  from  his  station  the  commanding  officer 
will  give  such  orders  to  the  person  in  charge  as  will  provide  for  transporta- 
tion of  the  necessary  attendants  to  the  institution  and  returning  to  their  posts, 
also  subsistence  during  their  absence.     When  payment  of  commutation,  in  lieu 
of  subsistence  in  kind,  is  permissible  under  paragraph  1223,  the  commanding 
officer  may,  in  writing,  order  commutation  for  the  patient  to  be  paid  in  advance 
to,  and  receipted  for  by,  the  noncommissioned  officer  to  whose  charge  the  patient 
is  committed. 

469.  The  insane  of  the  military  service  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  except 
natives,  will  be  sent  by  the  commanding  general,  Philippine  Department,  to 
Letterman  General  Hospital,  Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  for  observation 
and  treatment  in  that  hospital  b.efore  action  is  taken  in  their  cases  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  465. 

Insane  natives  of  the  Philippine  Islands  and  Porto  Rico  serving  in  the  Army 
of  the  United  States  may,  under  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  sent  to 
an  asylum  in  the  Philippine  Islands  or  to  an  asylum  in  Porto  Rico,  respectively. 

470.  To  obtain  the  release  of  a  patient  when  cured  or  his  delivery  to  the 
care  of  friends,  application  must  be  made  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 
accompanied  by  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  of  the  hospital. 

ARTICLE  XLVI. 

INDIANS. 
INDIAN  COUNTKT. 

471.  If  any  commanding  officer  of  a  military  post  has  reason  to  suspect  or  is 
informed  that  any  white  person  or  Indian  is  about  to  introduce  or  has  intro- 
duced any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  into  the  Indian  country  in  violation  of  law, 
he  may  cause  the  boats,  stores,  packages,  wagons,  sleds,  and  places  of  deposit  of 
such  person  to  be  searched ;  and  if  such  liquor  is  found  therein,  the  same,  to- 
gether with  the  boats,  teams,  wagons,  and  sleds  used  in  conveying  the  same, 
and  also  the  goods,  packages,  and  peltries  of  such  person,  shall  be  seized  and 
delivered  to  the  proper  officer,  and  shall  be  proceeded  against  by  libel  in  the 
proper  court.     It  shall,  moreover,  be  the  duty  of  any  person  in  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  or  of  any  Indian,  to  take  and  destroy  any  ardent  spirits  or 
wine  found  in  the  Indian  country,  except  such  as  may  be  introduced  therein  by 
the  War  Department.     In  all  cases  arising  under  sections  2139  and  2140,  Re- 
vised Statutes,  Indians  shall  be  competent  witnesses.     It  shall  be  a  sufficient 
defense  to  any  charge  of  introducing  or  attempting  to  introduce  ardent  spirits, 


INDIANS. 


105 


ale,  beer,  wine,  or  intoxicating  liquors  into  the  Indian  country  that  the  acts 
charged  were  done  under  authority,  in  writing,  from  the  War  Department  or 
any  officer  duly  authorized  thereunto  by  the  War  Department. 

472.  The  Indian  country  within  the  meaning  of  the  foregoing  paragraph  may 
be  defined,  in  general,  as  the  Indian  reservations,  or  districts  occupied  by  Indian 
tribes  and  to  which  the  Indian  title  has  not  been  extinguished ;  or  sections  of 
country  over  which  the  operation  of  the  Indian  trade  and  intercourse  laws  has 
been  retained  by  Indian  treaty  stipulations.     Should  any  case  arise  which,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  department  commander,  does  not  appear  to  be  embraced 
within  these  definitions,  he  will  report  it  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  order  that 
the  question  whether  the  location  is  Indian  country  may  be  authoritatively 
determined. 

473.  When  lands  are  secured  to  the  Indians  by  treaty  against  occupation  by 
the  whites,  the  military  commanders  will  keep  intruders  off  the  same  by  military 
force,  if  necessary,  until  such  time  as  the  Indian  title  is  extinguished  or  the 
lands  are  opened  by  Congress  for  settlement. 

474.  When  questions  arise  as  to  the  ownership  of  animals  in  possession  of 
Indians,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  nearest  military  post  is  authorized  and 
directed  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  agent  in  charge  of  said  Indians  in  the 
investigation  and  determination  of  ownership. 

475.  The  introduction  into  the  Indian  country  for  the  purpose  of  sale  to,  or 
exchange  with,  Indians  of  any  breech-loading  firearms  and  of  any  special  ammu- 
nition adapted  to  them,  and  the  sale  and  exchange  to  Indians  in  the  Indian 
country  of  any  such  arms  or  ammunition  is  prohibited.    The  introduction  into 
the  country  or  district  occupied  by  any  tribe  of  hostile  Indians,  for  the  purpose 
of  sale  or  exchange  to  them,  of  arms  or  ammunition  of  any  description,  and  the 
sale  or  exchange  thereof  to  or  with  such  Indians  is  prohibited ;  and  all  such 
arms  or  ammunition  introduced  by  traders  or  other  persons,  and  which  are 
liable  in  any  manner  to  be  received  by  such  hostile  Indians,  shall  be  deemed 
contraband  of  war,  to  be  seized  by  any  officer  and  confiscated. 

476.  Supplies,  stores,  and  property  of  any  kind  procured  out  of  Army  appro- 
priations will  not  be  transferred,  in  any  way  or  under  any  circumstances,  for 
the  use  of  Indians  except  under  authority  first  obtained  from  the  Secretary  of 
War.    Any  officer  violating  the  terms  of  this  regulation  will  be  charged  with 
the  money  value  of  the  supplies,  stores,  or  property  transferred,  and  in  addition 
be  otherwise  held  accountable  according  to  circumstances. 

477.  Indians  held  as  prisoners  of  war  are  entitled  to  receive  necessary  sub- 
sistance,  clothing,  medicines,  and  medical  attendance.    There  is  no  authority  of 
law  permitting  such  supplies  and  attendance  to  be  furnished  to  Indians  under 
the  care  and  management  of  the  Interior  Department.     All  Indian  prisoners 
will  be  reported  on  the  post  returns  under  the  following  form : 


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106  EMPLOYMENT   OF   TROOPS. 

PURCHASES    FROM    INDIANS. 

478.  Purchases  of  cattle,  hay,  grain,  fuel,  or  other  produce  or  merchandise 
which  Indians  may  have  for  sale  and  which  may  be  required  for  the  military 
service  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  made  from  Indians 
in  open  market,  at  fair  and  reasonable  prices,  but  not  exceeding  the  market 
prices  in  the  localities  where  such  purchases  are  made. 

INDIAN     SCOUTS. 

•479.  Indians  employed  as  scouts  under  the  provisions  of  section  1112,  Re- 
vised Statutes,  and  section  1,  act  of  Congress  approved  February  2,  1901  (31 
Stat.  L.,  748),  will  be  enlisted  for  periods  of  seven  years  and  discharged  when 
the  necessity  for  their  services  shall  cease.  While  in  service  they  will  receive 
the  pay  and  allowances  of  cavalry  soldiers  and  an  additional  allowance  tfl:  40 
cents  per  day,  provided  -they  furnish  their  own  horses  and  horse  equipments ; 
but  such  additional  allowance  will  cease  if  they  do  not  keep  their  horses  and 
equipments  in  serviceable  condition. 

480.  Department  commanders  are  authorized  to  appoint  the  sergeants  and 
corporals  for  the  whole  number  of  enlisted  Indian  scouts  serving  in  their  de- 
partments, but  such  appointments  must  not  exceed  the  proportion  of  1  first 
sergeant,  5  sergeants,  and  4  corporals  for  60  enlisted  Indian  scouts. 

481.  The  number  of  Indian  scouts  allowed  to  military  departments  will  be 
announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

482.  The  enlistment  and  reenlistment  of  Indian  scouts  will  be  made  under 
the  direction  of  department  commanders.     The  appointment  or  mustering  of 
farriers  or  horseshoers  on  the  rolls  of  Indian  scouts  is  illegal. 

483.  In  all  cases  of  enlistment  of  Indians  the  full  Indian  name,  and  also  the 
English  interpretation  of  the  same,  will  be  inserted  in  the  enlistment  papers 
and  in  all  subsequent  returns  and  reports  concerning  them. 

ARTICLE   XLVII. 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  TROOPS  IN  THE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE  LAWS. 

484.  It  is  unlawful  to  employ  any  part  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  as 
a  posse  comitatus  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  executing  the  laws,  except 
in  such  cases  and  under  such  circumstances  as  such  employment  of  said  force 
may  be  expressly  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  act  of  Congress;  and 
any  person  wilfully  violating  this  provision  will  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and,  on  conviction  thereof,  will  be  punishable  by  a  fine  not  exceed- 
ing $10,000  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

485.  The  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  of  acts  of  Congress  authorizing 
the  employment  of  the  military  forces  for  the  purpose  of  executing  the  laws, 
are  as  follows : 

ARTICLE  IV  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION. 

SEC.  4.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union  a  republican 
form  of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against  invasion  ;  and  on  application 
of  the  legislature,  or  of  the  executive  (when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened),  against 
domestic  violence. 

REVISED  STATUTES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
CIVIL  RIGHTS. 

SEC.  1984.  The  commissioners  authorized  to  be  appointed  by  the  preceding  section 
[section  1983]  are  empowered,  within  their  respective  counties,  to  appoint,  in  writing, 


EMPLOYMENT   OF   TEOOPS.  107 

under  their  hands,  one  or  more  suitable  persons,  from  time  to  time,  who  shall  execute 
all  such  warrants  or  other  process  as  the  commissioners  may  issue  in  the  lawful  per- 
formance of  their  duties,  and  the  persons  so  appointed  shall  have  authority  to  summon 
and  call  to  their  aid  the  bystanders  or  posse  comitatus  of  the  proper  county,  or  such 
portion  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be 
necessary  to  the  performance  of  the  duty  with  which  they  are  charged  ;  and  such  wax- 
rants  shall  run  and  be  executed  anywhere  in  the  State  or  Territory  within  which  they 
are  issued. 

SEC.  1989.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States,  or  such  person 
as  he  may  empower  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be  necessary  to  aid  in  the  execution  of 
judicial  process  issued  under  any  of  the  preceding  provisions,  or  as  shall  be  necessary 
to  prevent  the  violation  and  enforce  the  due  execution  of  the  provisions  of  this  title. 

SEC.  1991.  Every  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  in  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico 
shall  aid  in  the  enforcement  of  the  preceding  section  [abolishing  peonage.] 

INDIANS. 

SEC.  2118.  Every  person  who  makes  a  settlement  on  any  lands  belonging,  secured,  or 
granted  by  treaty  with  the  United  States  to  any  Indian  tribe,  or  surveys  or  attempts  to 
survey  such  lands,  or  to  designate  any  of  the  boundaries  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise, 
is  liable  to  a  penalty  of  one  thousand  dollars.  The  President  may,  moreover,  take  such 
measures  and  employ  such  military  force  as  [he]  may  judge  necessary  to  remove  any  such 
person  from  the  lands. 

SEC.  2147.  The  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs,  and  the  Indian  agents  and  subagents 
shall  have  authority  to  remove  from  the  Indian  country  all  persons  found  therein  contrary 
to  law ;  and  the  President  is  authorized  to  direct  the  military  force  to  be  Employed  in 
such  removal. 

SEC.  2150.  The  military  forces  of  the  United  States  may  be  employed  in  such  manner 
and  under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  direct — 

First.  In  the  apprehension  of  every  person  who  may  be  in  the  Indian  country  in  viola- 
tion of  law ;  and  in  conveying  him  immediately  from  the  Indian  country,  by  the  nearest 
convenient  and  safe  route,  to  the  civil  authority  of  the  Territory  or  judicial  district  in 
which  such  person  shall  be  found,  to  be  proceeded  against  in  due  course  of  law  ; 

Second.  In  the  examination  and  seizure  of  stores,  packages,  and  boats,  authorized  by 
law ; 

Third.  In  preventing  the  introduction  of  persons  and  property  into  the  Indian  country 
contrary  to  law;  which  persons  and  property" shall  be  proceeded  against  according  to  law; 

Fourth.  And  also  in  destroying  and  breaking  up  any  distillery  for  manufacturing  ardent 
spirits  set  up  or  continued  within  the  Indian  country. 

SBC.  2151.  No  person  apprehended  by  military  force  under  the  preceding  section  shall  be 
detained  longer  than  five  days  after  arrest  and  before  removal.  All  officers  and  soldiers 
who  may  have  any  such  person  in  custody  shall  treat  him  with  all  the  humanity  which  the 
circumstances  will  permit. 

SEC.  2152.  The  superintendents,  agents,  and  subagents  shall  endeavor  to  procure  the 
arrest  and  trial  of  all  Indians  accused  of  committing  any  crime,  offense,  or  misdemeanor, 
and  of  all  other  persons  who  may  have  committed  crimes  or  offenses  within  any  State  or 
Territory,  and  have  fled  into  the  Indian  country,  either  by  demanding  the  same  of  the 
chiefs  of  the  proper  tribe,  or  by  such  other  means  as  the  President  may  authorize.  The 
President  may  direct  the  military  force  of  the  United  States  to  be  employed  in  the  appre- 
hension of  such  Indians,  and  also  in  preventing  or  terminating  hostilities  between  any 
of  the  Indian  tribes. 

THE   PUBLIC    LANDS. 

SEC.  2460.  The  President  is  authorized  to  employ  so  much  of  the  land  and  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States  as  may  be  necessary  effectually  to  prevent  the  felling,  cutting  down, 
or  other  destruction  of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida,  and  to  prevent  the 
transportation  or  carryfng  away  any  such  timber  as  may  be  already  felled  or  cut  down  ; 
and  to  take  such  other  and  further  measures  as  may  be  deemed  advisable  for  the  preser- 
vation of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall,  after  the  passing  of 
this  act,  take  possession  of,  or  make  a  settlement  on  any  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the 
United  States,  by  any  treaty  made  with  a  foreign  nation,  or  by  a  cession  from  any  State 
to  the  United  States,  which  lands  shall  not  have  been  previously  sold,  ceded,  or  leased 
by  the  United  States,  or  the  claim  to  which  lands,  by  such  person  or  persons,  shall  not 
have  been  previously  -recognized  and  confirmed  by  the  United  States :  or  if  any  person 
or  persons  shall  cause  such  lands  to  be  thus  occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled ; 


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or  shall  survey,  or  attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  he  surveyed,  any  such  lands ;  or  desig- 
nate any  boundaries  thereon,  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise,  until  thereto  duly  author- 
ized by  law ;  such  offender  or  offenders  shall  forfeit  all  his  or  their  right,  title,  and 
claim,  if  any  he  hath,  or  they  have,  of  whatsoever  nature  or  kind  the  same  shall  or  may 
be,  to  the  lands  aforesaid,  which  he  or  they  shall  have  taken  possession  of,  or  settled, 
or  caused  to  be  occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled,  or  which  he  or  they  shall  have 
surveyed,  or  attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  or  the  boundaries  thereof  he 
or  they  shall  have  designated,  or  cause  to  be  designated,  by  marking  trees  or  otherwise. 
And  it  shall  moreover  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  direct  the 
marshal,  or  officer  acting  as  marshal,  in  the  manner-  hereinafter  directed,  and  also  to 
take  such  other  measures  and  to  employ  such  military  force  as  he  may  judge  necessary 
and  proper,  to  remove  from  lands  ceded,  or  secured  to  the  United  States,  by  treaty,  or 
cession  as  aforesaid,  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  hereafter  take  possession  of  the 
same,  or  make  or  attempt  to  make  a  settlement  thereon,  until  thereunto  authorized  by 
law.  And  every  right,  title,  or  claim  forfeited  under  this  act,  shall  be  taken  ant}  deemed 
to  be  vested  in  the  United  States,  without  any  other  or  further  proceedings:  Provided, 
That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  right,  title,  or  claim  of 
any  person  to  lands  in  the  territories  of  Orleans  or  Louisiana,  before  the  boards  of  com- 
missioners established  by  the  act,  entitled  "An  act  for  ascertaining  and  adjusting  the 
titles  and  claims  to  land  within  the  territory  of  Orleans  and  the  district  of  Louisiana," 
shall  have  made  their  reports  and  the  elecision  of  Congress  been  had  thereon. 

[Section  1  of  an  act  approved  March  3,  1807,  perpetuated  by  section  0596,  Revised 
Statutes.] 

The  Secretary  of  War,  upon  the  request  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  is  hereafter 
authorized  and  directed  to  make  the  necessary  detail  of  troops  to  prevent  trespassers  or 
intruders  from  entering  the  Sequoia  National  Park,  the  Yosemite  National  Park,  and  the 
General  Grant  National  Park,  respectively,  in  California,  for  the  purpose  of  destroying 
the  game  or  objects  of  curiosity  therein,  or  for  any  other  purpose  prohibited  by  law  or 
regulation  for  the  government  of  said  reservations,  and  to  remove  such  persons  from  said 
parks  if  found  therein.  Act  of  June  6,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  618). 

The  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  take  such  measures  as  shall  be  necessary  to  re- 
move and  destroy  any  unlawful  inclosure  of  any  of  said  [public]  lands,  and  to  employ 
civil  or  military  force  as  may  be  necessary  for  that  purpose.  Act  of  February  25,  1885 
(23  Stat.  L.,  322). 

THE    PUBLIC    HEALTH. 

SEC.  4792.  The  quarantines  and  other  restraints  established  by  the  health  laws  of  any 
State,  respecting  any  vessels  arriving  in,  or  bound  to,  any  port  or  district  thereof,  shall 
be  duly  observed  by  the  officers  of  the  customs  revenue  of  the  United  States,  by  the 
masters  and  crews  of  the  several  revenue  cutters,  and  by  the  military  officers  commanding 
in  any  fort  or  station  upon  the  seacoast ;  and  all  such  officers  of  the  United  States  shall 
faithfully  aid  in  the  execution  of  such  quarantines  and  health  laws,  according  to  their 
respective  powers  and  within  their  respective  precincts,  and  as  they  shall  be  directed, 
from  time  to  time,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  *  *  * 

EXTRADITION. 

SBC.  5275.  Whenever  any  person  is  delivered  by  any  foreign  government  to  an  agent 
of  the  United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  being  brought  within  the  United  States  and  tried 
for  any  crime  of  which  he  is  duly  accused,  the  President  shall  have  power  to  take  all 
necessary  measures  for  the  transportation  and  safe-keeping  of  such  accused  person,  and 
for  his  security  against  lawless  violence,  until  the  final  conclusion  of  his  trial  for  the 
crimes  or  offenses  specified  in  the  warrant  of  extradition,  and  until  his  final  discharge 
from  custody  or  imprisonment  for  or  on  account  of  such  crimes  or  offenses,  and  for  a 
reasonable  time  thereafter,  and  may  employ  such  portion  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of 
the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  may~be  necessary  for  the  safe-keeping  and 
protection  of  the  accused. 

OFFENSES   AGAINST  NEUTRALITY. 

SEC.  13.  Whoever,  within  the  territory  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  begins,  or 
sets  on  foot,  or  provides  or  prepares  the  means  for,  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise, 
to  be  carried  on  from  thence  against  the  territory  or  dominions  of  any  foreign  prince  or 
state,  or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people,  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace, 
shall  be  fined  not  more  than  three  thousand  dollars,  and  imprisoned  not  more  than  three 
years.  Act  of  March  >,,  1909  (35  Stat.  L.,  1090). 

SEC.  14.  *  *  *  In  every  case  in  which  a  vessel  is  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  attempted 
to  be  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  in  which  the  force  of  any  vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  Or  other 
armed  vessel  is  increased  or  augmented,  or  in  which  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise 


EMPLOYMENT   OF   TROOPS. 

is  begun  or  set  on  foot,  contrary  to  the  provisions  and  prohibitions  of  this  chapter ;  and 
in  every  case  of  the  capture  of  a  vessel  within  the  jurisdiction  or  protection  of  the  United 
States  as  before  defined  ;  and  in  every  case  in  which  any  process  issuing  out  of  any  court 
of  the  United  States  is  disobeyed  or  resisted  by  any  person  having  the  custody  of  any 
vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any 
colony,  district,  or  people,  or  of  any  subjects  or  citizens  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state, 
or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  other 
person  as  he  shall  have  empowered  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land 
or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  for  the  purpose  of  taking 
possession  of  and  detaining  any  such  vessel,  with  her  prizes,  if  any,  in  order  to  enforce 
the  execution  of  the  prohibitions  and  penalties  of  this  chapter,  and  the  restoring  of  such 
prizes  in  the  cases  in  which  restoration  shall  be  adjudged  ;  and  also  for  the  purpose  of 
preventing  the  carrying  on  of  any  such  expedition  or  enterprise  from  the  territory  or 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  against  the  territory  or  dominion  of  any  foreign  prince 
or  state,  or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace. 
Act  of  March  k,  1909  (35  8 tat.  L.,  1090,  1091). 

SEC.  15.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  empower  for 
that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of 
the  militia  thereof,  as  shall  be  necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  the 
United  States  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the  laws  of  nations  or  the  treaties  of  the  United 
States,  she  ought  not  to  remain  within  the  United  States.  Act  of  March  4,  1909  (35 
Stat.  L.,  1091). 

INSURRECTION. 

SEC.  5297.  In  case  of  an  insurrection  in  any  State  against  the  government  thereof,  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  on  application  of  the  legislature  of  such  State,  or  of  the 
executive,  when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened,  to  call  forth  such  number  of  the 
militia  of  any  other  State  or  States,  which  may  be  applied  for,  as  he  deems  sufficient  to 
suppress  such  insurrection;  or,  on  like  application,  to  employ,  for  the  same  purposes,  such 
part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he  deems  necessary. 

SEC.  5298.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  unlawful  obstructions,  combinations,  or  assemblages 
of  persons,  or  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  it 
shall  become  impracticable,  in  the  judgment  of  the  President,  to  enforce,  by  the  ordinary 
course  of  judicial  proceedings,  the  laws  of  the  United  States  within  any  State  or  Terri- 
tory, it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call  forth  the  militia  of  any  or  all  the  States, 
and  to  employ  such  parts  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  enforce  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  to  sup- 
press such  rebellion,  in  whatever  State  or  Territory  thereof  the  laws  of  the  United  States 
may  be  forcibly  opposed,  or  the  execution  thereof  forcibly  obstructed. 

SEC.  5299.  Whenever  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  unlawful  combinations,  or  con- 
spiracies in  any  State  so  obstructs  or  hinders  the  execution  of  the  laws  thereof,  and  of 
the  United  States,  as  to  deprive  any  portion  or  class  of  the  people  of  such  State  of  any 
of  the  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities,  or  protection  named  in  the  Constitution  and 
secured  by  the  laws  for  the  protection  of  such  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities,  and  the 
constituted  authorities  of  such  State  are  unable  to  protect,  or,  from  any  cause,  fail  in 
or  refuse  protection  of  the  people  in  such  rights,  such  facts  shall  be  deemed  a  denial  by 
such  State  of  the  equal  protection  of  the  laws  to  which  they  are  entitled  under  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States ;  and  in  all  such  cases,  or  whenever  any  such  insurrection, 
violence,  unlawful  combination,  or  conspiracy,  opposes  or  obstructs  the  laws  of  the  United 
States,  or  the  due  execution  thereof,  or  impedes  or  obstructs  the  due  course  of  justice 
under  the  same,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  take 
such  measures,  by  the  employment  of  the  militia  or  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States,  or  of  either,  or  by  other  means,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  for  the  sup- 
pression of  such  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  or  combinations. 

Among  the  laws  to  be  enforced  under  sections  5298  and  5299  are  the  following : 
(1)   Section  201,  act  of  March  4,  1909  (35  Stat.  L.,  1127),  which  prohibits  the 

obstructing  or  retarding  the  passage  of  the  mail,  and  all  other  laws  relating  to 

the  carrying  of  the  mails. 

42)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  2,  1890.  entitled  : 
AN  ACT  to  protect  trade  and  commerce  against  unlawful  restraints  and  monopolies. 

SEC.  1.  Every  contract,  combination  in  the  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy, 
in  restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  among  the  several  States,  or  with  foreign  nations,  is 
hereby  declared  to  be  illegal.  Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract  or  engage 
in  any  such  combination  or  conspiracy  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  on 


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conviction  thereof,  shall  .be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  or  by 
imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  both  said  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  court. 

SEC.  3.  Every  contract,  combination  in  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy,  in 
restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  in  any  Territory  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  in  restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  between  any  such  Territory  and 
another,  or  between  any  such  Territory  or  Territories  and  any  State  or  States  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  or  with  foreign  nations,  or  between  the  District  of  Columbia  and 
any  State  or  States  or  foreign  nations,  is  hereby  declared  illegal.  Every  person  who  shall 
make  any  such  contract  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or  conspiracy  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  both  said  punish- 
ments, in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

(3)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  2, 1864,  entitled : 

AN  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from 
Lake  Superior  to  Puget  Sound,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  by  the  northern  route.     '"* 

SBC.  11.  And  lie  it  further  enacted^  That  said  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part 
thereof,  shall  be  a  post  route  and  a  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States, 
for  postal,  military,  naval,  and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  Congress  may  impose  restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  trans- 
portation. 

(4)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  1,  1862,  entitled : 

AX  ACT  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from  the  Missouri 
River  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  to  secure  to  the  Government  the  use  of  the  same  for 
postal,  military,  and  other  purposes. 

[The  Union  and  Central  Pacific  Railway  Companies.] 

SBC.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  grants  aforesaid  are  made  upon  condition 
that  said  company  shall  pay  said  bonds  at  maturity,  and  shall  keep  said  railroad  and 
telegraph  line  in  repair  and  use,  and  shall  at  all  times  transmit  despatches  over  said  tele- 
graph line,  and  transport  mails,  troops,  and  munitions  of  war,  supplies,  and  public  stores 
upon  said  railroad  for  the  Government,  whenever  required  to  do  so  by  any  department 
thereof,  and  that  the  Government  shall  at  all  times  have  the  preference  in  the  use  of  the 
same  for  all  the  purposes  aforesaid.  *  *  * 

(5)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  27,  1866,  entitled : 

AN  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from 
the  States  of  Missouri  and  Arkansas  to  the  Pacific  coast. 

SBC.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any 
part  thereof,  shall  be  a  post  route  and  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United 
States  for  postal,  military,  naval,  and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to 
such  regulations  as  Congress  may  impose  restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government 
transportation. 

SBC.  18.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  a  company  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  is  hereby  authorized  to  connect  with 
the  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  formed  under  this  act,  at  such  point,  near  the 
boundary  line  of  the  State  of  California,  .as  they  shall  deem  most  suitable  for  a  railroad 
line  to  San  Francisco,  and  shall  have  a  uniform  gauge  and  rate  of  freight  or  fare  with 
said  road ;  and  in  consideration  thereof,  to  aid  in  its  construction,  shall  have  similar 
grants  of  land,  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  limitations  herein  provided,  and  shall 
be  required  to  construct  its  road  on  the  like  regulations,  as  to  time  and  manner,  with 
the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad  herein  provided  for. 

SBC.  5316.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  take  any  vessel  or  cargo  detained  under  the  pre- 
ceding section  [section  5315]  from  the  custody  of  the  proper  officers  of  the  customs, 
unless  by  process  of  some  court  of  the  United  States;  and  in  case  of  any  attempt  other- 
wise to  take  such  vessel  or  cargo  by  any  force,  or  combination,  or  assemblage  of  persons, 
too  great  to  be  overcome  by  the  officers  of  the  customs,  the  President,  or  such  person  a,s 
he  shall  have  empowered  for  that  purpose,  may  employ  such  part  of  the  Army  or  Navy 
or  militia  of  the  United  States,  or  such  force  of  citizen  volunteers  as  may  be  necessary, 
to  prevent  the  removal  of  such  vessel  or  cargo,  and  to  protect  the  officers  of  the  customs 
in  retaining  the  custody  thereof. 


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GUANO    ISLANDS. 

SEC.  5577.  The  President  is  authorized,  at  his  discretion,  to  employ  the  land  and  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  discoverer  [of  a  guano  island]  or 
of  his  widow,  heir,  executor,  administrator,  or  assigns. 

HAWAII. 

SEC.  67.  That  the  governor  shall  be  responsible  for  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws 
of  the  United  States  and  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii  within  the  said  Territory,  and  when- 
ever it  becomes  necessary  he  may  call  upon  the  commanders  of  the  military  and  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States  in  the  Territory  of  Hawaii,  or  summon  the  posse  comitatus, 
or  call  out  the  militia  of  the  Territory  to  prevent  or  suppress  lawless  violence,  invasion, 
insurrection,  or  rebellion  in  said  Territory,  and  he  may,  in  case  of  rebellion  or  invasion, 
or  imminent  danger  thereof,  when  the  public  safety  requires  it,  suspend  the  privilege  of 
the  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  or  place  the  Territory,  or  any  part  thereof,  under  martial  law 
until  communication  can  be  had  with  the  President  and  his  decision  thereon  matie  known. 
Act  of  April  SO,  1900  (31  Stat.  L,,  153). 

ALASKA. 

SBC.  29.  An  act  entitled  "An  act  to  define  and  punish  crimes  in  the  District  of  Alaska, 
anil  to  provide  a  code  of  criminal  procedure  for  the  District,"  approved  March  third, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-nine,  be,  and  is,  amended,  by  adding  to  section  three  hundred 
and  sixty-three  thereof  the  following :  "  Provided,  [That]  section  fifteen  of  an  act  entitled 
'An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-nine,  and  for  other  purposes,'  approved  June 
eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to  the 
District  of  Alaska."  Act  of  June  6,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  3SO) . 

Section  15  of  the  act  of  June  18,  1878  (20  Stat.  L.,  152),  above  referred  to, 
reads  as  follows  : 

From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  employ  any  part  of  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  as  a  posse  comitatus,  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  executing 
the  laws,  except  in  such  cases  and  under  such  circumstances  as  such  employment  of  said 
force  may  be  expressly  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  act  of  Congress ;  and  no  money 
appropriated  by  this  act  shall  be  used  to  pay  any  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  employ- 
ment of  any  troops  in  violation  of  this  section. 

486.  Officers  of  the  Army  will  not  permit  troops  under  their  command  to  be 
used  to  aid  the  civil  authorities  as  a  posse  comitatus,  or  in  execution  of  the 
laws,  except  as  provided  in  the  foregoing  paragraph. 

487.  If  time  will  admit,  applications  for  the  use  of  troops  for  such  purposes 
must  be  forwarded,  with  statements  of  all  material  facts,  for  the  consideration 
and  action  of  the  President ;  but  in  case  of  sudden  and  unexpected  invasion, 
insurrection,   or  riot,  endangering  the  public  property  of  the  United   States, 
or  in  case  of  attempted  or  threatened  robbery  or  interruption  of  the  United 
States  mails,  or  other  equivalent  emergency  so  imminent  as  to  render  it  danger- 
ous to  await  instructions  requested  through  the  speediest  means  of  communica- 
tion, an  officer  of  the  Army  may  take  such  action  before  the  receipt  of  instruc- 
tions as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  and  the  law  under  which  he  is  acting 
may  justify,  and  will  promptly  report  his  action  and  the  circumstances  requir- 
ing it  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  by  telegraph,  if  possible,  for  the  in- 
formation of  the  President. 

488.  In  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  troops  are  employed  as  a  part  of  the 
military  power  of  the  United  States  and  act  under  the  orders  of  the  President 
as  Commander  in  Chief.    They  can  not  be  directed  to  act  under  the  orders  of 
any  civil  officer.    The  commanding  officers  of  troops  so  employer!  are  directly 
responsible  to  their  military  superiors.     Any  unlawful  or  unauthorized  act  on 
their  part  would- not  be  excusable  on  the  ground  of  an  order  or  request  received 
by  them  from  a  marshal  or  any  other  civil  officer. 


112  CEMETERIES. 

489.  Troops  called  into  action  against  a  mob  forcibly  resisting  or  obstruct- 
ing the  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  attempting  to  destroy 
property  belonging  to  or  under  the  protection  of  the  United  States  are  governed 
by  the  general  regulations  of  the  Army  and  apply  military  tactics  in  respect  to 
the  manner  in  which  they  shall  act  to  accomplish  the  desired  end.    It  is  purely 
a  tactical  question  in  what  manner  they  shall  use  the  weapons  with  which  they 
are  armed — whether  by  fire  of  musketry  and  artillery  or  by  the  use  of  the 
bayonet  and  saber,  or  by  both,  and  at  what  stage  of  the  operations  each  or 
either  mode  of  attack  shall  be  employed.    This  tactical  question  will  be  decided 
by  the  immediate  commander  of  the  troops,  according  to  his  judgment  of  the 
situation.    The  fire  of  troops  should  be  withheld  until  timely  warning  has  been 
given  to  the  innocent  who  may  be  mingled  with"  the  mob.     Troops  must  never 
fire  into  a  crowd  unless  ordered  by  their  commanding  officer,  except  that  single 
selected  sharpshooters  may  shoot  down  individual  rioters  who  have  fired  upon 
or  thrown  missiles  at  the  troops.     As  a  general  rule  the  bayonet  alone  should 
be  used  against  mixed  crowds  in  the  first  stages  of  a  revolt.     But  as  soon  as 
sufficient  warning  has  been  given  to  enable  the  innocent  to  separate  themselves 
from  the  guilty,  the  action  of  the  troops  should  be  governed   solely  by  the 
tactical  considerations  involved  in  the  duty  they  are  ordered  to  perform.    They 
should  make  their  blows  so  effective  as  to  promptly  suppress  all  resistance  to 
lawful  authority,  and  should  stop  the  destruction  of  life  the  moment  lawless 
resistance  has  ceased.    Punishment  belongs,  not  to  the  troops,  but  to  the  courts 
of  justice: 

ARTICLE  XLVIII. 

CEMETERIES. 
NATIONAL  CEMETERIES. 

490.  National  cemeteries,  and  the  records  pertaining  thereto,  are  under  the 
charge  of  the  Quartermaster  General.     All  correspondence  between  his  office 
and  the  officers  of  his  department  in  charge  thereof,  and  the  civil  engineers  and 
agents   especially  employed   in   connection  therewith  will  be   direct,   and   the 
monthly  reports  of  superintendents  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  him.     (C.  A.  R. 
No.  10.) 

BATTLE-GKOUND  CEMETERIES. 

491.  In  order  to  secure,  as  far  as  possible,  the  decent  interment  of  those  who 
fall  in  battle  and  to  establish  beyond  doubt  their  identity  should  it  become  de- 
sirable subsequently  to  disinter  the  remains  for  removal  to  a  national  or  post 
cemetery,  or  for  shipment  home,  it  is  the  duty  of  commanding  generals  to  set 
apart  a  suitable  spot  near  every  battlefield,  and  to  cause  the  remains  of  the 
killed  to  be  interred  therein  and,  when  practicable,  to  cause  to  be  placed  in  the 
coffin  or  grave  a  glass  bottle,  corked  and  sealed,  containing  a  slip  of  paper  on 
which  shall  be  written  the  name  of  the  decedent,  giving  the  cause  and  date  of 
death  and  burial,  and  in  the  case  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  com- 
pany, regiment,  or  corps,  and  bearing  the  signature  of  the  surgeon  or  officer  in 
charge  of  the  interment.    It  is  the  duty  of  the  commanding  officer  to  cause  to 
be  made  a  sketch  as  accurate  as  the  means  at  hand  will  permit  of  the  burying 
places  of  those  falling  in  battle. 

492.  Where  conditions  make  it  possible,  the  company  commander  will  be 
held  responsible  that  every  grave  of  the  men  of  his  company  who  die  or  are 
killed  on  the  field  is  carefully  marked  with  a  headboard,  or  with  such  other 
marker  as  may  be  authorized  for  use  on  the  field  or  in  the  insular  possessions, 


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giving  the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the  decedent.  He  will  report, 
through  the  proper  military  channels,  the  date  and  cause  of  death,  which  re- 
ports will  include  a  sketch  showing  the  location  of  the  grave,  and  how  marked, 
in  such  manner  as  will  enable  the  same  to  be  readily  found  by  a  disinterring 
corps.  When  a  soldier  or  civilian  employee  dies  in  hospital,  the  surgeon  will 
be  held  responsible  for  similar  action  and  report* 

POST    CEMETERIES. 

493.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  post  situated  on  public  lands  of  the 
United  States  will  see  that  a  suitable  portion  of  such  land  is,  when  practicable, 
set  apart  and  properly  maintained  for  the  burial,  of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers 
and  their  families,  and  of  Government  employees. 

4-94.  Post  cemeteries  will  be  suitably  inclosed  with  a  wall  or  fence  of  the 
best  material  available,  and  will  be  maintained  by  the  labor  of  the  garrison. 
Materials  for  the  construction  and  repair  of  fences  and  headboards  will  be 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

495.  At  each  grave  will  be  placed  a  headboard,  plainly  marked  with  a  num- 
ber and  with  "the  name,  company,  regiment,  and  date  of  death  of  the  decedent, 
the  number  to  correspond  to  the  number  in  the  record  of  interments.     Head- 
boards will  be  of  well-seasoned  wood,  painted  with  three  coats  of  white  paint, 
4  feet  long,  10  inches  wide,  If  inches  thick,  and  stand  2  feet  out  of  the  ground ; 
the  inscriptions  in  black  letters  1  inch  long. 

496.  Walks  will  be  4  feet  wide,  neatly  rounded,  and  properly  drained  and 
graveled  when  the  material  is  at  hand.    When  practicable,  good  grass  sod  should 
cover  the  rest  of  the  ground,  including  the  graves,  and  native  trees  and  shrubs 
will  be  preserved  or  planted  for  ornament  and  shade. 

497.  A  record  of  interments  will  be  kept  by  the  quartermaster,  which  will 
be  turned  over  by  him,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor,  or  transmitted  to  the 
Quartermaster  General  if  the  post  be  discontinued.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

498.  A  report  containing  the  names  of  persons  buried  during  the  calendar 
year,  giving  in  each  case  number  and  locality  of  grave,  date  of  death  and  burial, 
and  in  case  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  company,  and  regiment  or 
corps,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster  General.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

ABTICLE   XLIX. 

ADVERTISING  AND  PRINTING. 

NEWSPAPER  ADVERTISING. 

No  advertisement,  notice,  or  proposal  for  any  executive  department  of  the  Government, 
or  for  any  bureau  thereof,  or  for  any  office  therewith  connected,  shall  be  published  in  any 
newspaper  whatever,  except  in  pursuance  of  a  written  authority  for  such  publication  from 
the  head  of  such  department ;  and  no  bill  for  any  such  advertising,  or  publication,  shall 
be  paid,  unless  there  be  presented,  with  such  bill,  a  copy  of  such  written  authority.  (Sec. 
S828,  Revised  Statutes.) 

499.  No  official  advertisement  will  be  published  in  any  newspaper  except 
under  prior  written  authority,  special  or  general,  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 
Special  authority  authorizes  the  publication  of  a  given  advertisement  a  specified 
number  of  times  in  a  designated  newspaper  or  newspapers.     General  authority 
authorizes  the  publication,  during  a  fiscal  year,  in  designated  newspapers,  of 
such  advertisements  for  proposals  as  may  be  required  by  the  duties  of  officers 
engaged  in  making  frequent  purchases  or  contracts.     All  authorities  to  advertise 
will  be  granted  to  the  office,  not  to  the  officer.    In  making  application  for  au- 

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114  ADVERTISING  AND   PRINTING. 

thority  to  advertise,  officers  will  specify  the  newspapers  in  which  it  is  deemed 
advantageous  to  advertise.  Due  economy  both  as  to  the  number  of  newspapers 
and  as  to  the  number  of  insertions  will  be  observed  by  all  officers,  whether  ad- 
vertising under  special  or  general  authority,  no  greater  number  being  used  in 
any  case  than  may  be  necessary  to  give  proper  and  sufficient  public  notice. 

500.  Requests  for  authoritys  to  advertise  will  be  made  upon  the  prescribed 
blank  forms,  except  that  in  case  of  great  emergency,  the  nature  of  which  will 
be  stated,  authority  to  advertise  may  be  requested  by  telegraph. 

501.  When  necessary  to  readvertise,  owing  to  rejection  of  proposals  received 
in  accordance  with  a  special  authority  to  advertise,  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  War  must  be  obtained,  as  in  the  first  instance ;  the  approval  of  the  original 
authority  to  advertise  does  not  confer  authority  to  readvertise. 

502.  Ordinarily  advertisements  will  be  given  six  insertions  in  daily,  or  four 
in  weekly,  papers.    When  more  than  10  days  are  to  intervene  between  the  date 
of  the  first  publication  and  the  date  of  opening,  those  in  daily  newspapers  invit- 
ing proposals  will  at  once  be  given  four  consecutive  insertions,  and  immediately 
before  the  date  of  opening  two  consecutive  insertions.     In  case  of  emergency, 
advertisements  may  be  given  one  or  more  insertions,  as  time  and  circumstances 
permit. 

503.  Advertisements  in  newspapers  announcing  sales  of  property  or  inviting 
proposals  for  furnishing  labor  or  supplies  will,  as  a  rule,  allow  30  days  to 
intervene  between  date  of  first  publication  and  date  of  sale  or  opening  of  bids. 
If  necessity  require,  a  shorter  period  may  be  allowed,  but  no  period  of  less  than 
10  days  will  be  designated  except  in  case  of  emergency.     The  officer  who  is 
accountable  for  property  which  is  to  be  advertised  for  sale,  or  who  is  author- 
ized to  invite  proposals  for  furnishing  labor  or  supplies,  is  the  one  upon  whom 
devolves  the  duty  of  determining  whether  an  emergency  exists  warranting  the 
designation  of  a  period  less  than  10  days  for  the  publication  of  the  advertise- 
ment.   No  officer  will  authorize  the  publication  of  an  advertisement  beyond  the 
morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  sale  or  opening  of  bids  is  to  occur,  and  no  pay- 
ments will  be  made  for  continuing  such  publication  beyond  the  period  authorized. 

504.  Officers  will  observe  conciseness  in  wording  advertisements,   and   the 
matter,  including  the  heading,  must  be  set  up  close  in  one  paragraph,  without 
dash  or  blank  lines,  leading  or  display,  and  in  type  no  larger  than  that  ordi- 
narily used  in  advertisements.     Dates  should  be  omitted  from  the  headings. 
It  is  not  necessary  to  publish  the  conditions  usually  imposed  upon  bidders  and 
contractors ;  a  statement  that  they  will  be  furnished  on  application  will  suffice. 
Names  or  titles  of  signing  officers  should  not  appear  in  advertisements.    The  fol- 
lowing is  a  sample  of  advertisement  set  up  in  accordance  with  these  requirements : 

PROPOSALS  FOR  PIRH  HOSB. — Office  of  De- 
pot Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C. — 
Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  here  until 
11  a.  m.,  Dec.  28,  1914,  and  then  opened, 
for  furnishing  700  feet  cotton-covered  rub- 
ber-lined fire  hose,  2-inch,  in  50-foot  sec- 
tions, with  couplings.  Further  informa- 
tion on  application. 

Any  unnecessary  expense  to  the  Government  resulting  from  failure  to  observe 
the  requirements  of  this  paragraph  may  be  made  a  charge  against  the  pay  of  the 
officer  responsible  therefor. 

Advertisements  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  conform  to  the  requirements 
of  section  3716,  Revised  Statutes.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  24.) 

505.  Newspapers  officially  designated  for  publishing  War  Department  and 
Army  advertisements  are  required  to  forward  to  the  Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk 
of  the  War  Department  sworn  statements  of  the  commercial  rates  charged  by 
them  to  individuals,  with  their  usual  discounts,  and  of  any  changes  made  in  the 


ADVERTISING  AND   PRINTING.  115 

same,  except  that  in  cases  originating  in  the  jurisdiction  of  a  department  com- 
mander such  sworn  statements  will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  commander 
concerned.  These  statements  will  give  the  size  of  type  used  in  the  advertise- 
ments and  show  whether  the  charges  are  made  by  the  inch,  line,  square,  or  folio, 
the  rate  for  the  first  and  subsequent  insertions,  and  if  by  the  square  or  folio, 
the  number  of  lines  or  words  constituting  a  square  or  folio.  Fractional  parts 
of  an  Inch,  square,  or  folio  will  be  paid  for  at  proportionate  rates.  Line  rates 
are  preferred,  as  they  offer  fewer  opportunities  for  mistakes  and  misunderstand- 
ings in  the  settlement  of  bills. 

506.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  advertising  in  newspapers  must,  prior  to 
payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk  of  the  War  Department, 
except  that  in  cases  originating  in  the  jurisdiction  of  a  department  commander 
they  will  be  submitted  to  the  department  commander  for  his  approval  before 
payment.     They  will  be  prepared  upon  the  prescribed  forms  and  forwarded  in 
accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  thereon. 

507.  Accounts  presented  to  officers  for  advertisements  which  they  did  not 
order,  but  which  are  shown  to  have  been  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  be 
published  in  the  newspaper  presenting  the  accounts  for  payment,  will  be  pre- 
pared upon  the  official  forms  and  transmitted  to  the  Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk 
of  the  War  Department  in  the  same  manner  as  other  accounts  for  advertising, 
except  that  in  cases  originating  in  the  jurisdiction  of  a  department  commander 
such  accounts  will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  commander  concerned.    The 
following  form  of  certificate  will  be  used  in  such  cases : 

I  certify  that  the  annexed  advertisement  was  cut  from  the  newspaper  named  in  the 
above  account,  and  that  it  was  inserted  in  that  newspaper  for  the  period  stated. 

Claims  of  publishers  of  official  newspapers  for  advertisements  copied  from 
other  papers  without  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War  will  not  be  paid. 

508.  In  the  event  of  an  officer's  death  or  removal,  the  outstanding  bills  for 
advertisements  pertaining  to  his  office  will  be  prepared,  certified,  and  forwarded 
by  his  successor,  who  is  authorized  to  vary  the  form  to  correspond  to  the  facts. 
Officers  changing  stations  will  leave  with   their  successors  complete  records 
relative  to  unsettled  accounts  for  advertising. 

509.  The  heads  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  and  department  com- 
manders will  furnish  officers  charged  with  the  publication  of  advertisements 
the  necessary  blanks  for  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

JOB     PRINTING. 

510.  The  printing  required  at  the  several  department,  brigade,  and  district 
headquarters  will  be  executed  under  contract,  30  days'  notice,  when  practicable, 
being  given  of  the  opening  of  proposals.     Bids  will  be  invited  and  contracts 
made  in  accordance  with  the  form  of  proposal  and  circular  of  instructions 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  General.     The  period  of  the  contract  will  not 
extend  beyond  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  made,  and  the  contract  will 
be  submitted  to  the  department  commander  concerned  for  the  scrutiny  required 
by  paragraph  751.     (C.  A.  R.,  No».  10  and  £1.) 

611.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  printing  for  department,  brigade,  and  dis- 
trict headquarters  and  for  printing  done  in  foreign  countries  near  the  Philip- 
pine Islands  will,  prior  to  payment,  be  submitted  for  approval  to  the  depart- 
ment commander  concerned.  They  will  be  made  out  on  the  prescribed  forms 
and  forwarded  in  accordance  with  instructions  printed  thereon. 

512.  Printed  letter  and  note  heads  for  department,  brigade,  and  district 
headquarters  will  contain  the  designation  of  the  headquarters ;  the  office  to 
which  the  correspondence  pertains ;  post-office  address ;  blank  date ;  on  left  mar- 


116  PURCHASE   OF   SUPPLIES. 

gin  the  words  "  From,"  "  To,"  and  "  Subject  "  ;  margin  marks ;  and  in  the  upper 
left  cornei'  a  brief  request  for  reference  to  the  file  number  in  making  reply. 
Those  for  posts,  regiments,  and  schools  of  instruction  will  contain  the  designa- 
tion of  the  post,  regiment,  or  school ;  post-office  address ;  blank  date ;  on  left 
margin  the  words  "  From,"  "  To,"  and  "  Subject  "  ;  margin  marks  ;  and  in  the 
upper  left  corner  a  brief  request  for  reference  to  the  file  number  in  making 
reply.  Names  of  officers  or  other  persons,  telephone  numbers,  or  any  other 
printing  except  such  as  described  above,  will  not  be  printed  on  letter  or  note 
heads  for  use  in  any  branch  of  the  military  service  without  prior  authority 
therefor  in  writing  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

513.  Necessary  printing  not  covered  by  contracts  will,  as  far  as  practicable, 
be  secured  after  competition,  or  under  written  proposal  and  acceptance,  awards 
being  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidders.     All  vouchers  covering  the  service 
will,  prior  to  payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk  of  itoe 
War  Department,  except  that  in  cases  originating  in  the  jurisdiction  of  a  de- 
partment commander  they  will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  commander 
concerned  for  approval,  accompanied  by  the  original  proposal  and  acceptance. 
(C.  A.   R.,   No.   41.) 

514.  Officers,  as  a  rule,  will  obtain  all  blank  forms,  blank  books,  etc.,  by 
requisition  upon  the  heads  of  the  proper  staff  departments.     Department  com- 
manders will  furnish  to  officers  in  their  jurisdiction,  charged  with  the  securing 
of  job  printing,  the  necessary  blanks  for  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

ARTICLE   L. 

PTTRCHASE  or  SUPPLIES  AND  ENGAGEMENT  OF  SERVICES. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

515.  No  contract  or  purchase  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  will  be  made 
unless  it  is  authorized  by  law,  or  is  made  under  an  appropriation  adequate  to 
its  fulfilment,  except  for  clothing,  subsistence,  forage,  fuel,  quarters,  transpor- 
tation, or  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  which,  however,  will  not  exceed  the 
necessities  of  the  current  year.     No  officer  of  the  United   States  will  accept 
voluntary  service  for  the  Government  or  employ  personal  service  in  excess  of 
that  authorized  by  law,  except  in  case  of  sudden  emergency  involving  loss  of 
human  life  or  the  destruction  of  property. 

516.  The  labor  of  troops  or  Government  employees,  or  Government  means  of 
transportation,  will  not  be  used  to  enable  contractors  to  fulfill  contracts,  except 
in  cases  of  manifest  necessity,  and  then  only  on  the  written  authority  of  the 
proper  commander.    Full  deduction  will  be  made  for  Government  services  when 
rendered. 

517.  Articles  of  foreign  production  or  manufacture  for  the  service  of  the 
United  States  will   not  be  purchased  abroad  for  importation  without  special 
authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

518.  Articles  of  domestic  production  or  manufacture  will  be  preferred  to 
those  of  foreign  origin,  cost  and  quality  being  equal. 

519.  Supplies  and  services  not  personal,  required  for  the  use  of  the  Army, 
will  be  procured  where  they  can  be  purchased  the  cheapest,  quality  and  cost  of 
transportation  and  the  interests  of  the  Government  considered.    Except  as  indi- 
cated in  paragraph  551  and   in   the   special   regulations  of  the   several   staff 
departments,  they  will  be  procured  only  after  public  notice  inviting  proposals 
for  the  same. 


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Whoever  works  personally  as  a  servant  of  the  Government  renders  personal 
service  under  the  meaning  of  section  3709  of  the  Revised  Statutes.  Personal 
services  may  be  either  skilled  or  unskilled ;  may  be  rendered  pursuant  to 
informal  agreement  or  contract,  by  individuals  or  firms,  or  their  agents ;  but 
all  consideration  of  material  is  excluded. 

520.  An  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  making  a  contract  or  purchase  is 
responsible  under  the  laws  and  regulations  for  his  action.    Permission  or  orders 
to  make  a  contract  or  purchase  without  inviting  competition  will  not  justify 
the  procedure,  and  will  not  be  given. 

521.  Officers  or  agents  in  the  military  service  will  not  purchase  supplies  for 
the  Government  from  any  other  person  who  sustains,  at  the  time,  an  active 
relation  to  military  or  civil  administration  under  the  War  Department,  nor  con- 
tract with  any  such  person  to  furnish  supplies  or  service  to  the  Government, 
except  military  publications  and  maps  approved  by  the  War  Department  for  the 
official  use  of  the  Army  and  the  National  Guard,  nor  make  any  Government 
purchase  or  contract  in  which  such  person  shall  be  admitted  to  share  or  receive 
benefit.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

ADVERTISING  FOB  PROPOSALS.    "   "." 

522.  In  cases  of  large  purchases  a  period  of  30  or  more  days  should  inter- 
vene between  date  of  first  publication  and  of  opening  proposals.     In  small  pur- 
chases from  7  to  30  days  should  intervene,  and  when  the  public  exigency  (con- 
stituting an  emergency)  does  not  permit  7  days  to  intervene,  the  period  should 
be  for  as  many  days  as  the  circumstances  will  permit.    The  existence  of  such 
emergency  is  to  be  determined  by  the  officer  upon  whom  the  duty  of  making  the 
purchase  devolves.     Advertising   for  proposals  by   newspapers,   in  accordance 
with  Article  XLIX.  will  be  adopted  when  time  permits,  and  the  quantity  or 
value  of  the  purchase,  or  character  of  the  services,  in  the  opinion  of  the  pur- 
chasing officer,  will  justify  the  expense.     In  such  cases  paragraph  503  governs 
as  to  the  number  of  days  to  intervene  betwreen  the  first  publication  and  the  date 
of  opening  proposals.     When  notice  of  less  than  30  days  is  given,  advertising 
by  circulars   (sent  to  principal  dealers  in  the  localitie's  where  the  supplies  or 
services  are  desired,  and  posted  in  public  places)  is  permissible.     A  purchasing 
officer  may  advertise  by  newspapers  and  circulars  at  the  same  time. 

528.  When  advertisements  or  specifications  thereunder  do  not  announce 
fixed  standards  for  articles  reqxiired,  they  should  be  so  worded  as  to  permit  bids 
to  be  considered  item  by  item  and  awards  to  be  made  for  the  most  suitable 
articles  of  each  kind  offered. 

524.  Whenever  it  is  intended  to  require  that  guaranties  or  certified  checks 
shall  accompany  proposals,  that  fact,  the  amount  in  which  the  guarantors  are 
to  justify,  or,  if  certified  checks  are  substituted  for  the  guaranties,  the  amount 
required  and  the  periods  to  be  allowed  after  the  award  for  the  execution  of 
contract  papers  and  bonds  will  be  stated  in  the  advertisement  or  specifications. 

525.  Advertisements    inviting   proposals   will    ordinarily   be   issued    by    the 
officer  who  is  to  make  the  contract  or  purchase;  in  special  cases,  if  competent 
authority  so  direct,  they  may  be  issued  by  any  other  officer. 

526.  A  copy  of  each  advertisement  arid  specification  will  be  promptly  for- 
warded by  the  officer  issuing  it  directly  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, together  with  all  information  required  for  a  complete  understanding  of 
the  necessity  for  the  proposed  contract  or  purchase,  and  in  case  of  notice  by 
circular  there  will  be  indorsed  on  it  the  names  of  persons  to  whom  sent,  and  if 
issued  for  a  period  of  less  than  seven  days  the  reason  why  a  longer  period  was 


118  PURCHASE   OF   SUPPLIES. 

not  allowed  will  be  stated.  The  forwarding  of  these  notices  at  time  of  issuing 
may  be  dispensed  with  at  the  discretion  of  the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the 
proposed  contract  or  purchase  pertains. 

PROPOSALS. 

527.  Information  in  regard  to  supplies  or  services  for  which  proposals  have 
been  invited  will  be  furnished,  on  application,  to  all  persons  desiring  it,  but  no 
person  who  sustains,  at  the  time,  an  active  relation  to  military  or  civil  admin- 
istration under  the  War  Department  will  render  assistance  in  the  preparation 
of  proposals.     (C.  A.  R,,  No.  51). 

528.  Bidders  for  supplies  will  be  informed  of  the  kind,  quantity,  and  qual- 
ity of  articles  required,  the  place,  time,  and  rate  of  delivery,  and  conditions  of 
payment.     They  will  be  furnished  with  such  specifications  as  have  been  adopted, 
and  will  be  permitted  to  examine  the  standard  samples  at  the  places  where 
deposited. 

529.  Bidders  for  labor  will  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  extent  of  the 
services  required,  where  they  are  to  be  performed,  and  the  time  allowed  for 
performance.     They  will  be  furnished  with  or  allowed  to  examine  plans  and 
specifications  of  all  works  upon  which  they  desire  to  bid,  and  in  general  will  be 
furnished  with  any  information  needed  to  enable  them  to  act  understandingly. 

530.  No  person  will  be  informed,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  name  of  any- 
one intending  to  bid  or  not  to  bid,  or  to  whom  information  in  respect  to  pro- 
posals has  been  given. 

531.  Proposals  should  be  prepared  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required, 
in  strict  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  advertisement  or  specifica- 
tions.    They  should  make  specific  reference  to  the  advertisement  and  to  any 
plans  or  specifications  which  may  have  been  furnished.     Each  proposal  should 
give  the  place  of  residence  and  post-office  address  of  the  bidder,  with  county, 
State,  or  Territory,  and  should  be  signed  by  the  bidder  with  his  usual  signature 
in  full. 

532.  A  proposal  by  a  person  who  affixes  to  his  signature  the  word  "  presi- 
dent," "  secretary,"  "  agent,"  or  other  designation,  without  disclosing  his  prin- 
cipal, is  the  proposal  of  the  individual.    Proposals  by  a  corporation  should  be 
signed  with  the  name  of  the  corporation,  followed  by  the  signature  of  the 
president,  secretary,  or  other  person  authorized  to  bind  it  in  the  matter,  who 
should  file  evidence  of  his  authority  to  do  so.     Proposals  by  a  firm  should  be 
signed  with  the  firm  name  by  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm.    If  the  signature 
to  a  proposal  is  that  of  an  officer,  attorney,  or  agent  of  the  corporation,  or  of 
an  attorney  or  agent  of  a  firm  or  individual,  and  his  authority  to  act  on  behalf 
of  his  principal  is  not  a  matter  of  general  notoriety  in  the  locality  where  the 
proposals  are  opened,  the  officer  who  opens  such  proposals  should,  before  con- 
sidering the  same,   satisfy   himself  that  the  signer  is   vested   with   sufficient 
authority  to  represent  his  principal  in  the  transaction. 

633.  In  proposals  numbers  and  prices  will  be  written  in  words  as  well  as 
expressed  in  figures ;  but  when  a  great  variety  of  articles,  such  as  stationery, 
hardware,  etc.,  is  required,  quantities  and  prices  may,  if  the  amounts  involved 
are  inconsiderable  and  the  forms  of  proposals  so  indicate,  be  expressed  in 
figures  only.  It  will  be  sufficient  if  specifications  are  referred  to  and  are 
declared  to  form  part  of  the  proposal. 

534.  Erasures  or  interlineations  should  be  explained  by  the  bidder,  in  the 
proposal,  over  his  signature. 

635.  Guaranties,  signed  by  two  responsible  parties,  or  by  a  qualified  surety 
company,  will  be  required  to  accompany  proposals  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of 


PURCHASE   OF   SUPPLIES.  119 

the  officer  authorized  to  make  the  contract,  they  are  necessary  to  protect  the 
public  interest,  and  when  so  required,  no  proposal  unaccompanied  by  a  guar- 
anty, made  in  manner  and  form  as  directed  in  the  advertisement  or  specifica- 
tions, will  be  considered.  At  the  option  of  bidders  certified  checks  for  the 
amount  of  the  guaranty  required  may  be  received  in  place  of  the  written  guar- 
anty. These  checks  will  be  kept  in  a  secure  place,  and  will  be  returned  to 
bidders  by  the  purchasing  officer  when  no  longer  required  to  protect  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Government. 

536.  The  guaranty  will  be  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required,  and  will 
be  made  out  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification,  in  accordance  with 
blank  forms  furnished  by  chiefs  of  bureaus.    The  certificate  of  sufficiency  of 
guarantors  will  be  executed  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  578. 

537.  Proposals,   with  their  guaranties,  will  be  securely   sealed  in  suitable 
envelopes  indorsed  and  addressed  as  required  by  the  advertisement,  and  must  be 
in  the  possession  of  the  officer  addressed  before  the  hour  appointed  for  the 
opening.    No  responsibility  will  attach  to  an  officer  for  the  premature  opening 
of  any  proposal  not  so  indorsed  as  to  clearly  show  its  character. 

538.  When  an  advertisement  calls  for  proposals  to  furnish  labor  or  supplies 
at  more  than  one  place,  a  separate  proposal  will  be  made  for  performance  at 
each  place,  but  all  may  be  submitted  in  the  same  envelope. 

539.  Proposals  received  prior  to  the  time  of  opening  will  be  securely  kept. 
The  officer  whose  duty  it  is  to  open  them  will  decide  when  that  time  has  ar- 
rived.   No  proposal  received  thereafter  will  be  considered,  except  that  when  a 
proposal  arrives  by  mail  after  the  time  fixed  for  the  opening,  but  before  the 
award  is  made,  and  it  is  clearly  shown  that  the  nonarrival  on  time  was  due 
solely  to  delay  in  the  mails  for  which  the  bidder  was  not  responsible,  such  pro- 
posal will  be  received  and  considered. 

540.  Before  the  time  for  opening  any  bidder  may,  without  prejudice,  with- 
draw from  competition  by  giving  written  notice  of  his  decision  to  the  officer 
holding  his  bid,  and  when  his  bid  is  reached  at  the  opening  it  will  be  returned 
to  him  or  his  authorized  agent  unread. 

541.  Proposals  will  be  opened  and  read  aloud  at  the  time  and  place  appointed 
for  the  opening  (bidders  having  the  right  to  be  present),  and  each  proposal 
will  then  and  there  be  numbered  and  entered  on  an  abstract,  the  articles  being 
entered,  after  the  reading  of  all  proposals,  and  with  the  least  practicable  delay, 
in  the  order  in  which  they  are  to  appear  on  the  returns.     Articles  to  be  pro- 
cured by  contract  will  be  abstracted  separately  from  those  to  be  procured  on 
written  acceptance.    If  the  number  of  proposals  is  large,  those  relating  to  spe- 
cific articles  or  classes  of  articles  may  be  entered  on  separate  abstracts.    The 
number  of  each  proposal,  with  the  quantities  and  prices  of  articles  offered  and 
dates  of  delivery,  will  appear  in  the  proper  columns,  and  a  copy  of  the  adyer- 
tisement  or  notice  under  which  the  proposals  are  received,  with  a  copy  of  the 
specifications,  if  any,  will  be  attached  to  the  upper  left-hand  corner  of  the 
abstract.     When  two  or  more  sheets  are  used  for  the  abstract,  they  will  be 
properly  fastened  together  and  paged  on  the  upper  right-hand  corner. 

542.  Proposals  will   be  separately   numbered   as  vouchers  to   the  abstract. 
They  will  not  be  fastened  together  nor  to  contracts,  except  to  the  copy  re- 
quired to  be  sent  to  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  41.) 

543.  When  proposals  are  received  at  a  post,  unless  by  an  officer  authorized 
to  make  the  award,  as  in  cases  involving  small  expenditures,  they  and  the  ab- 
stract will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters,  with  the  recommendations 
of  the  receiving  officer  and  the  post  commander  as  to  the  person  to  whom  the 
award  should  be  made.     When  a  purchasing  officer,  acting  under  the  direct 


120  PURCHASE   OF   SUPPLIES. 

supervision  of  a  chief  of  bureau,  has  invited  and  received  proposals,  he  will 
make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary  papers,  unless  otherwise  directed  by 
the  chief  of  bureau. 

AWABD. 

544.  When  proposals  for  supplies  for  the  general  service  of  a  department 
are  received  at  its  headquarters,  the  chief  officer  of  that  branch  of  the  stuff  to 
which  they  pertain  will  submit  them  to  the  department  commander,  and,  under 
his  supervision,  will  make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary  papers,  unless 
under  existing  orders  the  action  of  higher  authority  is  necessary. 

545.  Except  in  rare  cases,  when  the  United   States  elects  to  exercise   the 
right  to  reject  proposals,  awards  will  be  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder, 
provided  that  his  bid  is  reasonable  and  that  it  is  in  the  interest  of  the  Govern- 
ment to  accept  it. 

546.  Slight  failures  on  the  part  of  a  bidder  to  comply   strictly  with  the 
terms  of  an  advertisement  should  not  necessarily  lead  to  the  rejection  of  his 
bid,  but  the  interests  of  the  Government  will  be  fully  considered  in  making  the 
award. 

547.  When  no  guaranty  is  required,  bidders  must,   if  called  upon  by   the 
awarding  officer,  furnish  satisfactory  evidence,  before  the  award  is  made,  of 
their  ability  to  carry  their  proposals  into  effect. 

548.  The  accepted  quantity  and  price  will  be  noted  on  the  abstract  of  pro- 
posals in  the  column  of  "  Remarks,"  opposite  the  name  of  the  bidder.    If  a  bid 
is  rejected  and  one  at  a  higher  price  accepted,  the  reason  for  the  rejection  will 
be  written  in  the  column  of  remarks.    When  contracts  are  made,  the  fact  will 
be  stated  in  the  abstract. 

ABSTBACTS  OF  PROPOSALS. 

649.  Abstracts  and  duplicate  numbers  of  proposals  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
proper  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  when  specially  directed  by  the  heads  of 
such  bureaus  or  required  by  the  regulations  thereof.  ;  . 

FORMS  OF  AGREEMENT. 

550.  A  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  may  be  made : 

1.  By  contract,  "  reduced  to  writing  and  signed  by  the  contracting  parties 
with  their  names  at  the  end  thereof."    Agreements  of  this  character  only  are 
termed  "  contracts "  in  these  regulations.     This  method  will,  subject  to  such 
exceptions  as  may  be  authorized  by  regulations  of  particular  staff  departments 
issued  in  accordance  with  law,  be  used  when  delivery  or  performance  does  not 
immediately  follow  an  award  or  bargain,  as  contemplated  by  section  2  of  this 
paragraph  or  by  section  1  of  paragraph  551. 

2.  By  written  proposal  and  written  acceptance,  when  authorized  by  the  regu- 
lations of  particular  staff  departments  issued  in  accordance  with  law,  or  when 
the  entire  amount  of  supplies  or  services  reasonably  to  be  anticipated  does  not 
exceed  $500  and   delivery  or  performance  immediately   follows  an   award  or 
bargain. 

3.  By  less  formal  agreement,  when  no  formal  contract  is  required  under  the 
foregoing  exceptions,  and  the  supplies  or  services  have  been  procured  without 
advertising  under  circumstances  indicated  in  paragraph  551.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
SO,  41,  and  46. ) 


PURCHASE   OF   SUPPLIES.  121 

551.  An  open-market  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  is  one 
made  without  advertising,  and  is  authorized  in  the  following  cases : 

1.  In  an  emergency,  as  when  the  public  exigencies  require  immediate  delivery 
or  performance  and  there  is  no  time  to  advertise  by  newspapers,  posters,  or 
circulars. 

2.  When  it  is  impracticable  to  secure  competition. 

3.  When  proposals  have  been  invited  and  none  have  been  received. 

4.  When  proposals  are  above  the  market  price  or  otherwise  unreasonable. 

5.  When  exceptional  articles  of  subsistence  stores  are  purchased. 

6.  When  the  aggregate  amount  of  supplies  or  services  to  be  procured  does  not 
exceed  $500,   as  authorized  by   the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  12,   1906. 
\C.A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

552.  Before  making  a  purchase  in  open  market  the  officer  will  inform  him- 
self concerning  prevailing  prices  by   inquiry   among  principal   dealers   in  his 
locality. 

653.  Open-market  purchases  for  the  military  service  on  or  near  an  Indian 
reservation  will  be  made  as  far  as  practicable  from  the  Indians,  under  the  con- 
ditions set  forth  in  paragraph  478,  when  fair  and  reasonable  rates,  not  exceed- 
ing the  market  prices  in  the  locality,  can  be  obtained. 

564.  Every  open-market  procurement  of  supplies  or  services  not  personal, 
from  appropriations  other  than  those  for  rivers  and  harbors  and  fortifications 
under  the  Engineer  Department,  exceeding  $100  in  amount  will  be  reported  on 
the  prescribed  blank  form,  in  accordance  with  instructions  thereon,  to  the  proper 
chief  of  bureau,  who  will  submit  such  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

CONTRACTS. 

555.  Contracts  will  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus,  in 
cases  where  such  forms  are  applicable,  and  those  forms  will  be  modified  only 
to  such  extent  as  is  necessary.     AVhen  modifications  are  made  they  must  be 
fully  explained  over  the  signatures  of  the  contracting  parties.     All  conditions 
of  the  contract  will  be  stated  therein  as  fully  and  clearly  as  possible. 

556.  Contracts  will  be  made  in  the  name  of,   and   will   be  signed  by,   the 
officer  designated  by  the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  contracts  pertain.    They 
will  not  be  made  at  posts  unless  ordered  by  superior  authority,  and  they  will 
not  be  so  ordered  unless  the  stores  or  services  required,  of  proper  quality  or 
kind,  can  be  procured  as  cheaply  there  as  elsewhere.  . 

557.  Contracts  may  be  made  by  quartermasters  serving  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  department  commanders  for  supplies  and  services  other  than  personal, 
where  the  same  have  been  designated  by  proper  authority  to  be  secured  under 
such  contracts.    The  contracts  will  be  made  under  the  direction  and  supervision 
of  the  department  commander,  who  will  scrutinize  them  carefully  as  required  by 
paragraph  751,  but  will  not  be  made  subject  to  formal  approval.    The  authority 
to  make  such  contracts  is  subject  to  the  proviso  that  the  apportionments  and 
allotments  made  for  these  supplies  and  services  will  not  be  exceeded.     (C.  A.  R., 
Nos.  21  and  41.) 

558.  Purchasing  officers  of  the  several  staff  corps  and  departments,  who  are 
under   the  direct  supervision   of  the  chiefs  of  their   respective  bureaus,   are 
authorized  to  make  contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  and  for  the  engage- 
ment of  services  other  than  personal,  without  the  approval  of  the  chief  of 
bureau,  except  in  such  specific  cases  as  may  be  designated  by   the  chief  of 
bureau  to  be  made  subject  to  his  approval,  when  such  purchase  of  supplies 
or  engagement  of  services  is  properly  authorized.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.) 


122  PURCHASE   OF   SUPPLIES. 

559.  When-  a  contract   is  entered   into  with  a  partnership,   the  individual 
names  of  the  partners  should  be  given  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  with  the 
recitation  that  they  are  partners  composing  a  firm,  which  should  be  named. 
The  contract  may  be  signed  in  the  name  of  the  partnership  by  one  of  the  part- 
ners, who  will  append  bis  own  signature  as  one  of  the  firm. 

A  contract  with  a  partnership  doing  business  in  the  Philippine  Islands 
through  a  local  representative  or  agent  may  be  executed  in  the  name  of  the 
firm  by  such  local  representative  or  agent,  in  which  case  the  contracting  officer 
will  file  with  the  contract  a  properly  certified  copy  of  the  power  of  attorney 
showing  the  authority  of  such  representative  or  agent,  or  will  certify  on  the 
contract  that  he  has  satisfied  himself  of  the  signer's  authority  to  bind  the  firm 
and  has  waived  the  requirement  as  to  furnishing  evidence  of  such  authority.  - 

560.  A  contract  of  a  corporation  should  have  the  name  of  the  corporation 
written  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  as  one  of  the  parties  thereto,  and  should 
be  signed  by  the  officer  or  person  who  has  been  authorized  to  contract  in  its 
behalf,  who  should  sign  the  corporate  name  and  his  own.     The  contracting 
officer,  will,  in  all  cases,  satisfy  himself  that  the  signer  has  authority  to  bind 
the  corporation,  and  will  either  require  from  him  satisfactory  evidence  thereof, 
and  file  the  same  with  the  contract,  or  will  certify  on  the  contract  that  he  has 
satisfied  himself  of  the  signer's  authority  and  has  waived  this  requirement.     If 
evidence  be  filed  with  the  contract,  it  should  consist  of  extracts  from  the  articles 
of  incorporation,  the  by-laws,  or  the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors,  duly  cer- 
tified by  the  custodian  of  such  records  under  the  corporate  seal  (if  there  be  one), 
showing  the  signer  to  be  properly  vested  with  authority  to  bind  the  corporation. 

561.  All  contracts  will  be  executed  in  triplicate.     One  number  is  for  the 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  one  for  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the 
contract  pertains,  and  one  for  the  contractor.    Two  copies  will  be  made,  one  for 
the  contracting  officer,  and  the  other  for  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department 
of  the  Interior. 

562.  The  three  numbers  of  the  contract  will  be  forwarded  to  the  head  of 
the  proper  bureau  for  examination  and  for  approval,  if  such  approval  is  required. 
Should  any  illegality  be  discovered,  it  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

563.  The  copy  of  the  contract  for  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of 
the  Interior  will  be  transmitted  directly  thereto  by  the  officer  who  signs  the 
contract,  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  contract  has  been  made  and  approved, 
and  within  30  days  after  approval,  together  with  one  original  of  all  bids,  offers, 
and  proposals  made  by  persons  to  obtain  the  contract,  and  by  a  copy  of  the 
advertisement ;  all  of  which  will  be  fastened  together  with  a  ribbon  and  seal, 
and  numbered  in  regular  order,  with  the  affidavit  of  the  contracting  officer 
appended  in  the  following  form : 

I  do  solemnly  swear  that  the  copy  of  contract  hereto  annexed  is  an  exact  copy  of  a 
contract  made  by  me  personally  with ;  that  I  made  the  same  fairly,  with- 
out any  benefit  or  advantage  to  myself,  or  allowing  any  such  benefit  or  advantage  cor- 
ruptly to  the  said or  any  other  person  ;  and  that  the  papers  accompanying 

include  all  those  relating  to  the  said  contract,  as  required  by  the  statute  In  such  case 
made  and  provided.  . 

[ SEAL.  ] 

Subscribed  and  duly  sworn  to  before  me  this  —  day  of ,  19 — 


When  the  copy  .of  contract  for  the  Returns  Office  can  not  be  forwarded  within 
the  period  of  30  days,  as  required  by  the  statute,  the  contracting  officer  should 
transmit  the  same,  with  an  explanation  of  the  causes  of  delay,  directly  to  the 
chief  of  bureau  or  other  officer  who  approved  said  contract.  This  copy  will  then 


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be  forwarded  by  such  officer  to  the  Returns  Office,  with  a  notation  of  his  views 
as  to  whether  or  not  the  reasons  set  forth  for  the  delay  by  the  contracting  officer 
are  satisfactory. 

In  the  case  of  contracts  that  are  not  subject  to  approval,  copies  thereof  for 
file  in  the  Returns  Office  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  that  office  after  such  delay 
as  may  be  deemed  sufficient  to  receive  advice  from  department  commanders  and 
chiefs  of  bureaus  concerning  any  changes  that  may  be  directed  to  be  made,  but 
within  the  required  30  days.  There  will  be  stamped  or  noted  at  the  bottom  of 

such  copies  the  words  "Execution  completed -  (date),"  showing  the  date 

on  which  the  execution  or  signing  of  the  contract  was  completed.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  21.) 

664.  The  number  of  the  contract  for  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department 
will  be  sent  to  him  by  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  contract  pertains, 
and  in  case  of  a  purchase  made  by  an  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  after 
public  notice  of  seven  days  or  more,  this  number  must  be  accompanied  by  a 
copy  of  the  advertisement,  a  certificate  of  the  contracting  officer  as  to  the  time 
and  manner  of  its  publication,  and  his  certificate  that  the  award  was  made  to 
the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable  article. 

565.  All  papers  relating  to  or  affecting  the  performance  of  any  contract  will 
finally  be  transmitted  to  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which  the  con- 
tract pertains,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  705. 

MARKING   SUPPLIES  BY   CONTRACTORS. 

566.  Contractors  furnishing  supplies  will  mark  and  distinguish  them  with 
their  names  and  with  such  other  designations  as  shall  be  directed  by  the  pur- 
chasing officer. 

ABTICLE  LI. 

BONDS  OP  DISBURSING  OFFICERS,  BIDDERS,  AND  CONTRACTORS. 

567.  Officers  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  before  enterfng  upon  duty  which 
involves  accountability  for  public  funds  or  public  property,  will  give  bonds  as 
required  by  law.     The  Quartermaster  General  will  see  that  such  bonds  are 
examined  as  to  sufficiency  of  sureties  at  least  once  in  two  years,  and  renewed 
once  in  four  years,  or  more  frequently  if  necessary-     (G.  A.  R.,  No.  53.) 

568.  Sureties  to  bonds  given  by  disbursing  officers  will  be  bound  jointly  and 
severally  for  the  whole  amount  expressed  therein,  and  must  satisfy  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  that  they  are  worth,  jointly,  double  such  amount,  each  surety 
making  affidavit  that  he  is  worth  that  sum  over  and  above  his  debts  and  liabili- 
ties, and  stating  in  the  affidavit  his  place  of  residence. 

569.  Bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  service 
will  be  required  when  the  consideration  is  $5,000  or  more  and  the  contract  can 
not  be  fully  performed  within  60  days  from  its  date. 

Bonds  may  be  exacted  or,  in  the  discretion  of  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  concerned, 
waived  in  all  other  cases,  except  that  bonds  required  under  paragraph  572  will 
not  be  waived. 

The  amount  of  penalty  in  a  contractor's  bond  will  be  fixed  by  the  contracting 
officer,  and  will  not  be  less  than  one-tenth  nor  more  than  the  full  amount  of  the 
consideration  of  the  contract ;  except  that  the  penalty  of  bonds  required  under 
the  provisions  of  paragraph  572  will  not  be  less  than  50  per  cent  of  the  con- 
sideration of  the  contract. 

570.  When  bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  are  exacted  they 
will  be  made  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification   and  certification 


124  BONDS   OF   DISBURSING   OFFICERS,   BIDDERS,   ETC. 

of  sufficiency  of  sureties,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  on  the 
blank  -forms  of  contractors'  bonds  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus.  Such 
bonds  must  be  executed  by  the  contractor  as  principal  and  by  a  surety  company 
or  by  at  least  two  sufficient  and  responsible  persons,  who  must  be  citizens  of 
the  United  States,  as  sureties.  Each  must  affix  his  signature  and  seal,  and 
each  signature  must  be  attested  by  at  least  one  witness.  When  practicable 
there  will  be  a  separate  witness  to  each  signature.  Sureties  to  bonds  executed 
in  any  foreign  country,  or  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  or  Hawaii,  for 
the  performance  of  contracts  entered  into  in  those  places  need  not  be  citizens 
of  the  United  States. 

571.  Contractors'  bonds  will  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  to  accompany  the 
mimber  of  the  contract  which  is  sent  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department, 
and  the  other  forwarded  to  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which   the  contract 
pertains.  -^ 

572.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  for  the  construction   of  any   public 
building,  or  the  prosecution  and  completion  of  any  public  work,  or  for  repairs 
on  any  public  building  or  public  work,  the  contractor  or  contractors  will  be 
required,  before  entering  upon  performance  of  the  same,  to  include  in  the  bond 
given  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  contract  the  further  obligation  that 
lie  or  they  will  promptly  make  payments  to  all  persons  who  supply  him  or 
them  with  labor  or  materials  for  the  prosecution  of  the  work  provided  for  in 
such  contract.     If  no  suit  should  be  brought  by  the  United  States  within  six 
months  from  the  completion  and  final  settlement  ef  said  contract,  then  the 
person  or  persons  supplying  the  contractor  or  contractors  with  labor  or  mate- 
rials will  be  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  contract  and  bond  upon  his  or  their 
application  to  the  War  Department,  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  that  the  labor 
or  materials  have  been  supplied  by  him  or  them  and  have  not  been  paid  for  by 
the  contractor  or  contractors. 

673.  A  company  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or 
of  any  State,  and  legally  authorized  to  guarantee  bonds,  may  be  accepted  as 
surety,  subject  to  the  limitations  prescribed  in  paragraphs  575,  576,  and  577. 
Lists  of  such  surety"  companies  as  have  conformed  to  the  requirements  of  law 
and  these  regulations  will  be  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  staff  bureaus  concerned 
to  disbursing  and  contracting  officers,  who  will  apply  directly  to  the  chiefs 
of  their  respective  bureaus  for  the  necessary  copies.  A  firm,  as  such,  will  not 
be  accepted  as  surety,  nor  a  partner  for  a  copartner  or  firm  of  which  he  is  a 
member.  Stockholders  who  are  not  officers  of  a  corporation  may  be  accepted 
as  sureties  for  such  corporation. 

574.  When  the  principal  of  the  bond  is  a  corporation,  a  copy  of  the  record 
of  the  selection  of  the  officers  executing  the  bond  in  its  behalf,  and  a  copy  of 
the  by-law  or  other  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  governing  hody  of  the  cor- 
poration, showing  their  authority  to  execute  the  same,  will  be  attached  to  the 
bond ;  these  copies  to  be  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records,  under  the 
seal  of  the  corporation,  to  be  correct  copies.     These  papers,  however,  may  be 
dispensed  with  where  the  bond  is  executed  by  the  president,  vice  president, 
general  manager,  or  superintendent  of  the  corporation,  under   the  corporate 
seal,  and  attested  by  the  secretary,  and  the  contracting  officer  certifies  that  he 
has  satisfied  himself  after  due  inquiry  that  the  person  who  executed  the  bond 
is  in  active  management  of  the  business  of  the  corporation  and  has  been  in  such 
management  for  a   considerable  period  prior  to   the  execution   of  the  bond. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  54.) 

575.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  it  must  obtain  authority 
in  writing  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  do  business  under  the  act  of 
August  13,  1894,  as  amended  by  the  act  of  March  23.  1910,  and  before  it  will  be 


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accepted  as  surety  on  the  bond  of  a  principal  residing  in  a  State  or  Territory 
other  than  the  one  in  which  incorporated  it  must  comply  with  the  require- 
ments of  section  2  of  said  amended  act  as  to  the  appointment,  etc.,  of  an  agent 
on  whom  process  may  be  served.  The  certificate  of  the  Treasury  Department 
will  be  accepted  as  to  the  qualification  of  surety  companies  in  both  respects.  In 
foreign  countries  and  in  the  Philippine  Islands  foreign  corporations  who  are 
authorized  to  act  as  sureties  on  bonds  may  be  accepted  as  sureties  on  bonds 
executed  in  those  places  in  an  amount  of  penalty  not  exceeding  10  per  cent  of 
the  paid-up  capital  and  surplus  of  said  corporation,  although  they  have  not 
qualified  before  the  Treasury  Department  as  hereinbefore  provided.  C.  A.  R., 
No.  SO.) 

576.  Surety  companies  must  furnish  to  the  War  Department,  to  be  filed  in 
the  Office  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General,  powers  of  attorney  as  evidence  of 
the  appointment  of,  or  changes  in,  the  authorities  of  their  officers  or  agents. 
These  powers  of  attorney  are  required  to  be  upon  individual  cards  which  will 
be  furnished  for  that  purpose.    In  cases  where  the  officers  or  agents  of  a  com- 
pany are  appointed  periodically,  powers  of  attorney  must  be  promptly  furnished 
as  evidence  of  each  of  such  appointments.     Surety  companies  must  furnish 
promptly  proper  evidence  of  the  revocation  of  such  powers  of  attorney. 

All  bonds  and  contracts  shall  be  examined,  as  to  the  authority  of  the  officers 
or  agents  executing  the  same  on  behalf  of  surety  companies,  by  a  reference  to 
this  file  of  powers  of  attorney.  All  bonds  or  contracts  required  to  be  approved 
or  filed  elsewhere  than  at  the  War  Department  in  Washington  shall  be  ex- 
ecuted in  duplicate,  and  the  duplicate  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  War  De- 
partment for  examination.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  53.) 

577.  1.  No  surety  company  shall  be  accepted  under  the  provisions  of  the  act 
of  Congress  approved  August  13,  1894,  as  sole  surety  on   any   recognizance, 
stipulation,  bond,  or  undertaking  under  the  War  Department  for  an  amount 
greater  than  10  per  cent  of  its  paid-up  capital  and  surplus. 

2.  No  such  company  shall  be  accepted  as  surety  on  any  recognizance,  stipu- 
lation, bond,  or  undertaking  under  the  War  Department  which  shall  execute 
any  such  obligation,  on  behalf  of  any  individual,  firm,  association,  or  corpora- 
tion, for  an  amount  greater  than  10  per  cent  of  its  paid-up  capital  and  surplus, 
unless  such  company  shall  be  secured  as  to  such  excess  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  by  reinsurance,  or  by  deposit  with  such  company  in 
pledge  or  conveyance  to  it  in  trust,  for  its  security  or  indemnity,  of  property 
equal  in  value  to  such  excess ;  or,  if  such  bond  is  executed  in  behalf  or  on 
account  of  a  fiduciary  holding  property  in  a  trust  capacity,  the  liability  thereon 
in  excess  of  10  per  cent  of  the  paid-up  capital  and  surplus  shall  be  secured  by 
such  deposit  or  other  disposition  of  a  suitable  and  sufficient  portion  of  the 
estate  so  held  that  no  sale,  mortgage,  pledge,  or  other  disposition  can  be  made 
thereof  without  such  company's  approval :  Provided  further,  That  such  portion 
of  any  such  bond  which  shall  have  been  reinsured  by  said  company  in  another 
surety,  trust,  or  guaranty  company  or  companies,  authorized  to  do  business 
under  the  act  of  Congress  of  August  13,  1894,  shall  be  deducted  from  the  penal 
sum  of  such  bond  in  determining  the  limitation  of  risk  prescribed  herein,  if 
the   same   is   within   the   10   per   cent   limit   of   said    reinsuring   company   or 
companies. 

3.  Two  or  more  companies  may  be  accepted  as  sureties  upon  any  recogni- 
zance, stipulation,  bond,  or  undertaking  under  the  War  Department,  the  penalty 
of  which  does  not  exceed  10  per  cent  of  their  aggregate  paid-up  capital  and 
surphis,  but  in  all  cases  the  sureties  must,  where  the  law  requires  it,  execute 
such  obligation  jointly  and   severally. 


126  BONDS   OP   DISBURSING   OFFICERS,   BIDDERS,   ETC. 

4.  The  amount  of  paid-up  capital  and  surplus  of  sucli  companies  shall  be 
determined  by  the  quarterly  financial  statements  filed  with  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury  pursuant  to  section  4  of  the  act  hereinbefore  referred  to,  after 
copies  of  such  statements  have  been  filed  in  the  War  Department. 

5.  If  the  amount  of  said  capital  and  surplus  shall  at  any  time  during  the 
intervals  between  the  dates  of  the  rendition  of  such  statements,  as  required  by 
law,  become  less  than  the  amount  determined  in  the  statement  last  filed,  then 
every  such  company  shall  file,  within  10  days  after  such  diminution  of  its  capi- 
tal and  surplus,  a  condensed  statement,  sworn  to  by  one  of  its  principal  officers 
at  the  home  office,  showing  the  nature  and  extent  of  such  diminution,  and  the 
amount  of  such  capital  and  surplus  remaining  shall  be  the  basis  for  risks  until 
the  rendition  of  the  next  quarterly  statement. 

6.  Every  such  company  shall  file  in  the  War  Department,  during  the  months 
of  January,  April,  July,  and  October  of  each  year,  a  report  giving  an  itemized 
statement  of  all  recognizances,  stipulations,  bonds,  or  undertakings  which  such 
company  shall  have  executed  during  the  previous  three  months  in  excess  of  10 
per  cent  of  its  paid-up  capital  and  surplus,  showing  the  character  and  penalty 
of  such  obligations,  the  nature  and  amount  of  indemnity,  collateral,  or  reinsur- 
ance thereon,  and  such  other  information  in  regard  thereto  as  may  be  required. 

7.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  or  failure  on  the  part  of 
any  company   to  comply  promptly   with   its  requirements  will  be   considered 
ground  for  refusing  thereafter  to  accept  such  company  as  surety  upon  any 
recognizance,  stipulation,  bond,  or  undertaking  under  the  War  Department,  and 
for  recommending   to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  that  the  authority  of  such 
company  to  do  business  under  the  act  hereinbefore  referred  to  be  revoked. 

678.  The  sureties,  if  individuals,  must  jointly  justify  in  double  the  amount 
of  the  penalty.  The  affidavit  of  justification  must  be  taken  before  a  person 
authorized  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  State,  Territory,  or  District  to 
administer  oaths.  Justification  will  be  followed  by  the  certificate  of  a  judge 
or  clerk  of  a  United  States  court,  a  United  States  district  attorney,  a  United 
States  commissioner,  or  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  State  court  of  record,  with  the 
seal  of  said  court  attached,  that  the  sureties  are  known  to  him,  and  that,  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  each  is  worth,  over  and  above  all  debts  and 
liabilities,  the  sum  stated  in  his  affidavit  of  justification.  If  found  necessary, 
separate  certificates  may  be  furnished  as  to  each  surety.  The  affidavits  of 
justification  of  sureties  to  contractors'  bonds  executed  in  any  foreign  country, 
or  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  PorfH*Rico,  or  Hawaii,  may  be  taken  before  a 
notary  or  any  other  officer  having  a  seal  and  who  by  the  laws  of  the  place  is 
authorized  to  administer  such  oaths,  the  official  seal  of  the  notary  or  other 
officer  to  be  affixed.  The  certification  of  sufficiency  of  such  sureties  may  be  made 
by  a  United  States  consul,  if  any,  by  a  notary,  or  by  the  judge  or  clerk  of  any 
court  in  such  place  having  a  seal,  the  official  seal  of  the  officer  or  court  to  be 
affixed.  The  regular  blank  forms  of  bonds  when  used  as  above  will  be  modi- 
fied accordingly  and  the  changes  will  be  fully  explained  over  the  signatures  and 
seals  of  all  parties  to  the  bond. 

579.  A  guarantor,  or  the  guarantors,  to  a  bidder's  guaranty  may  be  accepted 
as  surety,  or  sureties,  to  the  bond  of  the  same  person  as  contractor,  provided 
such  guarantor  or  guarantors  are  able  to  justify  as  required  for  the  bond. 

580.  The  principal  and  surety  must  sign  and  seal  the  bond.     The  corporate 
seal  of  the  corporation  must  be  affixed  to  the  bond  by  some  person  duly  author- 
ized, who  must  also  affix  the  name  of  the  corporation  to  it,  followed  by  his  own 
signature  and  official  designation  written  after  the  word  "  by."     The  names  and 
places  of  business  of  the  principal  and  surety  must  be  written  in  the  body  of 
the  bond. 


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581.  Iu  case  of  financial  embarrassment,  failure,  or  other  disqualifying  cause 
on  the  part  of  the  surety  to  a  bond,  the  Secretary  of  War  will  require  the  bond 
to  be  renewed  to  his  satisfaction,  upon  notification  to  the  principal.     Official 
bonds  may  not  be  renewed  at  the  will  of  the  principal  or  surety,  but  only  by 
direction  of  the  Secretary,  and  the  substitution  of  one  corporate  company  for 
another  as  surety  on  a  bond  will  not  be  permitted  except  by  direction  of  the 
Secretary,  or  after  the  bond  has  run  for  a  period  of  four  years,  when  a  renewal 
thereof  is  required  by  law. 

ARTICLE   LII. 

MONEY  ACCOUNTABILITY. 

PUBLIC  MONEYS. 

582.  The  use  of  moneys  for  purposes  other  than  those  for  which  appropria- 
ated,  liquidation  of  liabilities  of  one  fiscal  year  by  use  of  moneys  appropriated 
for  another,  and  expenditures  in  a  fiscal  year  of  any  sum  in  excess  of  appro- 
priations for  that  year,  or  involving  the  Government  in  any  contract  for  future 
payment  of  money  in  excess  of  appropriations,  except  as  authorized  by  para- 
graph 515,  are  prohibited. 

583.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  will  see  that  funds  in  the  hands  of  a  disbursing  officer 
are  limited  to  his  requirements  for  a  brief  period. 

DISBURSING   OFFICERS. 

584.  When  an  officer  disburses  money  in  different  capacities,  his  deposits  and 
accounts  will  be  kept  distinct,  according  to  the  bureaus  to  which  they  pertain. 

585.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  pay  an  account  until  it  is  due.     In  cases  of 
contracts  for  the  performance  of  service  or  delivery  of  articles,  payment  will 
not  exceed  the  value  of  services  rendered  or  articles  actually  delivered. 

586.  Public  money,  subject  to  disbursement,  coming  into  the  hands  of  an 
officer  from  any  source  will  be  promptly  placed  by  him  to  his  credit  with  the 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  else  transferred  to  a  disbursing  officer  of 
that  branch  of  the  public  service  to  which  the  money  pertains.     Exceptions  to 
this  rule  are  allowed  in  the  cases  and  to  the  extent  authorized  by  paragraph 
587,  and  in  cases  where  an  officer,  when  stationed  on  the  extreme  frontier  or  at 
a  place  far  remote  from  depositaries,  has  been  specially  authorized  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  to  keep  at  his  own  risk  such  money  as  may  be  intrusted  to  him 
for  disbursement.     Money  in  hand,  subject  to  disbursement,  may  be  disbursed 
at  once  without  being  placed  in  depositaries  if  a  payment  is  due. 

587.  Recruiting  officers  and  officers  doing  quartermaster  duty  at  posts  or 
independent  stations  are  authorized  to  keep  on  hand,  at  their  own  risk,  moneys 
pertaining  to  the  appropriation  "  Subsistence  of  the  Army  "  in  such  restricted 
amounts  as  may  be  necessary  for  facilitating  payments  of  small  amounts  to 
public  creditors. 

When  it  becomes  necessary  to  draw  a  check  for  obtaining  subsistence  funds 
to  be  kept  in  personal  possession,  the  officer  will  draw  it  in  his  own  favor  and 
enter  under  the  heading  thereon,  "  Object  for  which  drawn,"  or  "  On  account 
of,"  the  following :  "  To  hold  funds  in  personal  possession  under  A.  R.  587." 
Such  checks  will  not  be  stated  to  be  for  "  payments  under  $20." 

588.  A  disbursing  officer  who  ceases  to  act  as  such  will  inform  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  at  once  what  checks  drawn  against  the  public  funds  to  his 


128  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

credit,  if  any,  are  still  outstanding  and  unpaid.    He  will  also  comply  with  the 
requirements  of  paragraphs  630  and  902. 

589.  The  accounts  of  a  bonded  disbursing  officer  must  l>e  kept  separately 
under  each  bond  except  when  the  second  bond  is  cumulative,  in  which  case  the 
accounts  will  be  stated  under  both  bonds.    When  a  new  bond  is  given  the  officer 
will  close  his  accounts  under  the  former  bond  and  will  deposit  to  the  credit 
of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  transfer  to  a  bonded  officer  of  the 
same  department  who  is  authorized  by  law  to  handle  the  same  class  of  funds, 
any  unexpended  balance  before  an  advance  is  made  under  the  new  bond,  in 
order  that  the  liability  of  the  sureties  on  the  respective  bonds  may  be  definitely 
fixed.    In  all  cases  where  a  transfer  is  made  to  a  bonded  officer  there  must  be 
an  actual  transfer  of  funds  and  not  a  mere  paper  transaction.    The  date  of  the 
bond  of  a  disbursing  officer  is  the  date  on  which  it  is  approved  by  the  Secretary 
of  War,  and  such  date  is  to  appear  on  all  requisitions  for  funds  issued  under 
such  bond  and  also  on  the  account  current  on  which  such  funds  are  accounted  for. 

590.  All  amounts  of  money  held  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  by  the  Treas- 
urer, an  assistant  treasurer,  or  a  designated  depositary,  credited  to  a  disburs- 
ing officer  whose  account  has  remained  unchanged,  either  by  deposit  or  payment, 
for  the  space  of  three  years,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury,  to  be  placed  to 
the  credit  of  such  officer,  if  it  be  found  that  he  is  entitled  to  the  credit. 

591.  No  officer  disbursing  money  for  the  military  service,  or  directing  the 
disbursement  thereof,  shall  be  concerned  individually,  directly  or  indirectly,  in 
the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  article  intended  for,  used  by,  or  pertaining  to  the 
department  of  the  public  service  in  which  he  is  engaged. 

592.  No  officer  or  clerk  of  a  disbursing  officer  shall  be  interested  in  the  pur- 
chase of  any  soldier's  certificate  of  pay  due,  or  any  other  claim  against  the 
United  States. 

593.  If  any  disbursing  officer  shall  bet  at  cards  or  any  game  of  hazard,  his 
commanding  officer  will  suspend  his  functions,   require  him  to  turn  over  all 
public  funds  in  his  keeping,  and  will  immediately  report  the  case  to  the  proper 
bureau  of  the  War  Department.     He  will  also  report  the  case  to  the  depart- 
ment commander,  who  will  at  once  convene  a  court-martial  for  the  trial  of  the 
officer. 

594.  Every  disbursing  officer,  in  opening  his  first  account  and  before  issuing 
any  checks,  will  furnish  the  depositary  on  whom  the  checks  are  to  be  drawn 
with  his  official  signature,   duly   verified  by  some  officer  whose  signature  is 
known  to  the  depositary. 

595.  For  every  Treasury  draft  received  by  a  depositary  to  be  placed  to  the 
official  credit  of  a  disbursing  officer,  and  for  every  deposit  of  funds  made  by  the 
officer  to  his  official  credit,  subject  to  payment  of  his  checks,  a  receipt,  num- 
bered in  serial  order,  and  giving  the  place  and  date  of  issue,  will  be  furnished 
him  by  the  depositary,  setting  forth  the  character  of  the  funds,  i.  e.,  whether 
coin  or  currency.     If  the  credit  is  made  by  a  disbursing  officer's  check  trans- 
ferring funds,  the  essential  items  of  the  check  will  be  enumerated,  and  if  by  a 
Treasury  draft,  the  warrant  number.    The  title  of  the  officer  will  be  expressed, 
and  the  title  of  the  account  will  also  show  for  what  branch  of  the  public  service 
it  is  kept.    The  receipt,  called  "a   disbursing  officer's  receipt,"  will  be  retained 
by  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it  is  made. 

596.  An  officer  is  not  authorized  to  insure  public  money  or  property,  and  he 
will  not  be  allowed  credit  for  any  expense  paid  for  the  collection  of  money  on 
checks,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1100  for  military  attaches  serving 
abroad. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  129 

TRANSFERS. 

597.  Public  funds  will,  as  a  rule,  be  transferred  as  follows:  The  officer 
making  tlio  transfer  will  draw  his  check  directing  the  depositary  to  place  a 
stated  amount  to  the  official  credit  of  the  officer  named  on  the  check.     The 
check  will  be  sent  to  the  depositary  and  not  to  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it  is 
drawn.     If  it  is  necessary  that  the  officer  to  whom  the  funds  are  transferred 
fchall  receive  them  without  delay,  the  transferring  officer  may  draw  his  check 
and  transmit  it  directly  to  the  -payee.     In  either  case  an  invoice  will  be  sent 
to  the  receiving  officer,  but  no  receipt  will  be  given  by  him  except  for  cash 
transfers. 

598.  Funds  will  not  be  transferred  from  one  appropriation  for  the  use  of 
another  by  borrowing  or  otherwise,  except  as  authorized  by  law. 


599.  A  disbursing  officer  may  draw  his  check  in  favor  of  himself  (1)  to  make 
payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  $20;  (2)  to  make  payments  at  a  distance 
from  a  depositary ;  or  (3)  to  make  payments  of  fixed  salaries  due  at  a  certain 
period.     In  the  first  and  last  named  cases  the  check  will  be  drawn  not  more 
than  two  days  before  the  payments  become  due.     In  all  other  cases  the  checks 
will  be  drawn  only  in  favor  of  the  persons,  firms,  or  corporations,  by  name,  to 
whom  the  payments  are  to  be  made. 

600.  On  the  face  of  each  check  that  he  draws  a  disbursing  officer  will  slate 
his  address,  the  object  of  the  expenditure,  the  number  or  other  necessary  de- 
scription of  the  voucher,  and,  in  case  of  payment  to  an  officer,  enlisted  man,  or 
civilian  employee,  the  period  for  which  the  payment  is  made.    Such  statements 
will  be  brief,  but  clear,  as,  for  instance,  "  pay,"  "  pay  roll,"  oc  "  payment  of 
troops,"  adding  the  post  or  station ;   "  purchase  of  subsistence,"  or  of  other 
supplies,  naming  them;  "on  contract  for  construction,"  mentioning  the  fortifi- 
cation or  other  public  work  for  which  the  payment  is  made;  "payments  under 
$20."     Payment  is  refused  on  all  checks  where  regulations  are  not  complied 
with,  aud  report  of  the  fact  is  made  to  the  Treasury  Department.     In  writing 
checks  on  the  protective  surface-tinted  blanks  furnished  by  the  Treasury  De- 
partment the  ordinary  typewriter  with  plain  type,  or  rubber  stamps,  may  be 
used.     Only  typewriter  record  ribbons,  writing  black  or  blue,  the  ink  of  which 
must  be  heavy  and  of  the  most  permanent  nature,  or  stamp  pads  inked  with  a 
permanent  black  ink.  shall  be  used  for  the  piirpose,  so  as  to  secure  clear,  well- 
inked  impressions  which  can  not  be  easily  erased  without  removing  the  pro- 
tective surface-tinting  at  the  same  time.    The  data  on  the  check  stub  or  register 
of  checks  issued  will  be  the  same  as  on  the  check  to  which  it  relates. 

601.  Officers  serving  in  and  disbursing  funds  pertaining  to  more  than  one 
staff  department,  and  officers  assigned  to  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  departments, 
in  issuing  checks,  will  confine  the  designation  of  their  official  capacity  to  their 
rank  and  the  particular  staff  department  on  account  of  which  the  checks  are 
drawn. 

602.  Whenever  an  original  check  of  a  disbursing  officer  is  lost,  stolen,  or 
destroyed,  the  owner,  to  better  protect  his  interest,  should,  in  writing,  notify 
the  office  or  bank  on  which  it  was  drawn  of  the  fact  of  such  loss,  stating  the 
name  of  the  disbursing  officer  or  agent  by   whom   it  was  drawn,   describing 
the  check,   giving  if  possible  its  date,   number,   and   amount,   and   requesting 
that  payment  of  the  same  be  stopped.     In  order  to  procure  the  issue  of  a 
duplicate  check  the  party  in  interest  must  furnish  the  disbursing  officer  or 

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130  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

agent  who  issued  the  original  check  with  an  affidavit  explaining  the  loss,  and 
an  indemnity  bond,  both  of  which  should  be  prepared  on  the  form  furnished 
for  the  purpose  by  the  Treasury  Department.  The  form  contains  full  instruc- 
tions as  to  the  proper  method  of  preparation.  Upon  these  papers  a  duplicate 
check  may  be  issued  after  the  expiration  of  thirty  days  and  within  three  years 
from  the  date  of  issue  of  the  original,  and  such  duplicate  check,  with  the- 
affidavit  and  bond,  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
for  approval.  In  case  the  disbursing  officer  who  issued  the  original  check  is 
no  longer  in  the  service,  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity  bond 
will  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the 
proper  accounting  officer,  under  section  3647,  Revised  Statutes,  to  state  an 
account  in  favor  of  the  owner  of  the  lost  check  and  to  charge  the  amount 
thereof  to  the  account  of  the  disbursing  officer.  No  disbursing  officer  or  agent 
is  authorized  to  issue  a  duplicate  check  except  as  prescribed  in  this  paragraph. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  27  and  44-) 

G03.  In  case  of  death,  resignation,  or  removal  from  active  service  of  a  dis- 
bursing officer,  checks  previously  drawn  by  him  will  be  paid  from  the  funds 
to  his  credit,  unless  such  checks  were  drawn  more  than  four  months  before 
their  presentation,  or  reasons  exist  for  suspecting  fraud.  A  check  previously 
drawn  by  him  and  not  presented  for  payment  within  four  months  of  its  date 
will  not  be  paid  until  its  correctness  shall  have  been  attested  by  the  Comptroller 
of  the  Treasury  or  by  his  chief  clerk. 

604.  A  check  drawn  by  a  disbursing  officer  still  in  active  service,  presented 
before  it  shall  have  been  issued  three  full  fiscal  years,  will  be  paid  in  the  usual 
manner  by  the  office  or  bank  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  from  funds  to  the  credit 
of  the  drawer. 

005.  Upon  receipt  of  the  statement  of  his  disbursing  account  for  the  month 
of  June  of  each  year,  from  the  office  or  bank  in  which  his  funds  are  kept,  each 
disbursing  officer  will  immediately  make  a  return  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  through  the  chief  of  his  bureau,  of  all  checks  drawn  by  him  which 
have  been  outstanding  and  unpaid  for  three  full  fiscal  years  on  June  30  of  that 
year,  stating  the  number  of  each  check,  its  date  and  amount  ;•  in  whose  favor, 
on  what  office  or  bank,  and  for  what  purpose  drawn ;  the  number  of  the  voucher 
in  payment  of  which  it  was  drawn,  and,  if  known,  the  address  of  the  payee,  and 
he  will  inclose  in  the  return  all  checks  described  therein  that  may  be  in  his 
possession. 

606.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  all  amounts  remaining  to  the  credit  of 
a  disbursing  officer,  represented  by  checks  or  drafts  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer, 
an  assistant  treasurer,  or  any  designated  depositary,  three  or  more  years  prior 
thereto,  will  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  and  there  stand  to  the  credit  of  the 
payees  in  an  appropriation  account  denominated  "outstanding  liabilities." 

607.  A  check  which  has  been  issued  for  a  period  longer  than  three  full  fiscal 
years  will  be  paid  only  by  the  settlement  of  an  account  in  the  Treasury  De- 
partment.   For  this  purpose  an  officer  who  receives  such  a  check  will  transmit 
it,  through  the  proper  channels,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.     If  a  check 
is  lost,  proof  of  ownership  and  loss  and  a  bond  of  indemnity  will  be  furnished. 

OFFICIAL  CHECK  BOOKS. 

608.  Official  check  books  are  issued  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States 
directly  to  disbursing  officers  who  have  public  money  on  deposit  with  him. 
Rules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  these  check  books  accompany  each  book.    In 
making  payments  only  official  checks  will  be  used. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  131 

609i  Every  disbursing  officer  or  agent  snail  retain  with  his  official  records  the 
stubs  or  register  of  checks  issued  by  him.  Should  a  disbursing  officer  or  agent 
make  an  erasure  or  alteration  on  any  of  his  checks,  however  slight,  he  shall  cer- 
tify to  the  correctness  of  such  erasure  or  alteration  on  the  upper  margin  of  such 
check. 

The  greatest  care  will  be  exercised  in  the  custody  of  blank  checks.  They  will 
be  kept  under  lock  and  key  when  not  in  use.  No  disbursing  officer  will  issue  a 
check  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  until  after  he  shall  have  ascer- 
tained from  said  Treasurer  his  individual  numerical  symbol,  which  shall  be 
printed,  stamped,  or  written  in  the  lower  right-hand  corner  of  each  check. 

610.  Spoiled  or  canceled  official  checks  shall  be  sent  quarterly  by  each  dis- 
bursing officer  directly  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department.     A  record  of 
the  dates  of  both  cancellation  and  transmission  will  be  entered  on  the  stub. 

CERTIFICATES    OF    DEPOSIT. 

611.  Public  moneys  are  transferred  to  the  General  Treasury  by  being  depos- 
ited to  the  "  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,"  either  at  the  Treas- 
urer's office,  or  at  the  office  of  one  of  the  assistant  treasurers,  or  at  one  of  the 
designated  depositaries.    Alf  "  miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of 
Government  property"   (par.  618)   must  be  deposited;  also,  when  required  by 
chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  the  funds  pertain,  the  public  moneys  in  the  posses- 
sion of  or  to  the  credit  of  disbursing  officers  or  others.    For  each  deposit  made 
a  "  certificate  of  deposit "  in  duplicate  will  be  given,  showing  the  full  name, 
rank,  regiment,  or  corps  of  the  depositor,  and  to  what  appropriation  or  fund 
the  amount  belongs,  the  depositor  giving  the  necessary  information  when  mak- 
ing the  deposit. 

612.  The  "  originals  *•  of  all  certificates  of  deposit  are  required  by  law  to  be 
forwarded  by  the  depositaries  directly  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury ;  the 
"  duplicates  "  will  be  filed  by  the  depositing  officers  with  their  retained  papers. 
Immediately   upon   making  a   deposit   to   the  credit   of  the   Treasurer  of  the 
United  States  the  depositing  officer  will  notify  the  proper  chief  of  bureau  of 
the  fact,  stating  the  name  of  the  depositary,  the  amount,  the  appropriation  to 
which  the  money  pertains,  when  known,  and  whether  the  amount  arose  from 
proceeds  of  sales,  or  is  a  repayment  of  an  unexpended  balance,  or  a  refund- 
ment  on  account  of  an  error  in  the  accounts  or  returns.     The  number  of  the 
certificate  of  deposit  will  also  be  stated  if  known,  but  the  report  will  not  be 
delayed  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  such  number.     If  the  deposit  is  on  ac- 
count of  the  indebtedness  of  any  person  other  than  the  depositing  officer,  the 
source  from  which  the  money  was  derived  and  the  object  of  the  payment  will 
be  distinctly  stated  and  reference  made  to  the  vouchers,  if  any,  to  which  the 
deposit  pertains. 

613.  A    disbursing   officer    of   one    staff,  department    making   stoppages    on 
account   of  the  funds  or  property  of  another   staff  department .  will,   in   the 
absence  of  special  instructions  to  the  contrary,  deposit  the  funds  so  received, 
and  not  leave  them  to  be  transferred  upon  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  at 
the  Treasury. 

614.  Nothing  in  paragraphs  612,  613,  -and  615  will  be  construed  to  affect  the 
existing  system  of  depositing  collections  by  quartermasters  of  the  Army.    When- 
ever an   officer  refunds   money   to  the  Government   by   payment   to   an    Army 
quartermaster,  duplicate  descriptive  receipts  will  be  issued  by  the  latter  for 
the  amount  refunded. 

The  quartermaster,  with  the  least  practicable  delay,  will  forward,  without 
letter  of  transmittal,  the  original  receipt  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General 
and  furnish  the  officer  with  the  duplicate,  (C.  A,  R.,  No.  10.) 


132  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

615.  When  a  disbursing  officer  of  the  Army  receives  any   moneys  of  the 
United  States  as  the  proceeds  of  sales,  as  miscellaneous  receipts,  or  funds  of 
like  character,  not  available  for  disbursement,  he  will  deposit,  without  delay, 
such  funds  to  his  official  credit  with  an  authorized  depositary  or,  if  more  con- 
venient, to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  at  the  nearest 
authorized  depositary.    In  the  former  case,  at  the  close  of  the  month  in  which 
such  funds  are  received  the  total  will  be  made  the  subject  of  one  check  issued 
by  him  in  favor  of  the  depositary,  and  marked  "  for  deposit  to  the  credit  of 
the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States." 

The  disbursing  officer  will  indorse  on  the  back  of  the  check  issued  for  this 
purpose  the  title  of  the  appropriations  and  the  amount  that  pertains  to  each 
into  which  the  several  sums  embraced  in  the  deposit  should  be  covered  into 
the  Treasury.  ^ 

The  number,  date,  name,  location  of  the  depositary,  and  amount  of  the 
certificate  of  deposit  will  be  noted  on  the  account  current  upon  which  the 
depositor  desires  to  be  credited  with  the  money  deposited. 

616.  Certificates  of  deposit  must  be  recorded  in  the  proper  bureaus  of  the 
War  Department.     The  "  originals,"  upon  their  receipt  at  the  Treasury,   are 
immediately  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  who  refers  them  to  the  proper 
bureaus  to  which  the  deposits  pertain  for  verification  and  designation  of  the 
appropriation. 

PROCEEDS   OF  SALES. 

617.  Moneys  received  from  authorized  sales  of  property    (except  property, 
other  than  river  and  harbor,  mentioned  in  pars.  679  and   680)    will   be  de- 
posited to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  and  respectively 
revert  to  the  appropriations  out  of  w^iich  originally  expended.    But  the  moneys 
urising  from  the  authorized  disposition  of  serviceable  ordnance  and   medical 
and  hospital  property  and  the  sales  of  useless  ordnance  material  are  expended 
under  conditions  prescribed  by  law.     All  moneys  arising  from  sales  of  sub- 
sistence supplies  or  stores,  authorized  by  law  and  regulations,  shall  be  covered 
into  the  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriation  and  shall  remain 
available  throughout  the  fiscal  year  following  that  in  which  the  sales  were 
effected,  for  the  purposes  of  that  appropriation  from  w-hich  such  supplies  or 
stores  were  authorized  to  be  supplied  at  the  time  of  the  sales.      (C.  A.  R., 
Xo.  10.) 

618.  The  proceeds  of  sales  of  all  public  property  the  disposition  of  which  is 
not  provided  for  by  paragraph  617,  after  the  expenses  of  sale  have  been  de- 
ducted will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  as 
"  Miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of  Government  property,"  for 
which  certificates  of  deposit  will  issue,  showing  the  name,  rank,  regiment,  or 
corps  of  the  depositor,  the  nature  of  the  deposit,  the  kind  of  property,  and  the 
bureau  to  which  it  pertained. 

619.  The  transfer  of  public  property  other  than  subsistence  stores  is  not 
regarded  as  a  sale.     Vouchers  for  property  so  transferred  will  be  sent  through 
tiie  chief  of  the  bureau  concerned  to  the  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Teasury 
Department  for  settlement,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  671.    If  credit  is  received 
therefor  the  money  may  be  used  to  replace  the  property  transferred. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

620.  The  fiscal  year  ends  on  June  30.     The  quarters  of  the  fiscal  year  are  as 
follows :  First  quarter,  July  1  to  September  30 ;  second,  October  1  to  December 
31 ;  third,  January  1  to  March  31 ;  fourth,  April  1  to  June  30. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  133 

621.  Chiefs  of  bureaus,  in  notifying  officers  of  remittances,  will  inform  them 
of  the  amount  remitted  under  each  head  of  appropriation,  giving  the  designation 
by  liscal  years  when  necessary. 

622.  All  accounts  of  a  disbursing  officer  shal  be  rendered  and  stated  in  one 
consolidated  account  for  each  bureau  under  which  he  is  disbursing,  without 
regard  to  the  number  of  appropriations  or  headings  involved. 

623.  Money  received  and  disbursed  under  the  appropriation  for  contingent 
expenses  of  the  Army  will  be  accounted  for  by  officers  authorized  to  disburse  it, 
on  special  accounts  current,  in  which  funds  belonging  to  other  appropriations 
will  not  be  entered. 

624.  When  an  article  purchased  is  not  named  in  the  appropriation  act,  the 
purpose  for  which  it  is  intended  determines  the  appropriation  from  which  pay- 
ment is  made. 

625.  All  public  funds  on  hand  at  the  close  of  a  fiscal  year,  except  those 
required  to  pay  outstanding  liabilities  incurred  during  such  year  (a  schedule  of 
which  will,  if  possible,  accompany  the  last  account  current  for  the  year),  and 
except  balances  in  cash  in  the  hands  of  disbursing  officers  of  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  Alaska,  and  in  other  places  outside  of  the  conti- 
nental limits  of  the  United  States,  who  are  located  at  points  remote  from  deposi- 
taries, and  appropriations  not  limited  to  any  fiscal  year  or  years,  will  be  de- 
posited to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  and  the  disbursing 
officers  account  closed  by  a  credit  for  such  deposit.     In  case  of  funds  in  cash 
in  the  hands  of  disbursing  officers  of  said  corps  who  come  within  the  foregoing 
exception,  said  officers  will,  at  the  close  of  business  on  the  30th  day  of  June 
each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  inform  the  department  quarter- 
master of  the  department  in  which  they  are  serving,  or,  if  not  under  the  juris- 
diction of  a  department  quartermaster,  inform  the  Quartermaster  General  di- 
rectly of  the  amount  of  cash  in  their  hands  in  excess  of  what  is  needed  to  pay 
outstanding  liabilities,  and  that  they  will  credit  and  charge  themselves  on  their 
accounts  current  for  June  and  July,  respectively,  with  such  amount  as  trans- 
ferred from  the  old  to  the  new  fiscal  jear  appropriations.     Upon  receipt  of  this 
information  in  each  case  the  department  quartermaster  will  make  a  debit  entry 
on  his  account  current  for  the  amount  under  the  former  fiscal  year  and  a  cor- 
responding credit  entry  under  the  latter  fiscal  year  for  the  purpose  of  adjusting 
the  disbursing  officer's  fiscal  year  appropriation  account,  thus  accomplishing 
the  same  result  as  if  an  actual  transfer  of  funds  had  taken  place.     The  Quarter- 
master General  will  arrange  to  have  similar  action  taken  in  each  case  reported 
to  him  directly.     Where  an  account  is  closed  in  the  manner  above  described, 
the  balance  in  cash  in  the  officer's  hands  should  be  counted,  wherever  practi- 
cable, by  three  disinterested  persons  and  their  certificates,  as  to  its  correctness 
should  accompany  the  account  current.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

626.  An  account  current,  accompanied  by  abstracts  and  vouchers,  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  to  which  it  pertains,  and  a  memorandum 
copy  thereof  retained  by  the  officer.     A  disbursing  officer  who  for  any  reason 
(e.  g.,  separate  bonds,  etc.)   is  required  to  render  separate  accounts  will  keep 
separate  and  distinct  accounts  of  his  funds  in  the  Government  depositaries  and 
will  unmistakably  designate  such  several  depositary  accounts  on  his  vouchers, 
requisitions,  deposits,  and  accounts  current.    The  balances  acknowledged  by  a 
disbursing  officer  and  his  analyses  thereof  must  actually  represent  the  state  of 
his  business  at  the  close  of  the  last  day  for  which  the  account  is  rendered.    He 
will  so  arrange  his  business  that  he  may,  when  called  upon  to  do  so,  close  his 
accounts   and   analyze   his   acknowledged   balances.     All   transactions   coming 
within  the  time  covered  by  the  account  will  be  reported  therein.     No  payments 
or  collections  not  actually  made,  and  not  in  tne  hands  of  the  officer  during  the 


134  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

period  of  the  account,  will  be  included  therein.  An  officer  disbursing  in  part  by 
cash  and  drawing  official  checks  to  obtain  cash  to  make  payments  will  render 
with  his  account  current  a  stibsidiary  cash  account,  the  balance  of  which  will 
agree  or  he  reconciled  with  his  cash  as  shown  by  his  analysis  of  balance  with 
his  account  current. 

627.  Disbursing  officers  who  render  accounts  which  eventually  pass  to  the 
Treasury  Department  for  settlement  are  required  to  prepare  their  accounts, 
with  abstracts  and  vouchers  complete,  and  deposit  them  in  the  post  office,  ad- 
dressed to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which  they  pertain, 
on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  each  mouth.    Irregularities  in  the  mail  service  or 
want  of  blank  forms  will  not  excuse  a  failure  to  comply  with  this  paragraph. 
When  vouchers  are  not  sent  with  the  account  to  which  they  belong,  but  are  sub- 
sequently rendered,  suitable  explanations  will  be  made. 

628.  Original  vouchers  will,  if  possible,  accompany  the  accounts ;  copies  'Will 
not  be  accepted  unless  duly  certified  and  accompanied  by  satisfactory  evidence 
of  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  originals,  or  that  their  retention  is  indispensable 
to  the  performance  of  duty  by  an  officer. 

629.  With  the  accounts  will  be  forwarded  all  orders  of  commanding  officers 
and  all  other  papers  upon  which  the  officer  accountable  relies  to  relieve  himself 
from  responsibility. 

630.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  in  a  staff  department  at  any 
station  he  will  certify  outstanding  debts,  if  any,  to  his  successor,  and  transmit 
a  list  of  the  same  to  the  head  of  the  proper  bureau.    Unless  otherwise  ordered, 
he  will  turn  over  to  his  successor  the  public  money,  property,  books,  and  papers 
pertaining  to  the  service  from  which  he  is  relieved.    He  will  also  comply  with 
the  requirements  of  paragraphs  588  and  902. 

MONEY  VOUCHERS. 

631.  A  voucher  will  not  be  made  in  duplicate  or  in  triplicate  unless  the 
instructions  on  the  proper  blank  require  it,  in  which  case  the  original  only  will 
be  certified. 

632.  The  correctness  of  the  facts  stated  on  a  voucher  and  the  justness  of 
the  account  must  be  certified  by  an  officer,  except  when  some  other  mode  of 
authenticating  the  same  is  authorized  in  these  regulations. 

633.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies  or  for  services, 
except  as  provided  in  paragraph  634,  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor, 
giving  his  address,  and  will  show   (if  for  supplies  furnished)   the  date  of  the 
purchase  (or  the  order  number),  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article,  and  the 
amount,  or  (if  for  services)  the  character  of  the  services,  the  date  or  dates  on 
which  they  were  rendered,  and  the  amount.     When  a  purchase  is  made  as  a 
result  of  a  written  proposal  and  a  written  acceptance,  the  voucher  (if  there  be 
only  one)  will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid, 
and  a  copy  of  the  letter  accepting  the  bid,  and  will  contain  a  certificate  showing 
that  the  procurement  of  the  articles  or  service  was  made  in  the  manner  indicated 
thereon ;  if  two  or  more  vouchers  are  made,  the  papers  required  will  be  filed 
with  the  first  voucher  paid  and  reference  thereto  made  on  the  other  vouchers.    A 
voucher  for  service  rendered  by  the  day  or  month  will  show  the  character  of 
the  service,  the  inclusive  dates  thereof,  the  time  for  which  payment  is  made, 
the  rate  of  pay,  and  the  amount.     The  certificate  of  a  creditor  to  a  voucher  for 
supplies  furnished  or  for  services  rendered  will  contain  the  words  "  I  certify 
that  the  above  bill  is  correct  and  just  and  that  payment  therefor  has  not  been 
received." 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  135 

634.  Vouchers  for  supplies  or  for  services  other  than  by  the  day  or  month 
submitted  in  support  of  payments  for  all  work  carried  on  under  the  War  Depart- 
ment or  any  bureau  thereof  may,  if  desired,  be  accompanied  by  the  original  bills 
submitted  by  the  creditor  and  dated  and  signed  by  him  or  by  his  authorized 
representative,  and  vouchers  with  such  bills  attached  will  be  made  out  in  favor 
of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address,  and  stating  the  account  in  general  terms, 
with  the  aggregate  amount  only  extended,  and  the  words  "  as  per  bill  hereto 
attached,"  or  words  of  like  import  added,  except  that  such  original  bills  need 
not  be  attached  to  vouchers  in  tile  following  cases,  viz :  Where  under  a  contract 
quantities   delivered   or   amounts   due   are   determined   by   a   duly   authorized 
inspector,  and  his  certificate  as  to  the  facts  is  filed  with  the  voucher  to  which 
it  pertains ;  where  a  bill  of  lading  or  transportation  request  accompanies  a 
voucher  for  transportation  services  performed  under  public  tariffs;  where  a 
voucher  is  for  telegraphic  services  at  rates  fixed  by  the  Postmaster  General ; 
when  the  account  is  small  and  the  creditor  does  not  submit  a  bill.     The  certifi- 
cate of  a  creditor  to  a  voucher  for  supplies  furnished  or  services  rendered  will 
contain  the  words  "  I  certify  that  the  foregoing  account  is  correct  and  just  and 
that  payment  therefor  has  not  been  received." 

When  desirable,  the  creditor  may  place  the  foregoing  certificate  upon  the 
original  bill  and,  when  so  placed,  the  certificate  upon  the  voucher  need  not  be 
signed,  provided  that  the  bill  be  attached  to  and  made  a  part  of  the  voucher 
before  the  same  .is  signed  by  the  disbursing  officer. 

635.  Money  amounts  will  be  expressed  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents.     When 
a  fraction  of  a  cent  less  than  one-half  occurs  in  the  footing  of  a  voucher  it  will 
be  disregarded.     If  the  fraction  be  one-half  or  greater  it  will  be  reckoned  as  a 
cent. 

If  the  agreement  calls  for  foreign  currency,  the  account  shall  be  stated  in  that 
currency.  The  total  amount  will  be  reduced  to  its  equivalent  in  United  States 
currency  at  the  current  rate  of  exchange  at  the  date  of  payment.  The  amount 
in  United  States  currency  having  been  determined,  checks  may  be  drawn  there- 
for by  disbursing  officers  to  their  own  orders  in  United  States  currency  and  by 
them  exchanged  at  local  fiscal  agencies  of  the  United  States  where  possible,  or 
at  local  banks,  for  the  necessary  amount  in  the  currency  or  exchange  required 
to  pay  the  creditor  in  the  money  originally  agreed  upon  where  the  creditor  de- 
clines to  accept  check  payable  in  currency  of  the  United  States. 

The  vouchers  for  accounts  will  be  made  to  show  the  debt  as  actually  incurred 
in  the  coin  in  which  payment  is  made  and  the  reduction  from  this  coin  to  United 
States  currency,  the  rate  of  exchange  being  stated  on  the  voucher  and  the 
amounts  stated  on  abstracts  and  account  current  in  United  States  currency. 

636.  A  voucher  for  purchases  and  services  not  personal  will  show  thereon 
the  mode  of  purchase  or  engagement,  using  the  form  of  notations  on  the  stand- 
ard prescribed  forms. 

637.  The  giving  or  taking  of  a  receipt  for  public  money   in  blank   or   in 
advance  of  actual  payment,  or  the  signing  of  a  check  for  public  money  in 
blank,  is  prohibited. 

638.  A  voucher  for  funds  disbursed  will  be  made  out  in  full  before  being 
certified  by  a  public  creditor.     If  paid  with  check  no  receipt  will  be  required, 
but  if  paid  with  cash  one  receipt  will  be  obtained. 

639.  An  invoice  of  funds  transferred  will  show  the  place  and  date  of  transfer, 
the  name  and  title  of  the  officer  to  whom  transferred,  the  character  of  funds, 
and  the  amount  transferred  under  each  head  of  appropriation. 

If  the  transfer  is  of  cash,  a  receipt  will  be  obtained  and  filed  with  the  account 
current.  If  the  transfer  is  for  the  correction  of  errors,  whether  arising  upon 


136  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

the  settlement  of  accounts  or  otherwise,  the  facts  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  the 
invoice. 

640.  A  voucher  for  a  payment  made  or  an  invoice  for  money  transferred 
will  have  noted  thereon  the  number,  date,  and  amount  of  checks  given  and  the 
depositary  on  which  drawn.     If  payment  or  transfer  is  made  with  currency, 
wholly  or  in  part,  the  facts  will  be  stated  and  a  receipt  given  for  the  currency. 

641.  Vouchers  must  be  stated  in  the  name  of  the  corporation,  company,  firm, 
or  person  rendering  the  service  or  furnishing  the  articles  for  which  payment 
is  made. 

642.  Payment  with  currency  will  not  be  made  to  the  holder  of  a  power  of 
attorney  or  to  a  holder  of  an  instrument  operating  as  a  transfer  or  an  assign- 
ment. 

If  payment  with  currency  is  made  to  an  incorporated  or  to  an  unincorporated 
company,  the  money  will  be  delivered  to  and  the  voucher  certified  and  receipted 
by  a  duly  authorized  officer  or  agent  of  the  company ;  the  certificate  and  receipt 
to  be  signed  with  the  company  name,  followed  by  the  autograph  signature  of 
the  officer,  with  his  title,  or  of  the  agent,  to  whom  the  money  was  delivered,  and 
the  receipted  voucher  will  be  accompanied  by  evidence  showing  his  authority. 
This  evidence  will  consist  of  extracts  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or 
association,  the  by-laws,  or  the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors  duly  certified 
by  the  custodian  of  such  records  (under  the  company  seal,  if  there  be  one), 
showing  that  the  signer  is  properly  vested  with  authority  to  receive  and  receipt 
for  money  due  to  the  company. 

If  payment  of  currency  is  made  to  an  individual  or  to  a  copartnership  doing 
business  under  a  company  title,  the  certificate  and  receipt  will  be  signed  with 
the  company  name,  followed  by  the  autograph  signature  of  the  individual  pro- 
prietor or  of  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm  with  the  words  "  proprietor"  or 
"  one  of  the  proprietors  "  affixed  thereto. 

If  payment  with  currency  is  made  to  a  copartnership  doing  business  as  such, 
the  certificate  and  receipt  will  be  signed  with  the  firm's  usual  signature  by 
one  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  who  will  be  reqiiired  to  affix  his  own  signature 
as  "  one  of  the  firm." 

If  payment  with  currency  is  made  to  an  individual  creditor,  the  certificate 
and  receipt  will  be  signed  by  him  in  person. 

643.  If  payment  is  made  with  check  to  the  order  of  any  company   (incor- 
porated or  unincorporated),  or  firm  or  individual  by  name,  and  the  fact  that 
the  check  has  been  so  drawn  is  stated  on  the  voucher,  giving  its  number,  date, 
amount,  and  United  States  depositary  on  which  drawn,  the  certificate  to  the 
voucher  may  be  signed  by  an  officer,  attorney,  or  agent  of  the  company,  or  by 
an  attorney  or  agent  of  the  firm  or  individual,  stating  the  capacity  in  which  he 
signs,  without  filing  with  the  voucher  evidence  of  his  authority  to  sign.     The 
disbursing  officer  in  all  such  cases  will  deliver  the  check  to  such  person  only  as 
he  is  satisfied  is  axithorized  by  the  principal  to  certify  to  the  voucher  and 
receive  the  check. 

644.  Receipts  for  small  sums  paid  with  currency  to  a  corporation,  such  as  a 
railroad,  telegraph,  turnpike,  transfer,  express,  steamboat,  hotel,  newspaper,  or 
ice  company,  for  an  occasional  service  rendered  may  be  signed  and  the  vouchers 
certified  by  the  local  agent  in  charge  of  the  business  of  the  company  at  the 
place  where  the  service  is  rendered  or  where  it  begins  or  terminates,  and  the 
crtificate  of  the  officer  who  made  the  payment  that  the  person  to  whom  pay- 
ment was  thus  made  was  then  the  local  agent  of  the  company  in  charge  of  its 
business   at   the  place   designated   will   be   sufficient   evidence   of   the   agent's 
authority  to  certifiy  to  the  vouchers  and  to  receipt  for  the  money  paid. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  137 

645.  When  an  account  is  presented  by  an  individual  who  is  not  known  to  the 
disbursing  officer,  the  latter  will  require  him  to  be  identified. 

646.  The  form  of  the  signature  to  the  certificate,  and  to  the  receipt  when 
required,  and  the  name  of  the  person  or  business  firm  as  entered  at  the  head  of 
an  account  must  be  literally  alike. 

647.  When  a  signature  is  not  written  by  the  hand  of  the  party  it  must  be 
witnessed  by  a  disinterested  party,  a  commissioned  officer  when  practicable. 

648.  In  final  statements,  receipts  for  money,  and  papers  of  like  character, 
money  amounts  will,  in  all  cases,  be  written  out  in  full  and  also  expressed  by 
figures  in  parentheses.    This  requirement  does  not  apply  to  pay  rolls  of  military 
organizations,  pay  rolls  of  other  descriptions,  nor  to  lists  of  deposits  on  final 
statements. 

649.  Fees  of  civil  officers  for  administering  oaths  in  matters  of  military 
administration   (where  the  services  of  department  judge  advocates,  or  judge 
advocates  of  courts-martial,  or  trial  officers  of  summary  courts  were  not  ob- 
tainable) will  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  applicable  to  the  subject  matter 
of  the  oaths,  and  in  case  there  be  no  appropriation  applicable  thereto  the  fees 
will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

650.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  issue  vouchers  for  unpaid  accounts  as  due- 
bills  against  the  United  States,  but  a  certified  statement  of  personal  services 
and  of  wages  due  may  be  given  to  a  discharged  employee  who  for  want  of  funds 
was  not  paid  at  time  of  discharge. 

651.  When  applicable,  the  following  rules  for  the  computation  of  time  in 
payment  for  services  will  be  observed : 

1.  For  any  full  calendar  month's  service,   at   a   stipulated   monthly   rate  of 
compensation,  payment  will  be  made  at  such  stipulated  rate  without  regard  to 
the  number  of  days  in  that  month. 

2.  When  service  commences  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month,  30  days  will 
be  assumed  as  the  length  of  the,  month,  whatever  be  the  number  of  days  therein. 

3.  When  the  service  terminates  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  mouth,  the 
actual  number  of  days  during  which  service  was  rendered  in  that  calendar 
month  will  be  allowed. 

4.  When  the  service  embraces  two  or  more  months  or  parts  of  months  but 
one  fraction  will  be  made,  thus:  From  September  21  to  November  25,  inclusive, 
will  be  calculated — September  21  to  October  20,   inclusive,   one  month ;   from 
October  21  to  November  20,  inclusive,  one  month;  from  November  21  to  25, 
inclusive,  five  days,  making  the  time  allowed  two  months  and  five  days. 

5.  WThen  two  fractions  of  months  occur  and  both  are  less  than  a  whole  month, 
as  from  August  21  to  September  10,  the  time  will  be  determined  thus :  August  21 
to  30,  inclusive  (ignoring  the  31st),  10  days;  from  September  1  to  10,  inclusive, 
10  days ;  making  the  time  allowed  20  days. 

6.  Service  commencing  in  February  will  be  calculated  as  though  the  month 
contained  30  days,  thus:  From  February  21  to  28  (or  29),  inclusive,  10  days. 
WThen  the  service  commences  on  the  28th  day  of  that  mouth,  3  days  will  be 
allowed,  and  if  on  the  29th,  2  days. 

7.  If  service  commences  on  the  31st  day  of  any  month,  payment  will  not  be 
made  for  that  day. 

8.  For  commutation  of  subsistence  and  for  services  of  persons  employed  at  a 
per  diem  rate,  payment  will  be  made  for  the  actual  number  of  days. 

9.  When  services  are  rendered  from  one  given  date  to  another,  the  account 
will  state  clearly  whether  both  dates  are  included. 

10.  In  computing  the  wages  of  persons  employed  at  a  per  diem  allowance  the 
day  on  which  service  begins  and  the  day  on  which  it  ends  will  be  allowed  in 
the  computation. 


138          PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY. 

11.  Unauthorized  absence  on  the  31st  day  of  a  month  results  in  the  loss  of 
one  day's  pay. 

652.  Disbursing  officers,  except  those  serving  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  will 
not  settle  with  heirs,  executors,  or  administrators  except  by  authority  of  the 
proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department,  and  upon  accounts  that  have  been  duly 
audited  and  certified  by  the  proper  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury. 

In  the  Philippine  Islands  disbursing  officers  may  settle  directly  with  executors 
or  administrators  upon  accounts  accruing  in  those  islands,  which  are  accom- 
panied by  the  duly  attested  copies  of  the  decrees  appointing  said  executors  or 
administratyrs  in  conformity  with  the  civil  laws  of  the  archipelago  governing 
such  matters.  The  settlement  thus  made  by  any  disbursing  officer  is,  however, 
subject  to  review  by  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury  when  his  accounts 
shall  come  before  them  for  adjustment. 

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PECUNIARY    RESPONSIBILITY    OF    OFFICERS. 

053.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money  made  in  obedi- 
ence to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.  Every  order  issued  by  any 
military  authority  which  may  cause  an  expenditure  of  money  in  a  staff  depart- 
ment will  be  given  in  writing.  One  copy  thereof  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
officer  receiving  it  to  the  head  of  his  department,  and  the  other  will  be  filed 
by  the  disbursing  officer  with  his  voucher  for  the  disbursement.  If  the 
expenditure  be  disallowed,  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

654.  If  a  payment  made  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  as  to  the  facts  is 
afterwards  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate,  it  will  pass  to  the 
credit  of  the  disbursing  officer  and  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  gave  the  cer- 
tificate ;  but  the  disbursing  officer  can  not  protect  himself  in  an  erroneous  pay- 
ment made  without  due  care  by  charging  lack  of  care  against  the  officer  who 
gave  the  certificate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION   OF  MONEY  ACCOUNTS. 

I 

655.  The  chief  of  a  bureau  to  which  accounts  pertain  will  cause  each  account 
current,  with  its  accompanying  papers,  to  be  examined  and  transmitted  to  the 
Treasury    Department,    with   his   decision   indorsed   thereon,   within   60   days 
from  the  date  on  which  such  account  was  received  at  his  office.    He  will  bring 
to  the  notice  of  the  Secretary  of  War  all  matters  of  account  that  require  or 
merit  it.     When  a  suspension  or  disallowance  is  made,  the  bureau  will  notify 
the  officer  that  he  may  have  an  opportunity  to  submit  explanations  or  take 
an  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

656.  In  case  of  discovered  error  or  disallowance  in  an  account  upon  its  ex- 
amination by  the  proper  authority,  the  officer  responsible  will,  upon  notification 
thereof,  unless  able  to  furnish  evidence  to  correct  or  remove  the  same,  make  the 
proper  correction  in  his  next  account  current,  and  refer  therein  to  the  particular 
voucher  in  which  the  error  occurred  or  the  disallowance  was  made. 

ARTICLE  LIII. 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS 

657.  Accountability   and   responsibility   devolve  upon   any  person   to   whom 
public  property   is  intrusted,  and   who   is  required  to  make  returns  therefor. 


PUBLIC  PEOPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY   AND  RESPONSIBILITY.          139 

Responsibility  without  accountability  devolves  upon  one  to  whom  such  property 
is  intrusted,  but  who  is  not  required  to  make  returns  therefor.  An  accountable 
officer  is  relieved  from  responsibility  for  property  for  which  he  holds  a  proper 
memorandum  receipt.  A  responsible  officer  is  not  relieved  from  responsibility 
for  public  property  for  which  he  has  given  memorandum  receipt  until  he  has 
returned  the  property  to  the  accountable  officer  or  has  secured  memorandum 
receipt  from  a  successor,  or  until  he  has  otherwise  been  relieved  by  the  opera- 
tion of  regulations  or  orders. 

•  658.  The  officer  in  permanent  or  temporary  command  of  a  post  or  station  is 
responsible  for  the  security  of  all  public  property  of  the  command,  whether  in 
use  or  in  store,  and,  although  for  purposes  of  periodical  accountability  to  the 
War  Department  it  may  all  have  been  officially  receipted  for  by  subordinate 
officers,  the  commanding  officer  is  nevertheless  responsible  and  pecuniarily  liable 
with  them  for  the  strict  observance  of  the  regulations  in  regard  to  its  preserva- 
tion, use,  and  issue.  He  will  take  care  that  all  storehouses  are  properly  guarded, 
that  only  reliable  agents  are  employed,  and  only  trustworthy  enlisted  men  are 
detailed  for  duty  in  them  or  in  connection  with  property. 

659.  If  an  officer  in  charge  of  the  public  property  of  a  command  (not  prop- 
erly pertaining  to  a  company  or  detachment)  is,  by  order,  leave  of  absence,  or 
sny  other  cause  separated  from  it,  the  commanding  officer,  or  an  officer  desig- 
nated by  him,  will  receipt  and  account  for  it. 

660.  If  it  becomes  necessary  to  remove  all  officers  from  the  charge  of  public 
property,  the  commanding  officer  will  take  measures  to  secure  it  and  report  the 
circumstances  to  the  proper  authority. 

661.  A  company  or  detachment  commander  is  responsible  for  all  public  prop- 
erty pertaining  to  his  company  or  detachment,  and  will  not  transfer  his  account- 
ability therefor  to  a  successor  during  periods  of  absence  of  less  than  a  month 
unless  so  ordered  by  competent  authority ;  when  such  absence  exceeds  a  month, 
the  question  of  responsibility  is  settled  by  the  proper  authority. 

662.  The  officer  in  temporary  or  permanent  command  of  a  company  or  de- 
tachment is  responsible  for  all  public  property  used  by  or  in  possession  of  the 
command,  whether  he  receipts  for  it  or  not. 

663.  The  property  responsibility  of  a  company  commander  can  not  be  trans- 
ferred to  enlisted  men.     It  is  his  duty  to  attend  personally  to  its  security,  and 
to  superintend  issues  himself  or  cause  them  to  be  superintended  by  a  commis- 
sioned officer. 

664.  An  officer  will  not  when  it  can  be  avoided  be  detailed  for  duty  which 
will  separate  him  from  public  property  for  which  he  is  accountable. 

665.  A  transfer   of  public   property   involves   a   change   of  possession   and 
accountability.     In  ordinary  cases  of  transfer  the  transferring  officer  will  fur- 
nish the  receiving  officer  with  invoices  in  duplicate,  accurately  enumerating  the 
property,  and  the  latter  will  return  duplicate  receipts.    In  cases  in  which  com- 
plete transfer  of  property  occurs,  instead  of  exchanging  separate  invoices  and 
receipts,  as  above  provided,  the  receiving  officer  may  make  direct  entry  on  the 
final  return  (both  original  and  duplicate)  of  his  predecessor  that  all  the  prop- 
erty thereon  enumerated  as  on  hand  and  transferred  to  successor  was  received 
by  him.     The  transferring  officer  may  make  similar  entry  on  his  final  return, 
stating  that  all  the  property  therein  enumerated  as  on  hand  and  transferred  to* 
successor  was  actually  turned  over  by  him. 

666.  When  an  officer  to  whom  stores  have  been  forwarded  believes  them  to 
have  miscarried  he  will  promptly  inform  the  issuing  and  forwarding  officers. 

667.  If  an  officer  to  whom  public  property  has  been   transferred  fails  to 
receipt  for  it  within  a  reasonable  time,  the  invoicing  officer  will  report  the  facts 


140          PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY. 

to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  former  for  action.  Copies  of  all  papers  relating 
to  the  transaction  will  be  filed  with  his  returns. 

668.  Upon  the  receipt  of  public  property  by  an  officer  he  will  make  careful 
examination  to  ascertain  its  quality  and  condition,  but  will  not  break  original 
packages  until  issues  are  to  be  made,  unless  he  has  reason  to  believe  the  con- 
tents defective.  Should  he  discover  defect  or  shortage,  he  will  apply  for  a  sur- 
vey to  determine  it  and  fix  the  responsibility.  Should  he  consider  the  property 
unfit  for  use,  he  will  submit  inventories  in  duplicate  and  request  the  action  of 
an  inspector.  The  same  rule  will  be  observed  in  regard  to  packages  when  first 
opened  for  issue,  and  for  property  damaged  or  missing  while  in  store. 

660.  When  packages  of  supplies  are  opened  for  the  first  time,  whether 
because  of  apparent  defect  or  for  issue,  the  officer  responsible  or  some  other 
commissioned  officer  will  be  present  and  verify  the  contents  by  actual  weight, 
count,  or  measurement,  as  circumstances  may  require,  and  in  case  of  deficiency 
or  damage  will  make  written  report  of  the  facts  to  the  post  commander.  If 
only  the  officer  responsible  be  present  and  make  the  report,  he  will  secure  the 
sworn  statements  in  writing  of  one  or  more  civilians  or  enlisted  men  regarding 
the  condition  of  the  property  when  examined.  Should  a  survey  be  ordered,  the 
post  commander  will  refer  to  the  surveying  officer  the  report  made  by  the 
examining  officer,  together  with  the  sworn  statements.  At  arsenals  and  depots, 
where  there  are  persons  whose  special  duty  it  is  to  receive  and  issue  public 
stores,  the  reports  herein  required  may  be  made  by  them  instead  of  officers  of 
the  Army. 

670.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  property  is  pro- 
hibited. 

671.  Supplies  procured   by   one  bureau   will   not  be   furnished   to   another 
bureau  except  on  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,   except   in   the 
Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  where  the  authority  of  the  department 
commanders  is  sufficient.     When  restored   in   kind,   the  supplies   will   be  de- 
livered at  the  post  from  which  they  were  received  or  at  such  other  post  as 
department  commanders  or  chiefs  of  bureaus  concerned  may  determine.     If 
the  transaction  is  between  two  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  or  between 
a  bureau  of  the  War  Department  and  a  bureau  of  another  executive  depart- 
ment (except  in  case  of  subsistence  stores,  payment  for  which  shall  be  made 
in  cash  by  the  proper  disbursing  officer  of  the  bureau,  office,  or  department 
concerned,  or  by  the  employee  to  whom  the  sale  is  made,  and  in  the  case  of 
transactions  to  which  either  the  Engineer  Department  or  the  Signal   Corps 
is  a  party,  in  which  case  payment  shall  be  made  by  the  proper  disbursing 
officer  of  the  bureau,  office,  or  department  concerned),  the  transferring  officer 
will  prepare  itemized  bills  or  invoices,  in  triplicate,   accurately  enumerating 
the  supplies  transferred,  and  will  present  them  to  the  receiving  officer,  who 
Avill   acknowledge   receipt   of   the   supplies   thereon,   designate   the   appropria- 
tion and  allotment  chargeable,  and  return  the  original  and  duplicate  to  the 
transferring  officer.     The  transferring  officer  will  indicate  thereon  the  appro- 
priation to  be  credited,  and  will  forward  the  papers  to  the  chief  of  his  bureau 
in  Washington,  by  whom  they  will  be  transmitted,  through  the  chief  of  the 
bureau  chargeable  with  the  bill,  to  the  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Treasury 
Department  for  settlement,  except  that  in  the  case  of  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  when  transferred  or  sold  to  another  bureau  of  the  War  Department, 
or  to  another  executive  department,  the  chief  of  the  bureau  chargeable  with 
the  bill  will  forward  it  to  the  proper  disbursing  officer  for  direct  payment, 
the  check   being  drawn  payable   to   the  Chief  of   Ordnance,   U.    S.   A.     The 
different  copies  of  the  bills  will  be  plainly  marked  "  Original,"  "  Duplicate," 
or  "  Triplicate,"  and  the  statement  "  Settlement  to  be  made  on  the  original 


PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY.          141 

only  "  will  appear  on  the  original  copy  issued.  The  original  copy  must  always 
be  the  ribbon  copy. 

When  the  trasaction  is  between  two  bureaus  of  the  War  Department,  the 
prices  to  be  charged  will  be  regulated  by  the  contract  or  invoice  price  of  the 
stores.  When  the  transaction  is  between  a  bureau  of  the  War  Department  and 
a  bureau  of  another  executive  department,  the  price  to  be  charged  will  include 
the  contract  or  invoice  price  and  the  cost  of  transportation,  and  in  case  of 
subsistence  stores  for  another  executive  department  of  the  Government  or  em- 
ployee thereof  10  per  cent  additional  to  cover  wastage  in  transit.  For  regula- 
tions governing  sales  of  subsistence  supplies  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
Navy  and  the  Marine  Corps,  see  paragraph  1241$. 

When  the  trasaction  covering  the  transferor  sale  of  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  is  between  two  bureaus  of  the  War  Department,  the  price  to  be  charged 
shall  be  the  cost  price  of  the  stores,  including  the  cost  of  inspection.  When  the 
transaction  is  between  the  Ordnance  Department  and  another  executive  depart- 
ment of  the  Government,  the  price  to  be  charged  shall  include  the  cost  price  of 
the  stores  and  the  costs  of  inspection  and  transportation. 

In  requests  for  transfers  of  appropriations  under  the  provisions  of  this 
paragraph,  the  original  invoice  and  the  duplicate  copy  will  be  forwarded  with 
the  request  for  transfer.  The  original  invoice  will  be  signed  by  the  invoicing 
officer  and  will  be  supported  by  an  acknowledgment  on  the  part  of  the  proper 
official  of  the  receipt  of  the  supplies  or  of  the  services  rendered  as  shown  by  the 
invoice.  The  invoice  will  also  show  units  and  unit  prices  where  practicable. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  2,  10,  22,  and  J,6.) 

672.  In  no  case  will  means  of  transportation  or  other  property  of  any  branch 
of  the  military  service  be  taken  as  a  part  of  the  outfit  of  surveying  or  explor- 
ing expeditions  for  which  Congress  has  made  appropriations  without  the 
express  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

678.  When  it  is  Impracticable  for  an  officer  to  personally  superintend  his 
issues — as  may  be  the  case  with  one  charged  with  disbursements  or  the  care  of 
depots — he  should  choose  with  great  caution  the  agent  to  whom  he  Intrusts  the 
duty. 

674.  The  keys  of  storerooms  or  chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to  enlisted  men 
or  civilians  without  great  vigilance  on  the  part  of  the  accountable  officer  and  a 
resort  to  every  reasonable  precaution,  including  frequent  personal  inspections, 
to  prevent  loss  or  damage. 

675.  An  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  in  use  or  in  store  will  endeavor 
by  timely  repairs  to  keep  it  in  serviceable  condition.     For  this  purpose  the 
necessary   means   will   be   allowed   on   requisition,    and   property    in   store   so 
repaired  will  be  issued. 

676.  All    movable    public    property    will,    if    practicable,    be    conspicuously 
branded  "U.  S."  before  being  used. 

677.  Public  property  will  not  be  used  nor  will  labor  hired  for  the  Govern- 
irient  be  employed  for  any  private  purpose  whatsoever,  except  as  authorized  in 
these  regulations. 

678.  Unserviceable  property  is,  with  reference  to  its  disposition,  divided  into 
classes  as  folows: 

1.  Property  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service,  which  has  no 
salable  value.. 

2.  Property  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  which  presumably 
has  some  salable  value. 

3.  Property  which  has  been  rendered  unserviceable  from  causes  other  than 
fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service, 


142  PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY. 

Property  of  the  first  class  may  be  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer  and  dis- 
posed of  as  indicated  in  paragraph  717,  or  it  may  be  submitted  to  an  inspector 
without  prior  action  of  a  surveying  officer. 

Property  of  the  second  class  will  be  submitted  to  an  i/spector  without  prior 
action  of  a  surveying  officer.  ^^. 

Property  of  the  third  class  will  be  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer,  except  as 
provided  in  paraagraph  1073  in  case  of  public  animals,  and  unless  destroyed 
tinder  the  provisions  of  paragraph  717  will  subsequently  be  submitted  to  an 
inspector.  The  inventory  and  inspection  reports  will  be  accompanied  by  the 
report  of  the  surveying  officer. 

In  the  application  of  this  paragraph  to  articles  of  the  unit  accountability 
equipment  furnished  by  the  Engineer  or  Ordnance  Department,  articles  per- 
taining to  the  reconnnaissance  and  surveying  equipment  of  posts  and  forts, 
and  miscellaneous  stores  covered  by  Class  X,  Ordnance  property  classifica- 
tion, the  following  will  be  considered  property  of  the  first  class: 

1.  Articles,  not  under  the  supervision  of  an  armament  officer,  rendered  un- 
serviceable, due  to  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service,  which  have  no  salable 
value  after  parts  useful  in  repair  have  been  removed. 

2.  Unserviceable  articles  not  under  the  supervision  of  an  armament  officer, 
which  can  not  be  economically  repaired  with  the  facilities  available  and  for 
the  disposition  of  which  specific  instructions  have  been  given  by  the  Engineer 
or  Ordnance  Department. 

3.  Unserviceable  articles  pertaining  to  artillery  and  machine-gun  materiel, 
tinder  the  supervision  of  the  armament  officer  when  specifically  given  in  Wai- 
Department  publications  or  orders  as  falling  within  the  provisions  of  this  para- 
graph.    All  other  unserviceable  articles  and  parts  of  artillery  and  machine-gun 
materiel  under  charge  of  armament  officers,  including  guns,  mounts,  vehicles, 
sights,   and   fire-control   instruments,   will,   when   replaced,   be   shipped   to   an 
arsenal  or  submitted  to  a  surveying  or  inspecting  officer  with  a  view  to  con- 
demnation, as  directed  by  the  armament  officer  under  the  instructions  of  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance. 

Arms  for  which  a  test  for  determining  unserviceability  is  definitely  pre- 
scribed, and  which  have  not  been  subjected  to  the  same,  are  excepted  from  the 
application  of  the  above. 

Property  falling  under  the  classifications  indicated  in  paragraphs  913  and  1566 
will  not  be  considered  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  until  the  nec- 
essary permission  for  its  submission  to  a  surveying  officer  or  inspector  has  been 
obtained.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.)  , 

679.  Empty  barrels,  boxes,  crates,  and  other  packages,  together  with  metal 
turnings,  scrap  metals,  ground  bone,  and  other  weste  products  which  accumu- 
late at  arsenals,  depots,  and  military  posts,  which  are  unsuitable  for  the  public 
service,  will  be  disposed  of  in  the  manner  prescribed  for  property  condemned 
and  ordered  sold  in  paragraph  680.     At  arsenals  and  depots  where  such  accu- 
mulations have  considerable  money  value  proposals  will  be  invited  for  specific 
lots  and  quantities,  or  for  the  accumulations  of  definite  periods,  as  the  head  of 
the  department  to  which  the  property  pertains  may  deem  best  suited  to  the 
public  interest. 

680.  Military  stores  and  public  property  condemned  and  ordered  sold  will 
be  disposed  of  for  cash  at  auction,  or  to  the  highest  bidder  on  sealed  proposals, 
on  due  public  notice,  and  in  such  market  as  the  public  interests  may  reqiiire. 
The  officer  making  the  sale  will  suspend  it  when  in  his  opinion  better  prices 
can  be  obtained,  except  in  the  case  of  condemned  animals,  the  disposition  of 
which  is  provided  for  in  paragraph  1073.     The  auctioneer's  certified  detailed 
account  of  the  sale,  and  the  vouchers  for  the  expenses  attending  it,  will  be 


PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND   RESPONSIBILITY.          143 

reported  on  the  proper  forms  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  property 
pertained. 

681.  Public  property  which  has  been  condemned,  or  the  issue  price  of  which 
has  been  reduced  as  the  result  of  a  survey  or  inspection,  will  not  be  purchased 
by  an  officer  who  was  responsible  therefor  at  the  time  of  condemnation  or  reduc- 
tion of  price,  nor  by  an  officer  who  bore  any  part  in  such  condemnation  or 
reduction. 

PROPERTY    DAMAGED,    LOST,    DESTROYED REWARDS. 

682.  Causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruction  of,  military  property 
are  classified  as  follows : 

1.  Unavoidable  causes,  being  those  over  which  the  responsible  officers  have  no 
control,  occurring  (a)  in  the  ordinary  course  of  service,  or  (6)  as  incident  to 
an  active  campaign. 

2.  Avoidable  causes,  being  those  due  to  carelessness,  willfulness,  or  neglect. 

683.  Officers  responsible  for  public  property  will  be  charged  for  any  damage 
to  or  loss  or  destruction  of  the  same,  and  the  money  value  will  be  deducted 
from  their  monthly  pay,  unless  they  show,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary 
of.  War,  by  their  own  affidavits,  or  by  their  certificates,  supported  by  one  or 
more  affidavits,  that  the  damage,  loss,  or  destruction  was  occasioned  by  un- 
avoidable causes  and  without  fault  or  neglect  on  their  part. 

684.  Oaths,  where  required  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Army, 
will  be  taken   (except  when  otherwise  specially  provided)  before  an  gfficer  of 
the  Army   authorized  by   the  provisions  of  the  one   hundred   and  fourteenth 
article  of  war  to  administer  oaths ;  or  before  an  officer  authorized  by  the  laws 
of   the   United   States   or   by   the   local    municipal    law    to   administer    oaths. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

685.  If  an  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or  damaged  by  the  neglect  or 
fault  of  any  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  pay  the  value  thereof,  or  the  cost  of 
repairs,  at  such  rates  as  may  be  determined  by  a  survey  of  the  property. 

686.  The   amount  charged   against   an   enlisted   man   on   the   pay   rolls   on 
account  of  loss  or  damage  of,  or  repairs  to,  Government  property  shall  not  ex- 
ceed the  value  of  the  article  or  cost  of  repairs ;  and  such  charge  will  only  be 
made  on  conclusive  proof,  and  never  without  a  survey,  if  the  soldier  demand  it. 
He  will  be  informed  at  the  time  of  signing  the  pay  rolls  that  his  signature  will 
be  regarded  as  an  acknowledgment  of  the  justice  of  the  charge. 

687.  When  a  deserter  carries  away  public  property,  or  when  such  property 
is  lost  through  his  desertion,  its  value  will  be  determined  by  a  survey  and 
charged  against  him  on  the  next  pay  rolls,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  116. 

688.  If  articles  of  public  property  are  embezzled,  or  lost  or  damaged  through 
neglect,  by  a  civilian  employee,  the  value  or  damage  as  ascertained  (and  by  a 
survey  if  necessary)  shall  be  charged  to  him  and  set  against  any  pay  or  money 
due  him. 

689.  Whenever    information    is    received    that    animals    or    other    property 
belonging  to  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the 
possession  of  any  person  not  in  the  military  service,  the  quartermaster  or  other 
proper  officer  will  promptly  cause  proceedings  to  be  instituted  and  diligently 
prosecuted  before  the  civil  authorities  for  the  recovery  of  the  property;  and,  if 
the  same  has  been  stolen,  for  the  arrest,  trial,  conviction,  and  due  punishment 
of  the  offender  and  his  accomplices. 

690.  Upon  satisfactory  information  that  such  United  States  property,  unlaw- 
fully in  the  possession  of  any  parties,  is  likely  to  be  taken  away,  concealed,  or 
otherwise  disposed  of  before  the  necessary  proceedings  can  be  had  in  the  civil 
tribunals  for  its  recovery,  the  post  or  detachment  commander  will  at  once  cause 
the  same  to  be  seized,  uud  will  hold  it  subject  to  any  legal  proceedings  that  may 


144          PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY. 

be  instituted  by  other  parties.  Persons  caught  in  the  act  of  stealing  public 
property  will  be  summarily  arrested  by  the  troops  and  turned  over  to  the  civil 
authorities  for  trial. 

691.  When  public  property  has  been  lost  or  stolen  and  the  officer  responsible 
therefor  has  failed  to  get  possession  of  it  by  the  ordinary  means,  the  post  com- 
mander may  authorize  the  quartermaster  to  offer  a  reward  for  its  recovery,  such 
reward  not  to  exceed  one-fifth  of  the  value  of  the  property  lost  or  stolen,  and 
in  no  case  shall  it  exceed  $50.     If  the  property  has  been  stolen,  the  reward  shall 
include  payment  for  such  information  as  the  claimant  possesses  in  regard  to 
the  larceny  and  recovery  of  the  property  as  may  lead  to  a  conviction  of  the 
guilty  party. 

692.  The  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  any  action  under  the  three  preced- 
ing paragraphs,  with   the  exception   of  attorney's  fees,   will  be  paid   by   tlie 
Quartermaster  Corps,  upon  proper  vouchers  approved  by  the  department  com- 
mander.    Officers  will  promptly  report  their  action  to  department  headquarters. 

PROPEBTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

693.  All  public  property,  whether  paid  for  or  not,  must  be  accounted  for  on 
the  proper  returns.     All  public  property  unaccounted  for  when  discovered  by 
an  accountable  officer  will  be  taken  up  and  the  usual  returns  rendered  therefor. 
When  discovered  by  officers  not  accountable  for  that  class  of  property,  or  by 
enlisted  .men  or  civilian  employees,  they  shall  report  the  same  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable to  an  officer  so  accountable,  who  will  take  it  up  and  account  for  it.     In 
the  absence  of  such  an  accountable  officer  the  senior  officer,  enlisted  man,  or 
civilian  employee  present  will  take  charge  of  such  property  and  report  it  to  the 
commander  of  the  department  wherein  it  may  be  located  with  a  view  to  its 
proper  disposition. 

694.  An  officer  accountable  for  the  public  property  of  two  or  more  companies 
will  account  for  that  pertaining  to  each,  except  quartermaster  supplies,  on  a 
separate  return. 

695.  Accountability  for  public  property  will  not  be  transferred  to  enlisted 
men,  except  to  ordnance  sergeants  and  quartermaster  sergeants,  senior  grade, 
und  quartermaster  sergeants,  Quartermaster  Corps,  at  ungarrisoned  posts  and 
sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps  or  enlisted  men  acting  as  such.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

696.  Vouchers  for  issues  or  expenditures  of  property  not  authorized  by  regu- 
lations will  be  accompanied  by  copies  of  the  orders  directing  the  issues  or  ex- 
penditures. 

697.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  property  made  in  obe- 
dience to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.    If  the  expenditure  is  disallowed, 
it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

698.  Public  property  expended  in  the  military  service  will  be  accounted  for 
by  the  certificate  of  the  accountable  officer,  and  property  lost  or  destroyed  will 
be  accounted  for  by  the  affidavit  of  the  responsible  officer,  or  by  his  certificate 
supported  by  one  or  more  affidavits.     These  certificates  and  affidavits  will  ac- 
company the  return  covering  the  period  during  which  the  expenditure  occurred 
or  the  loss  or  destruction  was  discovered ;  but  in  exceptional  cases,  when  it  is 
impracticable  to  submit  such  certificate,  and  affidavits  with  the  return,  these 
delayed  vouchers,  together  with  the  reasons  for  not  transmitting  the  same,  will 
be  specified  upon  the  return,  and  they  will  be  forwarded,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
properly  numbered  and  indorsed,  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment. , 

699.  When  an  enlisted  man  has,  by  a  court-martial,  been  convicted  of  losing 
or  damaging  public  property,  the  officer  accountable  for  the  property  will  send 


LANDS,   BUILDINGS,   AND   IMPROVEMENTS.  145 

with  his  property  return  a  certified  copy  of  so  much 'of  the  court-martial  order 
as  refers  to  the  case,  giving  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of  the  oi'der,  and 
stating  on  the  face  of  said  copy  the  rolls  on  which  the  charges  are  made. 

700.  Should  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  Government  charged  with  public  prop- 
erty fail  to  render  the  prescribed  returns  thereof  within  a  reasonable  time,  a 
settlement  of  his  accounts  will  be  made  by  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  De- 
partment, and  the  money  value  of  the  property  with  which  he  is  charged  will 
be  reported  against  him  for  stoppage. 

701.  All  returns  of  stores  or  supplies  will  be  rendered  as  required  by  regula- 
tions or  orders.    Those  of  subsistence  stores  will  be  forwarded  within  10  days 
after  the  expiration  of  the  accounting  periods  and  those  of  other  classes  of 
stores  and  property  within  20  days  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  they  per- 
tain.    In  cases  in  which  complete  transfer  of  property  from  one  officer  to  an- 
other occurs  within  an  accounting  period,  a  return  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
officer  making  the  transfer  within  20  days  after  the  date  of  such  transfer ;  but 
when  ordnance  property  is  transferred  by  a  commanding  officer  of  an  ordnance 
establishment,  by  a  coast  defense  ordnance  officer,  or  by  a  post  ordnance  officer, 
end  when  submarine  mine  property  is  transferred  by  a  coast  defense  artillery 
engineer,  within  an  accounting  period,  the  transfer  of  accountability  will  be 
made  on  the  current  return,  which  will  be  completed  and  rendered  by  the 
officer  accountable  at  the  close  of  the  accounting  period. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION  OF  PROPERTY  RETITRNS. 

702.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  a  return  by  the  proper  chief  of 
bureau,  it  will  be  examined  in  his  office,  and  the  officer  making  the  return  will 
be  notified  of  all  errors  and  irregularities  found  therein  and  granted  three 
months  to  correct  them.     Suspensions  or  disallowances  will  not  be  made  on 
account  of  slight  informalities  which  do  not  affect  the  validity  of  a  voucher, 
but  the  officer's  attention  may  be  called  to  them.     Whenever  the  errors  have 
been  corrected  or  compensation  has  been  made  for  deficient  articles,  and  the 
action  of  the  bureau  chief  is  sustained  or  modified  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
the  return  will  be  regarded  as  settled,  and  the  officer  who  rendered  it  will  be 
notified  accordingly. 

703.  If  the  necessary  corrections  in  the  return  be  not  made  within  the  pre- 
scribed time,  the  facts  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  AVar.    When  it  shall 
have  been  determined  that  the  money  value  of  the  property  for  which  an  officer 
has  failed  to  account  shall  be  refunded  to  the  United  States,  the  proper  chief  of 
bureau  will  forward  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  a  certificate  setting 
forth  the  condition  of  the  officer's  property  return,  with  the  statement  that  it 
includes  all  charges  made  up  to  its  date  and  not  previously  certified,  and  that 
he  has  had  a  reasonable  opportunity  to  be  heard  and  has  not  been  relieved  of 
responsibility.    Such  certificate,  when  received,  will  raise  a  charge  on  the  books 
of  the  Treasury  Department  against  the  officer  until  refundment  shall  have  been 
made. 

ARTICLE   LIV. 

LANDS,  BUILDINGS,  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 

704.  Land  shall  not  be  purchased  for  the  United  States  except  under  an  act 
of  Congress  authorizing  the  purchase,  nor  shall  public  money  be  expended  for 
the  erection  of  armories,  arsenals,  forts,  fortifications,  or  permanent  buildings 
of  any  description  thereon,  until  the  written  opinion  of  the  Attorney  General 

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146  LANDS,  BUILDINGS,  AND   IMPROVEMENTS. 

shall  have  been  obtained  announcing  the  validity  of  the  title  thereof  in  the  Gov- 
ernment, nor,  if  the  land  be  within  any  State,  until  jurisdiction  over  it  shall 
have  been  ceded  to  the  United  States  by  the  legislature  of  the  State,  or  such 
cession  of  jurisdiction  shall  have  been  expressly  waived  by  Congress. 

705.  All  papers  relating  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public  buildings 
and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Chief 
of  Engineers.    All  other  deeds  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  title  or  sale  of,  and 
any  lease,  grant,  license,  or  easement  of,  upon,  or  over  any  military  reservation 
or  other  lands  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  War  Department  will  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General.     When  any  such  papers  come  into  the 
possession  of  any  bureau  they  shall  within  five  days  thereafter  be  transferred 
to  the  office  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General. 

706.  Permanent  military  buildings,  will  be  constructed  only  under  special 
authority  granted  by  an  act  of  Congress,  unless  the  work  or  labor  connected 
therewith  is  performed  by  troops,  and  in  such  case  the  authority  of  Congress 
must  first  be  obtained  if  the  estimated  cost  of  the  building  or  structure  exceeds 
$20,000. 

707.  Permanent  barracks,  quarters,  or  other  buildings,  or  piers  or  wharves, 
will  not  be  erected  or  constructed  except  by  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  in  accordance  with  plans  approved  by  him ;  nor  will  any  material  altera- 
tions be  made  in  public  buildings  unless  like  authority  is  first  obtained ;  nor  will 
any  expenditures  exceeding  $500  be  made  upon  any  building  or  grounds  at  any 
post,  fort,  arsenal,  or  depot  without  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and 
upon  detailed  estimates  submitted  to  him. 

708.  A  copy  of  the  plat  of  the  lands  at  each  post,  fort,  arsenal,  and  depot, 
furnished  from  the  proper  bureau,  will  be  carefully  preserved  in  the  office  of 
the  commanding  officer. 

708^.  The  route  and  location  of  duct  lines  and  trenched  cables  on  posts  and 
other  military  reservations  will  be  carefully  recorded  and  copies  of  these 
records,  obtained  from  the  department  concerned,  will  be  furnished  by  the  com- 
manding officer  to  the  respective  post  quartermasters.  Coast  defense  and  post 
commanders  will  exercise  care  in  issuing  instructions  or  granting  permits  for 
digging  in  the  vicinity  of  any  military  underground  electrical  cable  in  order 
to  diminish  the  possibility  of  damage  thereto.  Officers  in  charge  of  construc- 
tion will  in  all  cases  see  that  no  excavating  or  trenching  is  done  on  any  post 
or  other  military  reservation  without  previously  ascertaining  the  location  of 
the  cables  and  ducts  installed  thereat  and  determining  that  these  will  not  be 
injured  by  the  contemplated  work.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

709.  Whenever  a  public  building  at  a  military  post  or  station  in  the  United 
States  is  destroyed  or  seriously  damaged  by  fire,  storm,  or  other  natural  cause, 
the  post  or  station  commander  will  make  immediate  report  of  that  fact  by 
telegraph  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  stating  the  numerical 
or  other  designation  of  the  building  involved  and  the  date  and  cause  of  the 
destruction  or  damage,  and  will  make  a  like  report  to  the  department  com- 
mander if  the  post  or  station  is  under  his  command.     When  the  destruction 
or  damage  occurs   at   a   general   depot  of  supply,   a   general   hospital,   or   an 
arsenal  or  armory,  or  involves  a  building  owned  or  leased  by  the  Government 
and  used  for  military  purposes,  but  not  located  on  a  military  reservation,  the 
officer   in   charge,    in   addition   to   making   the   telegraph   report    hereinbefore 
prescribed  to  the  head  of  the  staff  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which 
any  such  building  may  pertain,  will  make  a  like  report  by  telegraph  directly 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

In  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments  telegraphic  report  of  the  dam- 
age or  destruction  of  such  buildings  will  be  made  to  the  department  com- 


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manders,  who  will  cable  the  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  if  the 
case  is  of  more  than  minor  importance. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  the  estimated  damage  and  the  cost  of  repairs 
or  reconstruction  will  be  reported  upon  by  a  board  of  officers,  to  be  appointed 
for  the  purpose  by  the  post  commander  when  the  building  is  located  at  a  mili- 
tary post,  and  to  be  appointed  in  orders  from  the  office  of  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  in  all  other  cases,  except  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian 
Departments,  where  the  board  will  be  appointed  by  the  department  commanders. 
In  the  event  that  the  destruction  or  damage  is  not  due  to  natural  causes,  the 
board  will  make  a  thorough  investigation  with  a  view  to  fixing  the  respon- 
sibility for  such  destruction  or  damage,  and  will  make  such  recommendation 
with  respect  thereto  as  the  case  may  demand.  The  report  of  the  board  will  be 
forwarded  through  military  channels  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

The  action  contemplated  by  this  paragraph  will  apply,  as  far  as  practicable, 
in  the  case  of  loss  or  destruction  of  or  damage  to  an  Army  transport.  Army 
mine  planter,  cable  ship,  or  other  vessel  owned  or  operated  by  the  War 
Department. 

ARTICLE   LV. 

\ 

SURVEYS  OF  PROPERTY. 

710.  Public  property  which  has  been  damaged,  except  by  fair  wear  and  tear, 
or  is  unsuitable  for  the  service,  before  being  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  con- 
demnation, will  be  surveyed  by  a  disinterested  officer,  preferably  the  summary 
court  officer. 

711.  The  surveying  officer  will  be  designated  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
regiment,  separate  battalion,  post,  or  station,  from  the  field  officers  of  his  com- 
mand whenever  practicable.     Such  officer  may,  however,  be  appointed  by  the 
commanding  officer  of  a  department,  field  army,  division,  brigade,  or  district. 
If  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and  interested  officers  be  present  for  duty, 
then  the  commanding  officer  will  survey  the  property.     When  only  the  respon- 
sible or  interested  officer  is  present,  he  will  not  appoint  himself  surveying  officer, 
but  will  furnish  the  next  higher  administrative  commander  his  certificate  of 
facts  and  circumstances,  supported  by  the  sworn  testimony  of  witnesses,  or  by 
the  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  or  others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.     Should  the 
case  thus  presented  not  be  considered  satisfactory,  or  in  a  case  in  which  only 
interested  officers  with  opposing  interests  are  present  for  duty  at  the  post  or 
station,  the  next  higher  administrative  commander  may  make  the  necessary 
investigation.     In  cases  where  the  property  in  question  has  been  previously 
acted  upon,  the  officer  making  the  investigation  will  be  so  informed  and  the 
previous  reports  will  be  considered.     (C.  A.  R.  No.  30.) 

712.  The  surveying  officer  must  fully  investigate  matters  submitted  to  him. 
He  will  call  for  all  evidence  attainable,   and  will   not  limit  his  inquiries  to 
proofs  or  statements  presented  by  parties  in  interest.    He  will  rigidly  scrutinize 
the  evidence,  especially  in  cases  of  alleged  theft  or  embezzlement,  and  will  not 
recommend  the  relief  of  officers  or  soldiers  from  responsibility  unless  fully  sat- 
isfied that  those  charged  with  the  care  of  property  have  performed  their  whole 
duty  in  regard  to  it.    He  should  hear  in  person  or  by  deposition  all  persons  con- 
cerned in  the  subject  matter  before  him.     ^n.  no  case,  however,  will  his  report 
take  the  place  of  the  evidence  required  in  paragraph  683. 

718.  The  person  responsible  for  public  property  to  be  surveyed  will,  in  all 
cases,  furnish  the  original  certificates  and  affidavits  upon  which  he  relies  to 
be  relieved  from  responsibility,  together  with  the  duly  attested  copies  of  such 


148  SURVEYS   OF   PROPERTY. 

certificates  and  affidavits  that  are  to  accompany  the  report  of  survey.  When- 
ever loss  or  destruction  of,  or  damage  to,  public  property,  requiring  the  action 
of  a  surveying  officer,  occurs,  such  action  will  be  requested  by  the  responsible 
officer  as  soon  as  practicable  and  in  every  case  withiu  30  days  after  discovery 
of  the  loss,  destruction,  or  damage,  unless  exceptional  circumstances,  which 
will  be  explained  by  the  officer's  certificates,  prevent  such  action  within  that 
period. 

714.  Any  officer  of  the  Army  detailed  to  conduct  an  investigation,  and  the 
recorder,  and,  if  there  be  none,  the  presiding  officer  of  any   military  board 
appointed   for  such  purpose,   shall  have  authority   to  administer  an  oath  to 
any  witness  attending  to  testify  or  depose  in  the  course  of  such  investigation. 

715.  The  surveying  officer  can  not  condemn  public  property.     His  action  is 
purely  advisory.     He  will  ascertain  and  report  facts,  submitting  opinions  and. 
making   recommendations   upon   questions   of  responsibility   which    may    arise 
through  accident,  mistake,  or  neglect.    For  example,  he  investigates  and  deter- 
mines  questions   involving   the  character,   amount,   and   cause   of   damage   or 
deficiency  which  public  property  may  have  sustained  in  transit,  store,  or  use, 
and  which  is  not  the  result  of  ordinary  wear  and  tear  of  the  service,  and  reports 
the  investigation  made,  his  opinions  thereon,  and  fixes  responsibility  for  such 
damage  or  deficiency  upon  the  proper  party.    He  makes  inventories  of  property 
ordered  to  be  abandoned  when  the  articles  have  not  been  enumerated-  in  the 
orders  for  abandonment.    He  recommends  the  prices  at  which  damaged  clothing 
may  be  issued  and  the  proportion  in  which  supplies  shall  be  issued  in  con- 
sequence of  damage  or  deterioration  that  renders  them,   at   the  usual   rate, 
unequal  to  the  regulation  allowance,  fixing  in  each  instance  responsibility  for 
actual  condition.    He  verifies  the  discrepancy  between  invoices  and  the  actual 
quantity  or  description  of  property  transferred  from  one  officer  to  another, 
fixes  definitely  amounts  received  for  which  the  receiving  officer  must  receipt, 
and  ascertains,  as  far  as  possible,  where  and  how  the  discrepancy  has  occurred. 

716.  The  report  will  be  prepared  in  triplicate  and  will  then  be  submitted  to 
the  convening  authority  for  approval  or  disapproval.     Separate  reports  will  be 
made  for  each  staff  department  concerned. 

717.  On  the  approved  recommendation  of  a  surveying  officer  the  following 
classes  of  property  may  be  destroyed:    (1)   Clothing  infected  with  contagious 
disease;   (2)  stores  that  have  become  so  deteriorated  as  to  endanger  health  or 
injure  other  stores;  and   (3)   unserviceable  property  of  no  salable  value  sub- 
mitted to  a  surveying  officer  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  678.    The  deci- 
sion of  the  commanding  officer  will  be  final  as  to  whether  such  property  has 
salable  value. 

When  in  the  application  of  this  paragraph  under  (3).  to  ordnance  stores,  the 
value  of  the  stores  to  be  destroyed  on  any  survey  shall  bring  the  total  for 
the  quarter  for  any  organization  in  excess  of  the  amounts  hereinafter  given, 
the  approval  of  the  next  higher  administrative  commander  shall  first  be 
obtained. 

Cavalry  troops  and  Engineer  and  Signal  Corps  companies,  $300. 

Batteries  of  Field  Artillery,  $500. 

Infantry  and  Coast  Artillery  companies  and  all  other  cases,  $150. 

When  the  disposition  of  unserviceable  articles  is  covered  by  specific  in- 
structions of  any  of  the  supply  departments,  they  will  be  disposed  of  in 
accordance  with  such  instructions  in  lieu  of  being  destroyed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  paragraph,  but  requests  for  specific  instructions  will  not  be 
submitted  in  individual  cases  instead  of  placing  the  property  before  a  sur- 
veying officer  or  inspector. 


SURVEYS   OP   PROPEETY.  149 

Before  ordering  the  destruction  of  property  or  stores  under  the  provisions  of 
this  paragraph  the  commanding  officer  will  personally  inspect  the  same  and 
will  be  held  responsible  that  the  conditions  justify  the  action.  In  case  the 
invoice  value  of  the  stores  involved  exceeds  $500,  the  approval  of  the  next  higher 
administrative  commander  will  be  obtained  before  destruction  of  the  property, 
as  provided  in  paragraph  719.  A  certificate  of  the  witnessing  officer  that  the 
property  has  been  destroyed  as  authorized  will  be  appended  to  the  report. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

718.  When  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or 
damage  to  be  inquired  into  does  not  exceed  $500  the  report  will  be  considered 
complete,  for  submission  as  a  property  voucher,  upon  the  approval  of  the  ap- 
pointing authority,  if  the  interested  officer  does  not  request  the  action  of  the 
next  higher  administrative  commander.     One  copy  will  then  be  forwarded  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  post,  if  a  general  officer,  otherwise  to  department 
headquarters,  and  the  others  delivered  to  the  officer  accountable. 

719.  Should  the  appointing  axathority  be  the  responsible  or  interested  officer, 
or  should  the  report  be  disapproved  by  the  appointing  authority,  or  should  the 
report  hold  the  accountable  officer  responsible,  or  should  the  value  of  the  prop- 
erty submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or  damage  to  be  inquired  into  exceed  $500, 
or  should  the  officer  pecuniarily  interested  request  it,  the  report  in  triplicate 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  next  higher  administrative  commander  for  review,  and 
with  his  action  is  complete.     But  all  reports  of  surveys  of  property,  whatever 
their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  are  subject  on  call  to  such  review  of  the 
next  higher  administrative  commander  as  the  merits  of  the  case  or  the  interests 
of  the  Government  may  require.    When  a  next  higher  administrative  commander 
acts  on  a  report  of  survey  as  herein  contemplated  he  will  cause  such  action  to 
be  noted  on  all  three  copies  of  the  report.    One  copy  will  then  be  filed  at  depart- 
ment headquarters  and  the  others  sent  to  the  accountable  officer,  except  when 
the  latter  is  held  responsible,  when  one  copy  only  will  be  sent  to  him  and  the 
remaining  copy  forwarded  directly  to  the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  property 
pertains. 

720.  The  reports  of  a  survey  which  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  and 
enlisted  men  from  responsibility  should  not  be  approved  unless  full  and  careful 
investigation  and  convincing  proof  to  sustain  the  findings  appear. 

721.  When  the  approved  report  of  a  surveying  officer  holds  a  common  car- 
rier, or  a  person  not  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States,  responsible 
for  the  loss  of  or  damage  to  public  property  or  stores,  steps  will  at  once  be 
taken  to  make  collection  from  the  party  so  held  responsible.     Public  property 
that  has  been  in  transit  will  be  carefully  checked  upon  arrival  at  its  destination 
by  the  receiving  quartermaster  with  the  bill  of  lading  or  manifest  in  order  to 
ascertain   whether  the  carrier  has  fully  carried  out  all  obligations   imposed 
upon  him.     Should  any  discrepancy,  loss,  or  damage  be  found,  the  receiving 
quartermaster  will  at  once  make  application  for  a  surveying  officer  by  whom 
the  facts  will  be  fully  investigated    (unless  the  carrier  voluntarily  assumes 
liability  for  the  loss)  and  the  money  value  of  the  damage  or  deficiency  will  be 
charged  to  the  party  responsible  therefor,  whether  it  be  the  invoicing  officer 
or  the  carrier.    The  property  will  be  delivered  by  the  receiving  quartermaster 
to  the  officer  to  whom  it  is  invoiced  or  to  other  proper  consignee  with  a  state- 
ment of  the  deficiency  or  damage  and  that  action  by  a  surveying  officer  has 
been  requested.    Upon  approval,  the  authority  that  approves  the  reports  of  the 
surveying  officer  will  transmit  1  copy  to  the  receiving  quartermaster,  1  copy  to 
the  officer  to  whom  the  property  is  invoiced,  and  1  copy  to  department  head- 
quarters. 


150  SUEVEYS   OF   PROPERTY. 

In  case  the  report  of  the  surveying  officer  finds  the  invoicing  officer  respon- 
sible, 1  copy  of  the  report  will  be  sent  to  the'  invoicing  officer  instead  of  to  the 
receiving  quartermaster.  In  case  the  responsibility  is  fixed  upon  the  carrier 
the  receiving  quartermaster  will  note  on  the  bill  of  lading  the  deductions  which 
shall  be  made  for  such  loss  or  damage  by  the  quartermaster  who  pays  the  ac- 
count, and  will  attach  to  the'  bill  of  lading  2  copies  of  the  approved  report  of  the 
surveying  officer.  The  quartermaster  who  pays  the  account  will  make  the  de- 
duction and  refund  the  amount  stopped  to  the  proper  department  in  the  follow- 
ing manner,  for  example :  If  from  an  account  of  $100  for  transportation  services 
there  is  a  deduction  of  $25  for  ordnance  stores  lost,  the  quarteTmaster  will  take 
credit  under  the  proper  item  number  of  "  Supplies,  services,  and  transporta- 
tion," for  $75  paid  to  the  carrier,  and  also  for  $25  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States  on  account  of  "  Replacing  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  " ;  but  if  the'  deduction  is  on  account  of  supplies  lost  by  the  carrier,  per- 
taining to  the  appropriation  "  Barracks  and  quarters,"  he  will  take  credit  on  his 
account  current,  under  the  proper  item  number  of  "  Supplies,  services,  and 
transportation,"  for  $25  as  carried  to  "  Barracks  and  quarters,"  under  which 
head  he  will  charge  himself  with  that  amount.  If,  in  any  instance,  collection 
can  not  be  made,  that  fact,  together  with  reasons  therefor,  will  be  reported  to 
the  proper  chief  of  bureau.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 

Should  the  officer  to  whom  the  property  is  invoiced  on  receipt  of  the  same 
discover  loss,  damage,  or  discrepancy  not  noted  by  the  receiving  quartermaster, 
he  will  at  once  make  application  for  a  surveying  officer,  notifying  the  receiving 
quartermaster  of  the  action. 

In  the  case  of  shipments  to  the  Philippine  Islands  via  commercial  lines,  the 
receiving  quartermaster  is  authorized  to  accomplish  bills  of  lading  on  the  receipt 
of  stores,  noting  thereon  the  value  of  the  stores  lost  or  damaged,  as  shown  by 
the  invoices,  plus  the  cost  of  transportation,  settlemetit  to  be  made  with  the. 
carriers  with  proper  deduction  to  cover  the  value  of  the  stores  and  the  cost  of 
transportation,  final  settlement  to  await  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer,  to  be 
called  for  immediately  by  the  receiving  officer. 

722.  Properly  approved  reports  of  surveys  of  property  may  be  submitted  as 
vouchers  to  property  returns.    They  are  not  to  be  considered  as  conclusive  until 
accepted  by  the'  Secretary  of  War.    Until  then  they  are  to  be  regarded  simply  as 
the  opinions  and  recommendations  of  disinterested  officers,  to  aid  in  the  settle- 
ment of  questions  of  accountability  between  the  Government  and  the  individuals 
concerned.    If,  on  examination  in  the  proper  bureau,  they  exhibit  serious  errors, 
or  defects  either  of  investigation  or  of  finding,  they  will  not  be  accepted  as  suffi- 
cient vouchers,  and  the  officer  submitting  them  will  be  duly  notified,  that  he 
may  have  opportunity  to  make  explanations  or  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

723.  At  posts  or  stations  not  under  the  control  of  department  commanders 
commanding  officers  will  be  governed  by  these  regulations  in  appointing  sur- 
veying officers  and  acting  upon  their  reports,  but  in  cases  referred  to  in  para- 
graph 719  will  forward  the  papers  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  the  prop- 
erty pertains. 

724.  Whenever   a  report  of  a   survey  recommends  a   stoppage   against   an 
enlisted  man  and  the  recommendation  is  approved,  the  appointing  authority  will 
cause  a  copy  of  the  report  to  be  furnished  to  the  company  commander,  who  will 
charge  the  amount  on  the  next  pay  rolls  of  the  company. 

725.  If  an  inspection  of  property  follows  the  report  of  a  survey  thereon,  one 
copy  of  the  proceedings  will  accompany  the  inventory  and  inspection  report 
which  is  transmitted  for  approval,  and  will  afterwards  be  returned  to  be  used 
ns  a  voucher  to  the  officer's  returns,  and  another,  with  the  inventory  and  inspec- 
tion report,  will  be  filed  by  the  officer  with  his  retained  papers. 


CIVILIAN   EMPLOYEES.  151 

726.  Compensation  may  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  March  3,  1885,  as  extended  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March 
4,  1915,  for  private  property  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  lost  or  destroyed  in  the 
military  service  under  any  of  the  following  circumstances: 

1.  Without  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  claimant,  and  on  account  of 
some  exigency  or  necessity  of  the  military  service. 

2.  Where  the  private  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  was  shipped  on  board  an 
unseaworthy   vessel  by  order  of  an  officer  authorized  to  give  such  order  or 
direct  such  shipment. 

3.  Where  it  appears  that  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  private  property  of 
the  claimant  was  in  consequence  of  his  having  given  his  attention  to  the  saving 
of  the  property  belonging  to  the  United  States  which  was  in  danger  at  the  same 
time  and  under  similar  circumstances. 

4.  For   the  loss  of  or  damage  to   the   regulation  allowance   of  baggage  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  sustained  in  shipment  under  orders,  to  the  extent 
of  such  loss  or  damage  over  and   above   the   amount   recoverable   from   the 
carrier  furnishing  the  transportation,  provided  such  loss  or  damage  occurred 
on  or  after  March  4,  1915. 

Compensation  will  not  be  made  for  losses  sustained  in  time  of  war  or  hos- 
tilities with  Indians,  and  claim  for  compensation  must  be  presented  within  two 
years  from  the  occurrence  of  the  loss  or  destruction.  Each  claim  for  compensa- 
tion will  be  forwarded,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department  and  will,  if  possible,  be  accompanied  by  the  proceedings  of  a  board 
of  officers  showing  fully  the  circumstances  of  the  loss.  All  personal  property 
for  the  loss  or  destruction  of  which  payment  is  claimed  must  be  enumerated  and 
described  in  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  officers,  but  the  board  will  recom- 
mend payment  for  only  such  articles  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  board  were  rea- 
sonable, useful,  necessary,  and  proper  for  the  claimant  to  have  in  the  public 
service  in  the  line  of  duty. 

As  in  most  cases  the  property  for  which  compensation  is  claimed  has  been 
more  or  less  worn,  the  board  will  determine  the  value  of  each  particular  article 
and  recommend  the  amounts  to  which  claimants  may  be  entitled.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  25.) 

ARTICLE   LVI. 

CIVILIAN  EMPLOYEES. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

727.  In  the  staff  corps  and  departments  the  employment  of  civilians  will  be 
regulated  by  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus  under  the  direction  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.     Those  whose  services  are  engaged  with  the  intention  or  proba- 
bility of  retaining  them  in  the  service  are  considered  permanent  employees. 
Their  appointment,  dismissal,  promotion,  or  reduction  will  be  made,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus,  by  the  officers  employing  them, 
except  as  controlled  by  statute  or  the  civil  service  rules ;  but  in  selections  for 
such  employment  preference  will  be  given,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  applicants 
who  have  served  meritoriously  as  enlisted  men  in  the  Army,  and  the  appoint- 
ments and  promotions  of  all  permanent  employees,  except  laborers,  teamsters, 
and  others  of  similar  or  kindred  occupations,  will  be  submitted  for  the  ap- 
proval or  confirmation  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

728.  The  clerks  and  messengers  authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress  of  August 
6,  1894,   will  be  employed  and  apportioned   to  the  several  headquarters  and 
stations  by  tne  Secretary  of  War,   and   will  not  be  transferred  without  his 


152  CIVILIAN    EMPLOYEES. 

authority.  All  messenger  service  at  the  several  department  headquarters,  ex- 
cept for  staff  officers  not  assigned  to  the  headquarters  staff,  and,  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable, all  clerical  services  thereat,  will  be  performed  by  this  class  of  employees. 

729.  Department    commanders    will    confine    expenditures    for    civilian    em- 
ployees within  the  allotments  for  the  purpose  made  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

730.  Civil    engineers,    clerks,    inspectors,    storekeepers,    packers,    watchmen, 
messengers,  teamsters,  mechanics,  and  laborers  will,  as  a  rule,  be  engaged  by 
the  month,  day,  or  piece,  and  paid  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  month.     They 
will  be  designated  upon  the  rolls  in  the  capacity  in  which  employed  and  at  the 
rates  established.     When  discharged  and  not  paid,  certified  statements  will  be 
given  them. 

731.  Eight  hours  shall  constitute  a  day's  work  for  all  mechanics,  laborers, 
and  workmen  employed  by  the  several  staff  departments.     The  service  of  me- 
chanics and  laborers  employed  by  contractors  in  the  execution  of  public  works, 
including  the  construction  of  barracks,  quarters,  or  other  buildings  on  military 
reservations,  is  also  limited  and  restricted  to  eight  hours  in  each  calendar  day, 
and  no  officer  or  contractor  shall  require  or  permit  any  such  laborer  or  mechanic 
to  work  more  than  eight  hours  in  any  calendar  day  except  in  cases  of  extraor- 
dinary emergency.     There  are  excepted  from  the  operation  of  this  rule:    (1) 
The  officers  and  crews  of  vessels;    (2)  teamsters,  packers,  and  other  employees 
belonging  to  wagon  and  pack  trains  when  engaged  in  field  service  or  in  the  pros- 
ecution of  military  operations  ;  (3)  persons  employed  as  cooks  and  cooks'  helpers, 
overseers  of  labor  of  prisoners,  and  others  who,  owing  to  the  nature  of  their 
employment  being  peculiar,  may  be  decided  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  upon  the 
iacts  being  reported  to  him,  to  be  neither  laborers  nor  mechanics  within  the 
meaning  of  the  eight-hour  law.    All  exceptions  on  the  ground  of  extraordinary 
emergency  wilj  be  promptly  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

All  contracts  for  the  execution  of  public  works,  including  the  erection  of  build- 
ings for  the  use  of  the  Military  Establishment,  will  contain  a  stipulation  restrict- 
ing the  service  of  mechanics  and  laborers  to  eight  hours  per  day.  and  officers 
charged  with  the  supervision  and  execution  of  such  contracts  will  report  all 
violations  of  such  stipulation  to  the  head  of  the  bureau  charged  with  the  prose- 
cution of  the  work. 

TRAVELING   EXPENSES. 

732.  For  authorized  journeys  of  civilian  employees  of  any  branch  of  the 
military  service  transportation  requests  will  be  obtained  when  practicable,  but 
will  be  obtained  in  every  case  for  travel  over  bo'nd-aided  railroads. 

733.  Reimbursement   of   actual   expenses   when   traveling   under   competent 
orders  will  be  allowed,  under  the  following  heads,  to  civilians  in  the  employ  of 
any  branch  of  the  military  service,  excepting  the  expert  accountant  of  the  In- 
spector General's  Department  and  those  mentioned  in  paragraph  734,  viz : 

1.  Cost  of  transportation  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  when  it 
was  impracticable  to  furnish  transportation  in  kind  on  transportation  requests. 

2.  Cost  of  transfers  to  and  from  railroad  stations,  not  to  exceed  50  cents  for 
each  transfer. 

3.  Cost  of  one  lower  berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  seat  in  a  parlor  car,  or  customary 
stateroom  accommodations  on  boats  and  steamers  when  extra  charge  is  made 
therefor. 

4.  Fees  to  expressmen  and  porters  on  arrival  at  and  departure  from  hotels 
pnd  stations  not  to  exceed  10  cents  in  each  case  when  the  service  is  rendered 
in  connection  with  the  transportation  of  baggage;  fees  for  checking  baggage  at 
stations  and  hotels  not  to  exceed  10  cents  for  each  piece  checked ;  and  fees 


CIVILIAN   EMPLOYEES.  153 

to  sleeping-car  and  parlor-car  porters  not  to  exceed  25  cents  per  day,  or  10 
cents  when  the  car  is  used  in  daytime  only. 

5.  Cost  of  meals,  including  tips,  not  to  exceed  $4.50  a  day  while  en  route  when 
meals  are  not  included  in  the  transportation  fare  paid,  and  not  to  exceed  $4.50 
a  day  for  meals,  tips,  and  lodgings  during  necessary  delay  en  route,  and  when 
meals  are  included  in  the  transportation  fare  paid  tips  for  meals  not  to  exceed 
15  cents  each. 

6.  Cost  of  meals  and  lodgings,  including  baths,  tips,  and  laundry  work,  not  to 
exceed  $4.50  a  day  for  the  first  30  days  while  on  duty  at  places  designated 
in  the  orders  for  the  performance  of  temporary  duty  and  a  flat  per  diem  allow- 
ance of  $1  a  day  after  the  first  30  days  of  temporary  duty  at  any  one  place.    In 
time  of  actual  war  no  such  reimbursement  of  expenses  or  per  diem  allowance 
will  be  allowed  to  the  civilian  employees  specified  who  accompany  troops  in  the 
field,  but  in  lieu  thereof  the  allowance  of  tents  prescribed  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment and  a  ration  will  be  furnished  such  employees. 

7.  In  lieu  of  reimbursement  for  the  actual  expenses  provided  in  sections  5 
and  6,  civilian  employees,  when  their  orders  so  prescribe,  may  be  allowed  a 
flat-per  diem  allowance  not  exceeding  $4  when  traveling  and  when  on  duty  for 
the  first  30  days  at  places  designated  in  their  orders  for  the  performance  of 
temporary  duty,  but  no  per  diem  allowance  will  be  allowed  for  temporary  duty 
to  civilian  employees  who  in  time  of  actual  war  accompany  troops  in  the  field, 
nor  for  travel  on  Army  transports.    Where  a  period  of  travel  or  temporary  duty 
includes  fractional  parts  of  a  calendar  day  the  allowance  for  fractional  parts 
will  be  as  follows: 

1.  If  in  travel  status,  the  day  will  be  divided  into  three  fractional  parts, 
and  allowance  of  $1.33i  being  made  for  each  meal. 

2.  If  not  in  travel  status,  the  day  will  be  divided  into  four  fractional  parts, 
an  allowance  of  $1  being  made  for  each  of  3  meals  and  $1  for  lodging. 

A  statement  will  accompany  each  voucher  showing  the  following  data : 

Time  of  departure  from  permanent  station. 

Time  of  arrival  at  temporary  station. 

Time  of  departure  from  temporary  station. 

Time  of  arrival  at  permanent  station. 

The  pi*ovisions  of  paragraph  735,  in  so  far  as  they  require  the  keeping  of  a 
memorandum  of  the  actual  expenses  incurred  and  taking  of  receipts,  have  no 
application  to  civilians  operating  under  conditions  which  entitle  them  to  a 
per  diem  allowance,  except  for  the  period  while  actually  traveling  and  then 
only  for  such  items  of  expenses  as  are  not  embraced  within  the  per  diem 
allowance.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  18,  18,  2-5,  27,  and  J,5.) 

734.  Mechanics,  laborers,  teamsters,  and  employees  of  similar  character, 
traveling  under  competent  orders, 'will  be  entitled  to  such  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  of  transportation  and  subsistence  or  per  diem  allowance  in  lieu  of 
subsistence,  not  exceeding  $4,  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  chief  of  bureau 
which  pays  the  accounts.  Those  entitled  to  rations  under  paragraph  1203  will 
not  be  allowed  commutation  therefor,  and  if  it  be  impracticable  for  them  to 
carry  food,-  a  ration  and  savings  account  will  not  be  opened  for  them  for  the 
period  during  which  they  are  traveling. 

Commanding  officers  of  troops  in  the  field  may  order  civilian  employees  to 
nearest  Army  hospital  for  treatment  when  adequate  medical  service  is  not 
available  at  their  stations.  On  recovery  such  employees  should  be  returned  to 
their  stations  for  duty  by  the  proper  commanding  officer.  In  all  cases,  where 
practicable,  orders  should  be  issued  based  on  a  medical  certificate.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  13.) 


154  STAFF   ADMINISTRATION. 

735.  None  but  the  authorized  iteins  of  traveling  expenses  of  civilians  will  be 
allowed.     A  true  memorandum  of  the  actual  expenses  paid  from  day  to  day 
will  be  kept  and  the  expenses  will  be  fully  itemized  upon  the  voucher,  which 
will  be  properly  sworn  to  by  the  person  rendering  it.     Receipts  for  lodging 
(European  plan)  or  for  board  and  lodging  (American  plan)  must  be  furnished 
when  practicable  to  obtain  them,  showing  the  dates  for  which  the  charge  is 
made  and  the  first  and  last  meal  or  lodging.     Charge  for  lodging  pertains  to 
the  day  in  which  the  night  for  which  the  lodging  was  procured  began.    Receipts 
will  not  be  required   for  meals  except  where  included  with   lodging  on   the 
American  plan,  nor  for  railroad  or  steamboat  fares,  hack  fares,  baggage  trans- 
fers, car  fare,  tips,  or  fees,  or  similar  expenses.    For  all  other  expenses  receipts 
will  be  taken,  unless  it  is  impracticable  to  obtain  them,  when  the  reason  for 
not  obtaining  receipts  must  be  explained  on  the  voucher.     The  usual  Pullman 
berth  check  or  seat  check  will  be  a  sufficient  receipt  for  sleeping-car  or  parlor- 
car  accommodations. 

736.  The  allowances  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  subsistence  of  civilian 
employees  cease  upon  the  arrival  of  the  employees  at  the  destination  mentioned 
in  their  orders  for  travel ;  they  must  then  subsist  on  their  rations,  if  entitled  to 
them,  or  provide  for  their  subsistence  out  of  their  regular  pay. 

737.  Pay  clerks,  Quartermaster  Corps,  and  the  expert  accountant,  Inspector 
General's  Department,  will  be  entitled  to  mileage  at  the  same  rates  and  under 
the  same  conditions  as  is  provided  by  law  for  officers  of  the  Army. 

738.  Actual  traveling  expenses,  as  contemplated  in  the  preceding  paragraphs, 
are  paid  by  the  following  departments,  viz : 

ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT. — To  employees  at  arsenals  and  armories  (cost  of 
transportation  included),  from  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the  Ordnance 
Department. 

ENGINEER  DEPARTMENT. — To  employees  on  public  works  and  fortifications 
(cost  of  transportation  included)  from  appropriations  made  specifically  for  the 
work. 

QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. — To  civilians  summoned  as  witnesses  before,  and 
authorized  civilian  reporters  of,  military  courts ;  to  employees  of  the  Quarter- 
master Corps,  and  to  other  employees  of  the  Army  not  above  provided  for. 

739.  When  officers  of  the  staff  departments  change  station  the  transfer  of 
clerks  or  other  employees  to  the  new  stations  at  the  expense  of  the  United 
States  is  prohibited,  except  in  cases  of  urgent  necessity,  for  which  the  sanction 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  will  be  first  obtained. 

ARTICLE   LVII. 

STAFF  ADMINISTRATION. 

740.  The  supply,  payment,  and  recruitment  of  the  Army,  and  the  direction 
of  the  expenditures  of  the  appropriations  for  its  support,  are  by  law  intrusted 
to  the  Secretary  of  War.     He  exercises  control  through  the  Chief  of  Staff  and 
the  bureaus  of  the  War  Department.    He  determines  where  and  how  particular 
supplies  shall  be  purchased,  delivered,  inspected,  stored,  and  distributed. 

741.  The  exercise  by  the  President  of  his  power  to  call  the  Organized  Militia 
into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  to  raise  volunteers,  authorizes  the 
chiefs  of  the  supply  departments  of  the  Army  to  equip  and  supply  said  forces 
in  the  manner  authorized  by  the  Army  and  Field  Service  Regulations,  limited 
only  by  available  appropriations. 

742.  When  a  chief  of  bureau  of  the  War  Department  desires  to  change  the 
station  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  his  department,  or  to  send  him  on  duty 


STAFF   ADMINISTRATION.  155 

peculiar  thereto  (except  as  hereinafter  authorized),  he  will  apply  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  the  necessary  orders,  setting  forth  the  rea- 
sons for  the  change  or  the  purpose  of  the  journeys.  Journeys,  not  involving 
change  of  station,  to  be  performed  by  officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  on  duty 
peculiar  to  fortification  work  or  to  river  and  harbor  or  other  civil  work,  may 
be  ordered  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers  when  such  officers  are  subject  to  his  imme- 
diate orders,  and  similarly  may  be  approved  by  him  under  paragraph  73.  Dis- 
trict engineer  officers  may  issue  orders  to  their  military  assistants  for  journeys 
to  be  performed  by  them  on  duty  peculiar  to  fortification  work  or  to  river  and 
harbor  or  other  civil  work  within  the  geographical  limits  of  their  respective 
districts  and  may  approve  such  travel  under  paragraph  73. 

743.  The   assignment  to   stations  of  officers   or   enlisted   men   of   the   staff 
departments,  except  as  provided  in  the  Field  Service  Regulations,  will  be  made 
by  the  War  Department  or  by  commanders  of  territorial  departments  under 
the  special  authority  of  the  War  Department.     The  commander  of  a  depart- 
ment who,  in  consequence  of  the  movement  of  troops  or  other  necessity  of 
service,   removes  an  officer  from  the  station  to  which  he  has  been  assigned 
by  the  War  Department  will  promptly  report  the  case  to  The  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Army.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  52.) 

744.  When  business  upon  which  a  board  of  officers  is  to  be  assembled  is 
solely  within  the  sphere  of  duty  of  a  particular  staff  department,  and  the  mem- 
bers thereof  are  to  be  selected  from  the  same,  the  chief  of  such  department  will 
call  the  board  if  it  is  to  meet  at  a  post  or  station  under  his  immediate  control 
and  is  to  be  composed  only  of  officers  serving  thereat;  otherwise  the  order 
appointing  it  will  be  issued  by  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

745.  Copies  of  all  important  communications   from  a  bureau  of  the  War 
Department  to  a  disbursing  officer  on  the  staff  of  a  department  commander, 
which  concern  service  in  such  department,  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  department 
commander. 

746.  Staff  officers  assigned  to  the  command  of  an  officer  are  under  his  super- 
vision and  control  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  or  affecting  the  command  and  in 
all  other  matters  which  are  not  specially  excepted  from  such  control  by  the 
regulations  or  orders  of  the  War  Department. 

747.  Commanders   of  departments,   in   order   to   avoid  unnecessary   clerical 
labor  and  accumulation  of  papers,  will  call  upon  officers  under  their  orders 
for  only  such  abstracts  or  reports,   in  addition  to  those  required  by  regula- 
tions, as  may  be  needed  for  proper  admiustration,  but  will  not  require  regular 
reports  and  returns  at  stated  times  without  the   authority   of  the  War   De- 
partment. 

748.  Commanding   officers   will   cause   returns,    requisitions,    and    estimates 
pertaining  to  their  respective  commands  to  be  promptly  made  and  forwarded. 

749.  Officers  doing  duty  as  staff  officers  of  military  posts  and  commands 
will  submit  their  estimates  and  requisitions  for  supplies,  property,  and  money 
to  their  immediate  commanding  officers  for  revision  and  approval,  who  will 
carefully  examine  estimates  and  requisitions  and  satisfy  themselves  that  money 
or  articles  asked  for  are  in  amount,  quantity,  and  kind  actually  required  for 
the  public  service  during  the  period  covered. 

750.  The  chief  of  each  branch  of  the  staff  of  any  command  will  carefully 
revise  the  estimates  and  requisitions  for  money  and  supplies  for  the  command 
in  so  far  as  his  particular  branch  is  concerned.    He  will  ascertain  and  recom- 
mend  the  cheapest   markets   and   most   economical   roxites   of   transportation. 
Such  officers  will  receive  from  their  commanders  timely  instructions  as  to  all 
contemplated  movements  of  troops  and  as  to  any  probable  increase  or  diminu- 


156  GENERAL  STAFF  €OBPS. 

tion  of  the  garrison  at  any  particular  post,  that  a  proper  and  economical  dis- 
tribution of  supplies  may  be  made. 

751.  It  is  the  duty  of  commanding  officers  to  enforce  rigid  economy  in  public 
expenditures  and  to  correct  all  irregularity  and  extravagance  which  they  may 
discover ;   to  see  that  disbursements  are  economically  made  and  that  public 
property  is  protected ;  to  scrutinize  carefully  all  contracts  and  vouchers  for 
disbursements ;  and  to  guard  the  public  interests  in  every  particular. 

ARTICLE   LVIII.1 

GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS. 

752.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  created  in  conformity  to  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  February  14,  1903,  is  composed  of  officers  of  the  grades  and  number 
specified  in  said  act,  detailed  for  service  in  said  corps  for  a  period  of  four  years 
unless  sooner  relieved,  under  rules  of  selection  prescribed  by  the  President. 
Upon  being  relieved  from  duty  in  the  General  Staff  Corps  officers  return  to  the 
branch  of  the  Army  in  which  they  hold  permanent  commissions,  and  except  in 
case  of  emergency  or  in  time  of  war  are  not  eligible  to  further  detail  therein 
until  they  have  served  for  two  years  with  the  branch  of  the  Army  in  which 
commissioned.     This  ineligibility  does  not  apply  to  any  officer  who  has  been 
relieved  prior  to  the  expiration  of  four  years'  duty  with  the  corps;  but  such 
officer  will  become  ineligible  as  soon  as  he  shall  have  completed  a  total  of  four 
years  of  said  duty.    While  serving  in  the  General  Staff  Corps  officers  may  be 
temporarily  assigned  to  duty  with  any  branch  of  the  Army. 

753.  The  law  establishes  the  General  Staff  Corps  as  a  separate  and  distinct 
staff  organization,  the  chief  of  which  has  supervision,  under  superior  authority, 
over  all  branches  of  the  military  service,  line  and  staff,  except  such  as  are 
exempted  therefrom  by  law  or  regulations,  with  a  view  to  their  coordination 
and  harmonious  cooperation  in  the  execution  of  authorized  military  policies. 

754.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  is 
charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  and  reporting  upon  all  questions  affect- 
ing the  efficiency  of  the  Army  and  its  state  of  preparation  for  military  opera- 
tions, and  to  this  end  considers  and  reports  upon  all  questions  relating  to 
organization,  distribution,  equipment,  armament,  and  training  of  the  military 
forces    (regulars,    volunteers,    and  militia),    proposed    legislative    enactments 
and  general  and  special  regulations  affecting  the  Army,  transportation,  com- 
munications, quarters,  and  supplies;  prepares  projects  for  maneuvers;  revises 
estimates  for  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  and  advises  as  to 
disbursement  of  such  appropriations ;   exercises  supervision  over  inspections, 
military   education  and .  instruction,    examinations   for   the   appointment   and 
promotion  of  officers,  efficiency  records,  details  and  assignments,  and  all  orders 
and  instructions  originating  in  the  course  of  administration  in  any  branch  of 
the  service  which  have  relation  to  the  efficiency  of  the  military  forces ;  pre- 
pares important  orders  and  correspondence  embodying  the  orders  and  instruc- 
tions of  the  President  and  Secretary  of  War  to  the  Army ;  reviews  the  reports 
of  examining  and  retiring  boards,  and  acts  upon  such  other  matters  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  determine. 

755.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  under  like  direction,  is  further  charged  with 
the  duty  of  preparing  plans  for  the  national  defense  and  for  the  mobilization  of 
the  military  forces   (including  the  assignment  to  armies,  corps,  divisions,  ami 
other   headquarters  of  the  necessary  quota   of  general  staff  and   other   staff 

1  This  article  is  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  April 
34,   1906. 


GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS.  157 

officers),  and  incident  thereto  with  the  study  of  possible  theaters  of  war  and  of 
strategic  questions  in  general ;  with  the  collection  of  military  Information  of 
foreign  countries  and  of  our  own ;  the  preparation  of  plans  of  campaign,  of 
reports  of  campaigns,  battles,  engagements,  and  expeditions,  and  of  technical 
histories  of  military  operations  of  the  United  States. 

756.  To  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  are  committed  the  further  duties 
of  rendering  professional  aid  and  assistance  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  to  gen- 
eral officers  and  other  superior  commanders  and  of  acting  as  their  agents  in 
informing,  and  coordinating-  the  action  of,  all  the  different  officers  who  are 
subject  under  the  provisions  of  law  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 
They  perform  such  other  military  duties  not  otherwise  assigned  by  law  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  prescribed  by  the  President.     Under  the  authority  here 
conferred  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  are  intrusted  with  the  executive 
duties  hereinafter  indicated. 

757.  Officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  assigned  to  duty  with  commanders 
of  armies,  divisions,  separate  brigades,  and  territorial  departments  are  collec- 
tively denominated  the  General  Staff  serving  with  troops.     They  serve  under 
the  immediate  orders  of  such  commanders ;  those  not  so  assigned  perform  duty 
under  the  immediate  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  constitute  the  Wai* 
Department  General  Staff. 

758.  The  assignment  of  duties  to  the  General  Staff  Corps  does  not  involve 
in  any  degree  the  impairment  of  the  initiative  and  responsibility  which  special 
staff  corps  and  departments  have  in  the  transaction  of  current  business. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT  GENERAL  STAFF. 

759.  To  facilitate  the  performance  of  its  duties,  the  War  Department  General 
Staff  will  be  arranged  in  sections,  each  under  the  direction  of  an  officer  of  the 
General  Staff  Corps  to  be  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Staff.     Such  committees 
will  be  designated  in  the  sections  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  necessary  to 
facilitate  the  transaction  of  business  in  hand. 

760.  The  War  Department  General  Staff  in  its  several  sections  and  commit- 
tees stands  in  an  advisory  relation  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  performance  of 
the  duties  herein  devolved  upon  him.    The  distribution  of  duties  to  the  several 
sections  and  committees  is  regulated  by  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

761.  Under  the  act  of  February  14,  1903,  the  command  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States  rests  with  the  constitutional  Commander  in  Chief,  the  President. 
The  President  will  place  parts  of  the  Army,  and  separate  armies  whenever  con- 
stituted, under  commanders  subordinate  to  his  general  command ;  and,  in  case 
of  exigency  seeming  to  him  to  require  it,  he  may  place  the  whole  Army  under 
a  single  commander  subordinate  to  him  ;  but  in  time  of  peace  and  under  ordinary 
conditions  the  administration  and  control  of  the  Army  are  effected  without  any 
second  in  command. 

The  President's  command  is  exercised  through  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the 
Chief  of  Staff.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  charged  with  carrying  out  the  policies 
of  the  President  in  military  affairs.  He  directly  represents  the  President  and 
is  bound  always  to  act  in  conformity  to  the  President's  instructions.  Under  the 
law  and  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  his  acts  are  the  President's  acts 
and  his  directions  and  orders  are  the  President's  directions  and  orders. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  acts  as  his  military 
adviser,  receives  from  him  the  directions  and  orders  given  in  behalf  of  the 
President,  and  gives  effect  thereto  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided.  For 


158  GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS. 

purposes  of  administration  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  will  constitute  a 
supervising  military  bureau  of  the  War  Department. 

Exceptions  to  this  ordinary  course  of  administration  may,  however,  be  made 
at  any  time  if  the  President  sees  fit  to  call  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  to  give 
information  or  advice,  or  receive  instructions,  directly. 

Wherever  in  these  regulations  action  by  the  President  is  referred  to,  the  action 
of  the  President  through  the  Secretary  of  War  is  included ;  and  wherever  the 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  referred  to,  the  Secretary  of  War  is  deemed 
to  act  as  the  representative  of  the  President  and  under  his  direction. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  is  detailed  by  the  President  from  officers  of  the  Army  at 
large  not  below  the  grade  of  brigadier  general.  The  successful  performance  of 
the  duties  of  the  position  requires  what  the  title  denotes — a  relation  of  absolute 
confidence  and  personal  accord  and  sympathy  between  the  Chief  of  Staff  and 
the  President,  and  necessarily  also  between  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  For  this  reason,  without  any  reflection  whatever  upon  the  officer 
detailed,  the  detail  will  in  every  case  cease,  unless  sooner  terminated,  on  the 
day  following  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  office  of  the  President  by  whom  the 
detail  is  made;  and  if  at  any  time  the  Chief  of  Staff  considers  that  he  can  no 
longer  sustain  toward  the  President  and  the  Secretary  of  War  the  relations 
above  described,  it  will  be  his  duty  to  apply  to  be  relieved. 

The  provisions  of  paragraph  752  regarding  the  redetail  of  an  officer  who  has 
not  completed  a  total  of  four  years'  service  apply  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

762.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  charged  as  limited  and  provided  by  law  with  the 
duty  of  supervising,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  troops  of 
the  line,  the  Adjutant  General's,  Inspector  General's,  Judge  Advocate  General's, 
Medical,  and  Ordnance  Departments,  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  the  Corps  of 
Engineers,  and  the  Signal  Corps.    He  performs  such  other  military  duties  not 
otherwise  assigned  by  law  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  President. 

763.  The  supervisory  power  vested  by  statute  in  the  Chief  of  Staff  covers 
primarily  duties  pertaining  to  the  command,  discipline,  training,  and  recruit- 
ment of  the  Army,  military  operations,  distribution  of  troops,  inspections,  arma- 
ment, fortifications,  military  education  and  instruction,  and  kindred  matters, 
but  includes  also,  in  an  advisory  capacity,  such  duties  connected  with  fiscal  ad- 
ministration and  supply  as  are  committed  to  him  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

In  respect  to  all  duties  within  the  scope  of  his  supervisory  power,  and  more 
particularly  those  duties  enumerated  in  this  and  the  following  paragraph,  he 
makes  and  causes  to  be  made  inspections  to  determine  defects  which  may  exist 
in  any  matter  affecting  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  and  its  state  of  preparation 
for  war.  He  keeps  the  Secretary  of  War  constantly  informed  of  defects  dis- 
covered, and  under  his  direction  issues  the  necessary  instructions  for  their 
correction. 

764.  Supervisory  power  is  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  over  all  matters 
arising  in  the  execution  of  acts  of  Congress  and  executive  regulations  made  in 
pursuance  thereof  relating  to  the  militia.    This  supervision  is  especially  directed 
to  matters  of  organization,  armament,  equipment,  discipline,  training,  and  in- 
spections.   Proposed  legal  enactments  and  regulations  affecting  the  militia  and 
estimates  for  appropriations  for  its  support  are  considered  by  him,  and  his 
recommendations  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

765.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  informing  the  Secretary 
of  War  as  to  the  qualifications  of  officers  as  determined  by  their  records,  with 
a  view  to  proper  selection  for  special  details,  assignments,  and  promotions,  in- 
cluding detail  to  and  relief  from  the  General  Staff  Corps;  also  of  presenting 
recommendations  for  the  recognition  of  special  or  distinguished  services. 


ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT.  159 

766.  All  orders  and  instructions  emanating  from  the  War  Department,  and 
all  regulations  affecting  the  Army  or  the  status  of  officers  or  enlisted  men 
therein,  are  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War  through  the  Chief  of  Staff,  and 
are  communicated  to  troops  and  individuals  in  the  military  service  through  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

767.  The  assignment  of  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  to  stations  and 
duties  is  made  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

768.  In  case  of  absence  or  disability  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  the  senior  officer 
of  the  General  Staff  present  for  duty  in  Washington  shall  act  as  such  chief 
unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

769.  In  the  performance  of  the  duties  hereinbefore  enumerated  and  in  repre- 
sentation of  superior  authority,  the  Chief  of  Staff  calls  for  information,  makes 
investigations,  issues  instructions,  and  exercises  all  other  functions  necessary 
to  secure  proper  harmony  and  efficiency  of  action  upon  the  part  of  those  placed 
under  his  supervision. 

THE  GENERAL,  STAFF  SERVING  WITH  TROOPS. 

770.  The  general  staff  of  a  command  consists  of  general  staff  officers  of  such 
number  and  grades  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  on  the  recommendation  of  the 
Chief  of  Staff. 

771.  The  senior  general  staff  officer  on  duty  with  a  command  shall,  unless 
otherwise  directed  by  the  War  Department,  be  the  chief  of  staff  of  the  com- 
mand.   Ordinarily  he  will  be  so  assigned  by  the  War  Department. 

772.  The  duties  of  the  chief  of  staff  of  a  command  are  as  prescribed  for 
officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  in  paragraphs  754  to  757,  and  in  addition  he 
will,  under  direction  of  the  commander  of  the  troops,  perform  all  duties  analo- 
gous to  those  devolved  by  paragraphs  762  to  769  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  of 
the  Army.     The  other  general  staff  officers  serving  with  troops  are  employed 
under  the  direction  of  the  commanders  thereof  upon  the  duties  prescribed  for 
officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  and  they  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
within  the  scope  of  general  staff  employment  as  may  be  directed  by  such  com- 
manders.   General  staff  officers  will  not  be  assigned  to  other  than  general  staff 
duties  except  by  special  authority  of  the  War  Department. 

778.  The  two  general  officers  authorized  for  the  General  Staff  Corps  are 
detailed  by  the  President  from  officers  of  the  Army  at  large  not  below  the  grade 
of  brigadier  general.  All  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  the  General  Staff  Corps 
in  grades  below  that  of  brigadier  general  will  be  filled  on  the  recommendation 
of  a  board  of  five  general  officers  of  the  line,  not  more  than  two  of  whom  shall 
be  members  of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  convened  by  the  War  Department  at 
such  times  as  may  be  necessary.  The  board  will  be  sworn  to  recommend  offi- 
cers solely  on  their  professional  efficiency,  and  on  their  probable  aptitude  and 
fitness  for  general  staff  service,  and  will  select  such  number  ef  officers  of  the 
proper  grades  to  fill  existing  or  expected  vacancies  as  the  War  Department 
may  direct. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

774.  The  Adjutant  General's  Department  is  the  department  of  records, 
orders,  and  correspondence  of  the  Army  and  the  militia. 

The  Adjutant  General  is  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  all  matters  pertaining  to 


160  MILITARY   CORRESPONDENCE. 

the  command,  discipline,  or  administration  of  the  existing  Military  Establish- 
ment, with  the  duty  of  recording,  authenticating,  and  communication  to  troops 
and  individuals  in  the  military  service  all  orders,  instructions,  and  regulations 
issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War  through  the  Chief  of  Staff ;  of  preparing  and 
distributing  commissions ;  of  compiling  and  issuing  the  Army  Register  and  the 
Army  List  and  Directory ;  of  consolidating  the  general  returns  of  the  Army ; 
of  arranging  and  preserving  the  reports  of  officers  detailed  to  visit  encampments 
of  militia ;  of  preparing  the  annual  returns  of  the  militia  required  by  law  to  be 
submitted  to  Congress ;  of  managing  the  recruiting  service,  and  of  recording  and 
issuing  orders  from  the  War  Department  remitting  or  mitigating  sentences  of 
general  prisoners  who  have  been  discharged  from  the  military  service. 

The  Adjutant  General  is  vested  by  law  with  the  charge,  under  the  Secretary 
of  War,  "  of  the  military  and  hospital  records  of  the  volunteer  armies  and  the 
pension  and  other  business  of  the  War  Department  connected  therewith  " ;  and 
of  the  publication  and  distribution  of  the  Official  Records  of  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion.  He  also  has  charge  of  the  historical  records  and  business  of  the 
permanent  Military  Establishment,  including  all  pension;  pay,  bounty,  and  other 
business  pertaining  to  or  based  upon  the  military  or  medical  histories  of  former 
officers  or  enlisted  men. 

The  archives  of  The  Adjutant  General's  Office  include:  All  military  records 
of  the  Revolutionary  War ;  the  records  of  all  organizations,  officers,  and  enlisted 
men  that  have  been  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  since  the  Revo- 
lutionary War ;  the  records  of  the  movements  and  operations  of  troops ;  the 
medical  and  hospital  records  of  the  Army ;  all  reports  of  physical  examination 
of  recruits  and  all  identification  cards ;  the  records  of  the  Provost  Marshal  Gen- 
eral's Bureau ;  the  records  of  the  Bureau  of  Refugees,  Freedmen,  and  Aban- 
doned Lands;  the  Confederate  records,  including  those  pertaining  to  the  legis- 
lative, executive,  and  judicial  branches  of  the  Confederate  government. 

Upon  the  muster  out  or  discharge  of  volunteers  or  militia  from  the  service  of 
the  United  States  all  the  records  that  pertain  to  them,  and  that  have  not  already 
been  filed  in  The  Adjutant  General's  Office,  will  be  transferred  to  and  filed  in 
that  office. 

The  Adjutant  General  takes  such  steps  as  are  necessary  to  complete  or  correct 
the  records  in  his  custody,  and  answers  all  calls  or  inquiries  that  are  answer- 
able from  those  records  and  that  do  not  require  administrative  action  by  other 
bureaus  of  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE   UL. 

MILITARY  CORRESPONDENCE. 

775.  An  official  letter  should  refer  to  one  subject  only.     Letters  of  trans- 
mittal  will  be  used  only  when  necessary,  and  when  used  must  refer  only  to  the 
matter  transmitted ;  none  are  required  with  rolls,  returns,  estimates,  requisi- 
tions, or  periodical  reports.    Telegrams  will  be  followed  by  official  copies  sent 
by  first  mail  in  cases  of  financial  transactions  of  more  than  trifling  importance 
and  in  cases  in  which  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  may  deem  it 
necessary  themselves  to  send,  or  to  require  officers  serving  under  their  imme- 
diate control  to  send  to  them,  such  copies. 

776.  Letters  will  be  written,  folded,  numbered,  briefed,  marked,  and  signed; 
indorsements  will  be  written,  numbered,  and  signed ;  and  inclosures  will  be 
numbered   and   marked   as  prescribed   in   orders   from  the   War   Department. 
Models   illustrating  the  system   are  furnished   from   The  Adjutant   General's 
Office. 


MILITARY   CORRESPONDENCE.  161 

777.  The  post-office  address  of  an  officer's  station  will  be  given  in  his  official 
letters.     Indefinite  expressions  of  locality,   which  do  not  Indicate  where  the 
letter  was  written,  will  not  be  used. 

778.  In  order  to  reduce  the  possibility  of  confidential  communications  falling 
Into  the  hands  of  persons  other  than  those  for  whom  they  are  intended,  the 
sender  will  inclose  them  in  an  inner  and  an  outer  cover ;  the  inner  cover  to  be 
a  sealed  envelope  or  wrapper  addressed  in  the  usual  way  but  marked  plainly 
"  Confidential "  in  such  manner  that  the  notation  may  be  most  readily  seen 
when  the  outer  cover  is  removed.     The  package  thus  prepared  will  then  be 
inclosed  in  another  sealed  envelope  or  wrapper  addressed  in  the  ordinary  man- 
ner with  no  notation  to  indicate  the  confidential  nature  of  the  contents. 

The  foregoing  applies  not  only  to  confidential  communications  entrusted  to 
the  mails  or  to  telegraph  companies  but  also  to  such  communications  entrusted 
to  messengers  passing  between  different  offices  of  the  same  headquarters, 
including  the  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  War  Department. 

Government  telegraph  operators  will  be  held  responsible  that  all  telegrams 
are  carefully  guarded.  No  received  telegram  will  ever  leave  an  office  except  in 
a  sealed  envelope,  properly  addressed.  All  files  will  be  carefully  guarded,  and 
access  thereto  will  be  denied  to  all  parties  except  those  authorized  by  law  to 
see  the  same. 

779.  Official  communications  will  be  signed  or  authenticated  with  the  pen 
and  not  by  facsimiles,  and  if  written  by  order,  it  will  be  stated  by  whose  order. 
Signatures  will  be  plainly  and  legibly  written.     By  virture  of  the  commission 
and  assignment  to  duty,  the  adjutant  general  or  adjutant  of  any  command 
transacts  the  business  or  correspondence  of  that  command  over  his  own  signa- 
ture ;  but  when  orders  or  instructions  of  any  kind  are  given,  the  authority  by 
which  he  gives  the  order  must  be  stated.     In  the  absence  of  a  commanding 
general,  his  chief  of  staff,  or,  if  there  be  none,  his  adjutant  general,  in  signing 
the  communications  to  be  forwarded  to  higher  authority,  will  add  to  his  signa- 
ture the  words,  "  In  the  absence  of  the commander." 

780.  An  officer  will  not  be  designated   in   orders  nor  addressed  in  official 
communications  by  any  other  title  than  that  of  his  actual  rank. 

781.  Private  correspondence  from  persons  in  the  military  service  which  they 
may  desire  to  have  forwarded  through  the  dispatch  agents  of  the  United  States 
will  be  addressed,  under  cover,  to  the  War  Department. 

782.  Except  as  otherwise  specially  authorized  or  required  by  Army  Regu- 
lations, all  official  communications  from  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army 
outside  of  the  War  Department  intended  for  the  Secretary  of  War  or  for  any 
bureau  or  office  of  the  War  Department  will  be  in  writing  and  addressed  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  submit  all  business,  coming  to 
him  from  the  Army,  which  requires  action  in  the  War  Department  or  by  the 
President  and  which  does  not  come  within  the  jurisdiction  of  chiefs  of  bureaus, 
to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  to  be  acted  upon  by  him  in  conformity  to  the  rules  duly 
prescribed  for  that  purpose  by  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Correspondence  of  the  War  Department  with  the  Army  will  be  through  or  by 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

788.  Communications,  whether  from  a  subordinate  to  a  superior,  or  vice 
versa,  will  pass  through  intermediate  commanders.  This  rule  will  not  be  inter- 
preted as  including  matters  in  relation  to  which  intermediate  commanders  can 
have  no  knowledge,  and  over  which  they  are  not  expected  to  exercise  control. 
Chiefs  of  War  Department  bureaus  are  intermediate  commanders  between 
higher  authority  and  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  their  respective  corps  or 
departments,  who  are  serving  under  the  exclusive  control  of  themselves  and 
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162  MILITARY   CORRESPONDENCE. 

tlieir  subordinates.  Verbal  communications  will  be  governed  by  the  same  rules 
as  to  channels  as  written  communications.  When  necessity  requires  commu- 
nications to  be  sent  through  other  than  the  prescribed  channel,  the  necessity 
therefor  will  be  stated. 

Communications  from  superiors  to  subordinates  will  be  answered  through 
the  same  channel  as  received. 

784.  Correspondence  between  an  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  department  and 
the  chief  of  the  War  Department  bureau  in  which  he  is  serving,  which  does 
not  involve  questions  of  administrative  responsibility  within  the  supervision  of 
commanding  officers  outside  that  staff  corps  or  department  nor  relate  to  indi- 
vidual interests  or  status  of  a  military  nature  requiring  the  action  of  author- 
ity outside  that  staff  corps  or  department,  and  which  is  concerned  exclusively 
with  the  business  of  that  staff  corps  or  department,  will  pass  directly.  ^All 
business  emanating  from  the  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  requiring  the 
action  of  higher  authority  will  be  submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  for  his  con- 
sideration, either  orally  in  person,  or  in  writing  through  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army.     In  all  cases  the  action  of  higher  authority  thereon  will  be  com- 
municated in  writing  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  to  those  concerned. 
Matters,   however,   of  a  purely   civil   nature   will   be  submitted   by   chiefs   of 
bureaus  directly  to  the  Secretary  of  War  unless  otherwise  required  by  their 
subject  matter. 

785.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  783,  all  communications,  reports,  and 
estimates  from  officers  serving  at  a  military  post,  and  communications  of  every 
nature  addressed  to  them  relating  to  affairs  of  the  post,  will  pass  through  the 
post  commander. 

786.  Officers   who   forward  communications  will   indorse  thereon   their   ap- 
proval or  disapproval,  with  remarks.     No  communication  will  be  forwarded  to 
the  War  Department  by  a  department  commander  or  other  superior  officer  for 
the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War  without  some  recommendation  or  expression 
of  opinion. 

787.  A  commander  or  chief  of  bureau  may  communicate  with  those  under  his 
command  or  direction  through  a  staff  or  other  suitable  officer.    With  all  others 
he  will  himself  make  the  communication. 

788.  Unless  otherwise  expressly  authorized  by  statute,  an  application  for  the 
official  opinion  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General  or  of  an  officer  of  any  Executive 
Department  of  the  Government  other  than  the  War  Department  will  be  ad- 
dressed to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.    Abstract  questions  will  not  be 
presented. 

789.  Unimportant  and  trivial  communications  need  not  be  forwarded  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  simply  because  addressed  to  him.     Department, 
brigade,  and  district  commanders  should  decide  whether  a  communication  is  of 
sufficient  importance  to  be  forwarded. 

790.  In  official  correspondence  between  officers  or  between  officers  and  offi- 
cials of  other  branches  of  the  public  service,  and  especially  in  matters  involving 
questions  of  jurisdiction,  conflict  of  authority,  or  dispute,  officers  of  the  Army 
are  reminded  that  their  correspondence  should  be  courteous  in  tone  and  free 
from  any  expression  partaking  of  a   personal   nature  or   calculated   to   give 
offense.     Whenever  questions  of  such  character  shall   arise  between   officers 
and  officials  of  other  branches  of  the  public  service,  and  it  is  found  that  they 
can   not   be   reconciled   by   an   interchange   of   courteous   correspondence,    the 
officer  of  the  Army,  as  the  representative  of  the  interests  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment in  the  matter  involved,  will  make  a  full  presentation  of  the  case  to  the 
Secretary  of  War   through  the  proper   military   channels,   in  order   that  the 
same  may  be  properly  considered. 


ORDERS.  163 

ARTICLE   LXI. 

OKDEES. 

791.  The  routine  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  divisions,  brigades,  regi- 
ments, battalions  not<  organized  into  regiments,  posts,  departments,   and   dis- 
tricts are  denominated  "general  (general  court-martial  or  special)  orders"  of 
such  army,  division,  etc.,  according  to  character,  and  are  numbered  in  separate 
series,  each  beginning  with  the  calendar  year  or  at  the  time  of  the  establish- 
ment of  the  headquarters.    Orders  issued  by  commanders  of  battalions  forming 
parts  of  regiments,  companies,  or  small  detachments  are  simply  denominated 
"  orders,"  and  are  numbered  in  a  single  series,  beginning  with  the  year.     Cir- 
culars issued  from  any  headquarters  are  numbered  in  a  separate  series. 

The  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments,  separate 
battalions,  and  companies  in  the  field,  relating  entirely  to  tactical  or  strategical 
operations  incident  to  a  state  of  war,  are  denominated  "  field  orders  "  and  are 
numbered  in  series. 

792.  General  orders  publish  matters  of  importance  to  the  whole  command 
which  are  of  permanent  interest  or  are  to  be  constantly  observed,  such  as 
hours  for  roll  calls  and  duties,  police  regulations  and  prohibitions,  laws  and 
regulations  for  the  Army,  aud  eulogies  or  censures. 

793.  Special  orders  are  such  as  concern  individuals  or  relate  to  matters  that 
need  not  be  made  known  to  the  whole  command. 

794.  General   orders   and   all   important   special   orders   must   be   read   and 
approved,  before  issue,  by  the  officer  whose  orders  they  are. 

795.  An  order  will  state  the  source  from  which  it  emanates,  its  number,  date, 
place  of  issue,  and  the  authority  under  which  issued.     It  may  be  put  in  the 
form  of  a  letter  addressed  to  the  individual  concerned  through  the  proper 
channel. 

796.  Orders   for  any   body   of  troops   will   ordinarily   be   addressed   to   its 
commanding  officer,  the  address  naming  the  office  and  not  the  individual.    They 
will  be  executed  by  the  commander  present,  who  will  publish  them  and  dis- 
tribute copies  when  necessary. 

797.  Orders  eulogizing  the  conduct  of  living  officers  will  not  be  issued  except 
in  cases  of  gallantry  in  action  or  performance  of  especially  hazardous"  service. 
Obituaries  of  commissioned  officers  will  be  limited  to  statements  of  service  as 
shown  by  the  records.     (C.  A.  R.  No.  1.) 

798.  In  the  field,  verbal  and  important  written  orders  are  carried  by  officers. 
Dispatches  for  distant  corps  should  be  intrusted  only  to  officers  to  whom  their 
contents  may  be  confided. 

799.  Mounted  enlisted  men  will  be  employed:  to  carry  important  dispatches 
only  in  special  and  urgent  cases.    The  precise  hours  of  departure  and  the  rates 
at  which  they  are  to  be  conveyed  will  be  written  clearly  on  the  covers  of  all 
dispatches  transmitted  by  mounted  orderlies. 

800.  Orders  to  an  officer  involving  travel  on  duty,  as  for  the  inspection  or 
payment  of  troops,  etc.,  will  designate  the  troops  and  posts  to  be  visited  and  the 
order  in  which  he  will  visit  them. 

801.  Orders  and  instructions  will  be  transmitted  through  intermediate  com- 
manders, in  order  of  rank,  except  when  they  are  of  such  character  that  the 
commanders  have  no  power  to  tnodify  or  suspend  them.     In  such  cases  the 
orders  or  instructions  will  be  sent  directly  to  the  officer  by  whom  they  are  to 
be  executed,  copies  being  furnished  to  the  intermediate  commanders. 

802.  Printed  orders  are  generally  distributed  directly  to  posts  by  the  head- 
quarters from  which  issued.    Files  of  such  orders  will  be  kept  by  each  regiment 


164  OKDEKS. 

and  company  and  at  each  military  post,  and  will  be  turned  over  by  a  com- 
mander, when  relieved,  to  his  successor.  If  general  orders  in  regular  succes- 
sion are  not  received  within  a  reasonable  time,  commanding  officers  will  report 
missing  numbers  to  the  proper  headquarters. 

803.  General  orders  of  the  War  Department  issued  from  the  Office  of  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  be  distributed  by  The  Adjutant  General's 
Department.  The  distribution  will  be  made,  first,  by  The  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army  directly,  and,  second,  under  the  immediate  direction  of  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army,  by  the  department  adjutants  of  the  several  territorial 
departments,  each  department  adjutant  to  make  the  distribution  within  his 
own  department 

1.   BY  THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL  OF  THE  ARMY.  ••» 

(a)  To  the  department  adjutants  of  the  several  territorial  departments,  such 
number  of  copies  as  will  enable  them  to  make  the  distribution  hereinafter  pre- 
scribed, (b)  To  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  and  offices  of 
the  War  Department,  for  use  in  the  official  files  and  for  the  personal  files  of 
such  officers  as  are  on  duty  in  Washington  in  the  War  Department  General 
Staff,  the  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  department,  and  the  Army  War  College, 
(c)  To  each  military  attache,  one  copy  for  his  personal  file. 

2.    BY    THE    DEPABTMENT    ADJUTANTS    OF    THE    SEVERAL    TERRITORIAL    DEPARTMENTS. 

(a)  To  the  several  offices  at  department,  brigade,  and  district  headquarters 
for  the  official  files  thereat,  (b)  To  each  regimental,  coast  defense,  and  post 
headquarters  for  the  official  files  thereat ;  to  each  troop,  battery,  or  company 
organization  for  its  official  file;  and  to  each  officer,  whatever  his  duty  or  sta- 
tion, who  is  under  assignment  to  or  is  serving  within  the  geographical  limits 
of  any  territorial  department  and  who  is  not  supplied  directly  by  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  as  hereinbefore  provided,  including  every  officer  absent 
sick,  on  leave  of  absence,  or  otherwise  temporarily  absent,  for  his  personal  file, 
(c)  To  each  civil  educational  institution  to  which  an  officer  of  the  Army  is 
detailed,  two  copies,  one  of  which  is  for  the  file  of  the  institution  and  the  other 
for  the  personal  file  of  the  officer,  both  copies  to  be  sent  directly  to  the  officer, 
who  will  deliver  one  of  them  to  the  head  of  the  institution.  ( d )  To  the  follow- 
ing institutions,  depots,  stations,  and  other  establishments  that  may  be  located 
within  the  geographical  limits  of  any  territorial  department,  for  official  and  per- 
sonal files,  to  wit,  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  the  service  schools 
(except  the  Army  War  College),  the  United  States  Military  Prison  or  any 
branch  thereof,  general  recruit  depots,  general  recruiting  stations,  general 
hospitals,  arsenals,  armories,  general  depots  of  supply,  and  Signal  Corps  sta- 
tions, (e)  To  the  Army  transports,  mine  planters,  and  cable  ships  serving 
within  the  geographical  limits  of  any  territorial  department,  or  having  home 
ports  therein. 

In  making  the  distribution  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  following  rules 
will  govern :  An  official  file  or  a  personal  file  consists  of  one  copy  of  each 
general  order  of  the  series.  Only  one  personal  file  will  be  allowed  in  any 
individual  case  and  the  number  of  official  files  will  be  as  follows:  (1)  To 
department  and  military  district  headquarters,  such  number  as  may  be  neces- 
sary. (2)  To  a  coast  defense  or  a  regimental  headquarters,  five;  to  a  post, 
one  for  the  post,  one  each  for  the  adjutant,  quartermaster,  surgeon,  and 
ordnance  officer,  and  one  for  the  post  artillery  engineer  at  each  coast  artillery 


ORDERS.  165 

post  that  is  not  coast  defense  command  headquarters.  (3)  To  each  troop, 
battery,  or  company  organization,  one.  (4)  To  an  Army  transport,  mine  planter, 
or  cable  ship,  one. 

The  requisite  number  of  copies  of  orders  to  supply  all  authorized  official  and 
personal  files  at  a  post  will  be  sent  to  the  post  commander,  who  will  distribute 
them  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph. 

When  a  regiment  is  serving  in  the  field  it  will  be  furnished  with  three  copies 
of  each  geaeral  order,  in  addition  to  the  number  for  the  official  and  personal 
files  hereinbefore  authorized. 

In  all  cases  in  which  the  number  of  orders  to  be  supplied  for  official  files  is 
not  definitely  fixed  by  this  paragraph,  the  number  of  such  files  to  be  maintained 
and  supplied  will  be  determined  by  special  instructions  from  The  Adjutant 
General's  Office. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  War  Department  will  not  supply  copies 
of  War  Department  orders  for  the  official  or  personal  files  of  any  of  their 
subordinates,  except  such  as  are  on  duty  in  their  respective  bureaus  and  offices 
in  Washington. 

The  official  files  of  general  orders  will  not  be  removed  from  the  stations  or 
organizations  to  which  they  belong. 

Individual  officers  serving,  or  under  assignment  to  duty,  within  the  geo- 
graphical limits  of  any  territorial  department,  but  not  reporting  to  the  head- 
quarters thereof,  will  make  application  to  the  department  adjutant  of  such  de- 
partment for  their  supply  of  War  Department  general  orders,  and  will  there- 
after keep  him  informed  of  any  change  in  their  respective  addresses,  such 
application  to  show  in  each  case  the  number  of  the  last  general  order  of  the 
officers'  files,  in  order  that  his  files  may  be  brought  to  date  and  kept  complete. 

Officers  failing  to  receive  copies  of  general  orders  of  the  War  Department,  or 
desiring  to  replace  copies  that  have  been  lost  or  destroyed,  will  make  applica- 
tion for  the  desired  copies  to  the  officer  by  whom  such  orders  are  ordinarily 
furnished  to  them. 

SPECIAL    OBDEBS. 

Full  copies  of  special  orders  will  be  furnished  directly  from  The  Adjutant 
General's  Office  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  and  officers  of  the  War  Department  and, 
for  use  in  the  official  files,  to  the  headquarters  of  each  department,  brigade, 
and  district.  • 

Extracts  of  special  orders  will  be  furnished  from  the  Office  of  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  directly,  or  through  intermediate  commanders,  only  to 
those  concerned. 

When  a  special  order  involves  travel,  the  office  issuing  it  will  furnish  the 
person  concerned  with  a  copy  for  his  personal  file  and  an  additional  number 
of  copies  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  meet  the  requirements  of  regulations. 

804.  In  camp  or  garrison,  orders  that  affect  a  command  will,  as  a  rule,  be 
read  to  the  troops  at  the  first  regular  parade  after  they  are  received.     In  the 
field,  when  orderly  hours  can  not  be  observed,  they  will  be  sent  directly  to  the 
troops,  or  commanders  of  regiments  or  corps  will  be  informed  when  to  send  to 
headquarters  for  them,  or  during  a  halt  orders  will  be  read  to  troops,  without 
waiting  fo  the  regular  parades. 

805.  Commanding  generals  of  territorial  departments  will  forward  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  as  soon  as  issued  from  their  headquarters,  such 
number  of  copies  of  general  orders  and   circulars   and   special   orders,  with 
indexes  thereto,  and  rosters  of  troops  as  may  be  directed  from  time  to  time  by 
the  War  Department. 


166  MUSTER  ROLLS. 

Commanding  officers  of  separate  brigades  will  forward  to  The  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Army  two  copies  of  all  orders  and  circulars  as  soon  as  issued  from 
their  headquarters. 

806.  The  date  of  any  appointment,  detail,  or  removal  affecting  the  pay  of 
sjtaff  officers  or  acting  staff  officers  will  be  immediately  reported  by  the  officer 
making  the  same  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  to  the  quarter- 
master of  the  department  or  command  to  which  such  officers  belong. 

ARTICLE   LXII. 
MUSTEK  Roixs. 

807.  At  every  monthly  muster  of  troops  pay  rolls  will  be  prepared,  signed, 
and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  instructions  published  in  orders  from  fime 
to  time  by  the  War  Department,  and  at  each  bimonthly  muster  on  the  last  day 
of  February,  April,  June,  August,  October,  and  December  muster  rolls  will  be 
prepared,  signed,  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  on  the 
blank  forms  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

There  will  be  reported  on  the  coast  defense  muster  rolls,  the  noncommis- 
sioned staff  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps ;  on  band  muster  rolls,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  and  Engineer  bands ;  on  the  noncommis- 
sioned staff  and  headquarters  detachment  muster  rolls  of  each  regiment  of 
engineers,  the  noncommissioned  staff  officers  and  other  enlisted  men  of  the 
regiment  not  borne  on  company  rolls ;  and  on  company  muster  rolls,  the  officers 
and  enlisted  men  belonging  to  the  company.  Enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment, Quartermaster  Corps,  Ordnance  Department,  and  Signal  Corps,  not 
belonging  to  companies  will  be  borne  on  detachment  muster  rolls,  separate  rolls 
being  prepared  for  each  corps  or  department.  When  detachments  of  enlisted 
men  are  serving  at  a  post  or  station  and  are  not  under  the  immediate  command 
of  an  officer  of  their  respective  arm,  corps,  or  department,  the  muster  rolls  for 
such  detachments  will,  unless  otherwise  authorized  by  instructions  from  the 
War  Department,  be  prepared  and  signed  by  the  adjutant,  who  will  also  keep 
the  accounts  and  prepare  the  final  statements  of  the  men  borne  thereon. 

The  names  of  officers  will  not  be  borne  on  pay  rolls  of  Regular  Army  or- 
ganizations or  detachments,  nor  on  muster  rolls,  except  as  provided  herein  for 
officers  belonging  to  companies.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  J$.) 

808.  A  soldier  on  duty  or  in  a  hospital  at  a  post  or  station  where  his  com- 
pany is  not  mustered  will  be  mustered  on  a  detachment  roll,  a  separate  muster 
roll  being  prepared  for  each  regiment  or  corps.    Where  two  or  more  "of  such  sol- 
diers are  at  a  post  or  station  their  names  will  be  borne  on  one  consolidated  pay 
roll,  which  will  show  in  a  column  ruled  for  that  purpose  the  organization  to 
which  each  soldier  belongs. 

809.  Companies  will  be  designated  on  the  rolls  by  letters  or  numbers,  and 
regiments  or  corps. 

810.  Corrections  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  after  muster  and  before  they  have 
been  forwarded,  will  not  be  made  except  with  the  approval  of  the  mustering 
officer.     Retained  rolls  will  not  be  changed  without  authority  from  the  War 
Department.     Calculations   on   the  pay   roll   are   made  by   the  quartermaster 
and  copied  on  the  retained  roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander, 
who  will  certify  that  he  witnessed  the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the 
name  of  the  quartermaster. 


RETURNS   OF   TROOPS RECORDS.  167 

ARTICLE   LXIII. 
RETURNS  OF  TROOPS,  RECORDS. 

811.  Commanders  of  territorial  departments,  posts,  subposts,   field  armies, 
tactical  divisions,  separate  brigades,  regiments,  companies,  detachments,  gen- 
eral hospitals,  field  hospitals,  and  mine  planters  will  make  monthly  returns  of 
their  respective  commands  on  forms  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  and  in  accordance  with  directions  printed  thereon.    Chiefs  of  staff  corps 
and  departments  will  make  similar  monthly  returns  of  their  corps  and  depart- 
ments,  and  transport  quartermasters  will   make  similar   monthly   returns  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  serving  on  transports  under  regular  detail  in  the  trans- 
port service. 

In  the  case  of  a  subpost  the  returns  will  be  prepared  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  main  post,  unless  the  detachment  at  the  subpost  is  in  command  of 
a  commissioned  officer,  in  which  event  such  officer  will  prepare  the  returns 
and  forward  them  through  the  commanding  officer  of  the  main  post. 

Commanders  of  brigades  and  districts  will  forward  each  month  to  depart- 
ment headquarters  a  statement  of  any  changes  occurring  during  the  month  in 
the  status  of  the  brigade  or  district  commander  and  his  staff.  .  ,  , 

812.  In  addition  to  the  monthly  returns  required  by  paragraph  811,  com- 
manding officers  of  regiments,  companies,  and  detachments  will  make  similar 
returns  of  their  commands  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  to  their 
immediate  commanding  officer  whenever  they  leave  or  join  a  station,  or  when 
they  sail  from  a  port  of  embarkation  or  arrive  at  a  port  of  destination. 

When  leaving  station  the  return  to  the  immediate  commanding  officer  will  be 
accompanied  by  a  report  from  each  organization  on  the  monthly  return  blank 
showing  alterations  since  last  return  only,  with  record  of  events  to  date. 

The  commanding  officer  of  troops  on  a  transport  will,  before  sailing  and  on 
reaching  port  of  destination,  make  a  special  return  to  the  department  com- 
mander and  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  of  all  casuals  and  unattached 
officers  and  enlisted  men  passengers  on  the  ship. 

813.  When  a  field  officer  is  serving  with  detached  companies  of  his  regiment 
or  corps  the  commanders  thereof  will  forward  their  returns  through  him. 

814.  Whenever  the  strength  of  a  separate  command  is  temporarily  or  perma- 
nently increased  by  the  arrival  or  decreased  by  the  departure  of  any  organi- 
zation, the  commanding  officer   will   immediately  report  by   telegraph   to  the 
next  higher  commander  the  designation  of  such  organization  moved  and  the 
names,  with  arm  of  the  service,  of  officers  accompanying  it  who  do  not  belong 
thereto. 

BATTLE    REPORTS,    RETURNS    OF    EFFECTIVES,    CASUALTIES. 

815.  In  campaign  two  columns  will  be  added  to  the  monthly  return  in  the 
space  reserved  for  remarks,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  effective  strength  of 
the  organization.     In  determining  such  strength  only  those  who  are  available 
for  service  in  the  line  of  battle  will  be  included.    Officers  or  enlisted  men  who 
are  sick  or  disabled,  on  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  or  supply  departments,  or  for 
any  cause  not  available  in  line  of  battle,  will  be  excluded. 

816.  After   every   battle  or   engagement   with   the   enemy,   written   reports 
thereof   will   be   made  by   commanders   of   regiments,   separate   battalions   or 
squadrons,  companies   or  detachments,   and   by   all   commanders   of  a   higher 
grade,  each  in  what  concerns  his  own  command,  which  reports  will  be  for- 
warded, through  the  proper  channel,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     It 
shall  be  the  especial  duty  of  all  general  staff  officers  attached  to  commands  in 


168  RETURNS   OF   TROOPS RECORDS. 

the  field  to  keep  careful  journals  of  the  operations,  from  which  they  will  com- 
pile reports  of  said  operations  for  their  immediate  commanders. 

817.  Whenever  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters  different  corps  of  the 
Army  happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  and  an  officer  of  the  Marine  Corps  or 
the  militia  shall  command  the  whole,  such  officer  shall  report  his  action  and 
the  operations  of  the  force  under  his  command,  through  military  channels,  to 
the  Secretary  of  War,  as  well  as  to  his  superiors  in  his  own  branch  of  the 
service. 

818.  Immediately  after  any  engagement  in  which  casualties  have  occurred 
the  commanding  officer   of  each  organization   that  participated   therein   will 
submit,  by  telegraph,  if  possible,  to  his  immediate  superior  commander  a  report 
showing  by  name  each  person  killed,  wounded  or  otherwise  injured,  or  missing, 
officers  and  enlisted  men  to  be  reported  separately,   and  wounds  and  other 
injuries  to  be  classified,  if  practicable,  as  slight  or  severe.     If  telegraphic  c$m- 
munication  can  not  be  had,  the  report  will  be  sent  by  the  most  expeditious 
means  available.     The  report  will  be  consolidated,  if  necessary,  at  the  proper 
headquarters  and  telegraphed  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.    In  addi- 
tion to  the  foregoing  report,  commanding  officers  of  posts,  regiments,  or  sepa- 
rate organizations  will  prepare  and  forward  by  mail  a  return  in  triplicate, 
showing  the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  each  person  killed,  wounded  or 
otherwise  injured,  or  missing,  the  date  and  place  of  the  engagement,  and,  in 
the  case  of  wound  or  other  injury,  the  location  of  the  wound  or  the  nature  of  the 
injury,  and  whether  slight  or  severe.    Whenever  necessary,  commanding  officers 
will  call  on  their  senior  medical  officers  for  all  information  that  can  be  sup- 
plied in  this  connection.     One  copy  of  the  return  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
officer  making  it  to  his  immediate  superior  commander,  1  copy  will  be  retained 
for  file  with  the  records  of  the  post  or  organization,  and  1  copy  will  be  sent  by 
mail  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

819.  A  return  of  all  captured  property  will  be  rendered  to  The  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Army,  through  intermediate  channels,  by  the  immediate  commander 
of  the  troops  making  the  capture. 

RECORDS. 

820.  All  military  records  must  be  carefully  preserved. 

821.  All  public  records,  reports,  and  papers,  such  as  document  files,  files  of 
general  and  special  orders  and  circulars,  correspondence  books,  guard  reports, 
morning  reports,  the  records  of  enlisted  men  as  kept  in  descriptive  and  deposit 
books  or  on  loose  leaves,  and  sick  reports,  are  the  property  of  the  United  States 
and   will   be   required   by  the  War   Department  in   the  settlement  of  claims 
against  the  Government  and  for  other  official  purposes.     Whenever  posts,  dis- 
tricts, territorial  divisions,  departments,  corps,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments, 
and  companies  are  discontinued,   all  such  records  will  be  carefully  labeled, 
packed,  and  marked,  showing  the  command  to  which  they  pertain,  and  will  be 
forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  be  promptly  advised 
of  the  date  of  shipment  and  furnished  with  a  schedule  of  records  shipped. 
Records  of  discontinued  depots  of  the  staff  departments  will  be  forwarded 
directly  to  the  chief  of  the  staff  department  to  which  they  pertain. 

822.  The  use  of  colored  inks,  except  as  carmine  or  red  ink  is  used  in  anno- 
tation,   ruling,   or   compliance  with   specific   instructions   issued   by   the  War 
Department  on  blank  forms  or  otherwise,   is  prohibited  in  the  records  and 
correspondence  of  the  Army. 

828.   Sections  128  and  129  of  the  Federal  Penal  Code  of  March  4,  1909,  pre- 
scribe penalties  for  the  willful  and  unlawful  concealment,  removal,  mutilation. 


PERSONAL  AND  EFFICIENCY   REPORTS.  169 

obliteration,  falsification,  or  destruction  of  any  record,  proceeding,  map,  book, 
document,  paper,  or  other  thing,  filled  or  deposited  in  any  public  office. 

824.  No  information  will  be  furnished  by  any  person  in  the  military  service 
which  can  be  made  the  basis  of  a  claim  against  the  Government,  except  it 
be  given  as  the  regulations  prescribe  to  the  proper  officers  of  the  War,  Treasury, 
or  Interior  Departments,  or  the  Department  of  Justice.  Information  con- 
cerning sick  and  wounded  officers  and  enlisted  men  may  be  freely  conveyed 
to  allay  the  anxiety  of  friends;  and,  in  time  of  peace,  when,  in  the  opinion 
of  the  surgeon,  the  condition  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  by  reason  of  injury 
or  disease,  is  such  as  to  indicate  the  probability  of  fatal  termination,  the 
surgeon  will  report  the  circumstances  to  the  immediate  commander,  who  will 
promptly  communicate  the  fact  to  the  nearest  relative.  The  fact  of  death 
may  be  communicated  to  relatives,  but  not  circumstances  connected  therewith 
which  could  be  made  use  of  in  prosecuting  claims  against  the  Government. 
If  any  person  in  the  military  service  has  knowledge  of  facts  pertaining  to  the 
service  of  an  individual  who  is  an  applicant  for  a  pension,  he  may,  upon 
request,  if  not  pecuniarily  interested,  furnish  a  certificate  or  affidavit  setting 
forth  his  knowledge,  but  such  certificate  or  affidavit  will  be  furnished  only  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of)  the  Army  to  be  forwarded  to  the  proper  officer 
of  the  Interior  Department.  Record  evidence  will  be  furnished  by  the  War 
Department  only. 

The  surgeon  of  a  post,  through  the  commanding  officer  thereof,  is  authorized 
to  furnish  to  the  health  authorities  of  the  State  or  locality  in  which  the  post 
is  situated,  in  accordance  with  existing  State  laws  or  local  ordinances,  informa- 
tion concerning  all  births  and  deaths  occurring  in  the  post,  such  information 
to  be  given  on  the  proper  blanks  furnished  for  the  purpose  by  the  State  or 
local  authorities.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  IS  and  JtO.) 

ARTICLE   LXIV. 
PERSONAL  AND  EFFICIENCY  REPORTS. 

826.  When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  or  at  the  headquarters 
of  a  territorial  department,  he  will  report  at  the  office  of  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army,  or  of  the  department  adjutant,  and  will  register  his  name  and 
address,  and  the  authority  for  his  presence  there. 

826.  1.  An  officer  detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  for  duty  will  report 
immediately  upon  arrival  at  his  new  station  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  and  to  the  chief  of  his  corps  or  to  his  regimental  commander  the  date  of 
departure  from  former  station  and  of  arrival  at  new  station,  the  date  of 
departure  from  or  arrival  at  a  foreign  ^station,  and  date  of  departure  from 
or  arrival  in  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  when  going  to  or 
returning  from  a  foreign  station,  citing  the  authority  for  the  change  and 
giving  his  post-office  address.  As  soon  as  practicable  thereafter  he  will  report 
the  nature  of  his  duties.  Thereafter  any  such  officer  not  carried  on  any  regular 
return  as  present  for  duty  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and 
to  the  chief  of  his  corps  or  to  his  regimental  commander  any  material  change  in 
his  duties  and  any  change  of  address  immediately  after  such  change  in  his 
official  status;  and  any  such  officer  who  may  incur  any  sickness  or  injury  will 
make  report  of  that  fact  as  soon  as  practicable,  giving  the  nature  and  cause  of 
such  sickness  or  injury. 

2.  Any  general  officer  not  carried  on  any  regular  return  as  present  for  duty 
will  make  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  the  reports  required  by  section 
1  of  this  paragraph.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  24.) 


170  PERSONAL  AND   EFFICIENCY   REPORTS. 

827.  1.  An  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  department,  or  an  officer  serving  therein 
by  detail,  will  make  report  to  the  head  of  the  corps  or  department  on  the  last 
day  of  every  month,  giving  his  address,  a  statement  of  the  duties  on  which  he 
has  been  employed  during  the  month,  the  date  of  his  assignment  thereto,  and 
the  authority  by  which  so  assigned.     He  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the -Army,  at  the  time  of  change,  any  change  of  station  during  the  month, 
giving  dates  of  departure  and  joining ;  also  the  dates  of  departure  from  and 
arrival  at  foreign  stations  and  of  departure  from  and  arrival  in  the  conti- 
nental limits  of  the  United  States  when  going  to  or  returning  from  a  foreign 
station. 

2.  An  officer  on  the  retired  list  assigned  to  duty  by  War  Department  orders 
will  make  a  like  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable after  such  assignment ;  thereafter  any  such  officer,  if  not  carried  og  any 
regular  return  as  present  for  duty,  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  any  material  change  in  his  duties  and  any  change  of  address  immedi- 
ately after  such  change  in  his  official  status.  An  officer  on  the  retired  list  not 
assigned  to  duty  by  War  Department  orders,  unless  specially  exempted,  will 
report  his  address  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  on  the  last  day  of  every 
month  and  will  also  report  promptly  any  change  of  address.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  24.) 

828.  Regimental  field  officers  not  serving  at  the  headquarters  of  their  regi- 
ments  will   make   monthly   reports   to   their   regimental   commanders.     These 
reports  will  embrace  everything  essential  to  a  correct  record  of  their  services 
and  of  the  services  of  the  battalion  staff  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers 
serving  under  them. 

828£.  A  Personal  Report  and  Statement  of  Preferences  will  be  made  on  De- 
cember 31  of  each  year  by  each  officer  of  the  Army  except  general  officers.  This 
report  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  In 
the  event  that  an  officer,  after  the  rendition  of  this  report,  wishes  to  change  any 
of  the  preferences  that  he  has  expressed  therein,  he  should  promptly  notify 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  directly  of  the  change  desired,  in  order  that 
proper  notation  thereof  may  be  made  on  the  Personal  Report  and  Statement  of 
Preferences  in  The  Adjutant  General's  Office.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  20.) 

829.  1.  Efficiency  reports  are  intended  to  cover,  as  far  as  practicable,  the 
whole  of  the  calendar  year  to  which  they  refer,  and  will  be  prepared  by  report- 
ing officers  as  named  below  and  forwarded,  subject  to  the  exception  stated  in 
section  5  of  this  paragraph,  on  December  31  of  each  year  to  The  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Army  through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will  indorse  thereon 
such  remarks  as  may  be  proper  in  each  case: 

(a)  By  the  commanding  officer  of  each  territorial  department  or  mobilized 
division  respecting  each  general  officer  serving  under  his  command  and  each 
officer  of  the  department  or  division  staff;  by  each  department  commander 
respecting  each  post  commander  not  reported  on  by  a  subordinate  commander ; 
and  by  each  brigade  or  district  commander  respecting  each  regimental  or  coast- 
defense  commander  under  his  command  and  each  officer  of  the  brigade  or  dis- 
trict staff. 

(ft)  By  the  chief  of  each  staff  department  or  corps  and  each  staff  bureau 
respecting  each  officer  of  his  department,  corps,  or  bureau  not  otherwise  re- 
ported on. 

(c)  By  the  department  surgeon  of  a  territorial  department  respecting  each 
officer  of  the  Medical  Department  serving  in  the  department  and  by  the  head  of 
each  other  staff  department  or  corps  at  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  depart- 
ment respecting  each  officer  attached  to  his  office  or  serving  under  his  Immediate 
direction. 


PERSONAL  AND  EFFICIENCY   REPORTS.  171 

The  report  of  the  department  surgeon  concerning  officers  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment not  attached  to  his  office  or  serving  under  his  immediate  direction 
will  be  made  in  the  form  of  an  indorsement  on  the  efficiency  reports  of  such 
officers. 

(d)  By  each  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  serving  as  division  engineer 
respecting  each  officer  in  charge  of  an  engineering  district  within  his  division, 
and  by  each  district  officer  respecting  each  officer  on  duty  under  his  orders. 

(e)  By  each  coast  defense  commander  respecting  each  fort  commander  in 
his  command,  each  coast  defense  staff  officer,  and  the  commanding  officer  of 
any  mine  planter  on  duty  in  his  coast  defenses. 

(/)  By  each  post  or  fort  commander  respecting  each  officer  of  his  command 
not  otherwise  reported  on  at  the  post  or  fort. 

(g)  By  each  surgeon  of  a  post  respecting  any  officer  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment serving  under  his  direction. 

(h)  By  each  company  commander  respecting  each  subaltern  officer  on  duty 
with  the  company. 

(i)  By  each  field  officer  commanding  a  battalion  respecting  each  company 
commander  and  battalion  staff  officer  serving  with  the  battalion.  By  each 
regimental  commander  respecting  each  officer  serving  with  the  regiment  at 
regimental  headquarters  not  otherwise  reported  upon. 

(;')  By  the  Superintendent  of  the  Military  Academy,  the  commandant  of  each 
service  school,  the  commandant  of  the  disciplinary  barracks  and  of  any  branch 
thereof,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  general  recruit  depot,  and  the  commanding 
officer  of  a  mine  planter,  respecting  each  officer  serving  under  them,  respec- 
tively, not  otherwise  reported  on. 

(fc)  By  the  commanding  officer  of  each  arsenal,  armory,  and  general  depot  of 
supply  respecting  each  officer  on  duty  thereat. 

(I)  By  the  recruiting  officer  on  duty  at  each  general  recruiting  station  re- 
specting each  officer  serving  under  his  supervision. 

(m)  By  the  commanding  general,  Philippine  Department,  respecting  officers 
on  duty  with  the  various  branches  of  the  civil  government  in  the  Philippine 
Islands. 

(n)  By  the  professor  of  military  science  and  tactics  at  each  civil  educational 
institution  respecting  each  officer  serving  under  his  supervision. 

2.  Whenever  an  officer  is  permanently  relieved  from  duty  at  a  post  or  station, 
or  is  detailed  on  temporary  duty  elsewhere,  the  probable  period  of  which  duty 
may  exceed  30  days,  the  reporting  officer  will  make  the  required  entries  on  the 
efficiency  report  blank  and,  after  signing  the  certificate  attached  thereto,  will 
forward  the  report  through  intermediate  commanders  to  the  officer  upon  whom 
the  duty  devolves  of  continuing  or  completing  the  report. 

3.  Whenever  a  reporting  officer  is  permanently  relieved  from  duty,  or  is  tem- 
porarily relieved  for  a  period  that  will  probably  exceed  30  days,  he  will  make 
the  required  entries  on  the  efficiency  report  blank  and  turn  it  over  to  the  officer 
upon  whom  the  duty  devolves  of  continuing  or  completing  the  report. 

4.  The  continuation  of  an  efficiency  report  may  be  made  in  the  form  of  a 
statement  under  "Remarks,"  in  the  following  cases:    (a)    Where  the  period 
to  be  covered  is  less  than  30  days;  (b)  where  a  reporting  officer  is  required  to 
report  a  second  time  on  an  officer  during  the  same  year. 

5.  On  December  31  of  each  year  the  report  of  each  officer  of  Cavalry,  Field 
Artillery,  and  Infantry,  assigned  to  a  regiment  but  not  serving  at  the  same 
station  with  the  regimental  commander,  will  be  referred  directly  to  the  regi- 
mental commander  by  the  officer  making  the  final  entries  on  the  efficiency  report, 
for  the  information  of  the  regimental  commander  and  for  such  remark  as  he 


172  PENALTY   ENVELOPES. 

may  desire  to  make.  The  report  will  then  be  returned  directly  to  the  officer 
from  whom  it  was  received,  to  be  forwarded  through  military  channels. 

6.  Whenever  the  brigade  and  division  commanders  at  maneuvers  in  time  of 
peace  are  not  the  same  officers  as  are  regularly  assigned  to  those  units  during 
other  periods  of  the  year,  special  reports  as  to  the  efficiency  of  regimental  com- 
manders and  the  brigade  staff  officers,  as  judged  by  the  performance  of  their 
duties  at  such  maneuvers,  will  be  made  by  the  temporary  brigade  commanders 
on  the  blank  forms  used  for  the  preparation  of  efficiency  reports  of  officers. 
Similar  reports  will  be  made  upon  the  brigade  commanders  and  division  staff 
officers  by  the  temporary  division  commanders.  These  reports  will  be  for- 
warded at  the  conclusion  of  the  maneuvers  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  1,  4,  23,  S3,  and  53.) 

829$.  In  order  that  suitable  data  may  be  available  in  making  details  for 
detached  service  and  for  duty  in  the  several  staff  corps  and  departments  in 
which  vacancies  are  filled  by  details  from  the  line,  particular  care  will  be  taken 
in  preparing  efficiency  Yeports  to  enter  thereon  a  statement  as  to  the  peculiar 
fitness  of  the  officer  reported  on  for  detail  in  any  of  the  staff  corps  or  depart- 
ments, or  other  detached  service  to  which  officers  may  be  assigned,  notation 
being  made  of  the  corps  or  department,  or  other  duty,  in  the  order  of  apparent 
fitness.  Intermediate  commanders  through  whom  these  reports  are  forwarded 
will  indorse  thereon  their  opinions  as  to  the  qualifications  of  the  officer  re- 
ported on.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  20.) 

830.  Each  officer  who  makes  the  annual  inspection  of  the  military  depart- 
ment of  any  civil  institution  of  learning  will,  immediately  after  the  inspection, 
forward  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  through  the  department  com- 
mander, an  efficiency  report  respecting  the  senior  Army  officer  on  duty  at  the 
institution.     Officers  who  inspect  the  Natioanl  Guard  under  the  provisions  of 
paragraph  892£  will  make  similar  reports  respecting  inspector-instructors  on 
duty  with  the  National  Guard  inspected  by  them.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  48  and  53.) 

831.  The  Inspector  General  will  forward  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  extracts  of  all  inspection  reports  that  relate  in  any  way  to  the  efficiency 
of  an  officer.    Extracts  respecting  officers  of  the  staff  corps  or  departments  will 
be  sent  through  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  4.) 

832.  In   preparing   efficiency    reports,    reporting   officers   Avill    exercise    the 
greatest  care  to  set  forth  all  facts  concerning  each  officer  and  his  record  which 
may  aid  the  department  in  forming  a  true  estimate  of  standing,  ability,  and 
special  fitness  for  any  military  duties. 

833.  Chiefs  of  staff  corps  and  departments  will  note  the  correctness  of  the 
reports  received  and  will  add  any  data  known  to  them  which  will  contribute  to 
the  completeness  of  the  record  in  each  case.    All  efficiency  reports  will  be  trans- 
mitted to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  as  soon  as  practicable  after  their 
receipt,  verification,  and  completion.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  4-) 

ABTICLE  LXV. 
PENALTY  ENVELOPES. 

834.  Official  communications  and  other  mailable  matter  relating  exclusively 
to  the  public  business  will  be  transmitted  through  the  mails  free  of  postage,  if 
covered  by  the  "  Penalty  envelope."    Where  an  officer  writes  to  a  private  party 
on  official  business  he  may  inclose  with  his  letter  an  official  penalty  envelope, 
properly  addressed  to  himself,  to  cover  the  reply. 

835.  Information  which  is  intended  to  be  used  in  the  performance  of  official 
duty  only  is  official  information,  while  that  which  is  intended  to  be  used  for  the 


THE   RECRUITING   SERVICE.  173 

furtherance  of  private  interest,  ends,  or  business  in  any  way  whatever,  though 
called  for  by  a  public  officer,  is  private  information.  The  official  envelope  may 
be  used  to  give  or  obtain  the  former,  but  not  the  latter. 

836.  Envelopes  for  official  mail  matter  for  the  War  Department  will  have 
"  War  Department,"  the  designation  of  bureau  or  office,  and  "Official  Business," 
printed  in  three  or  four  lines,  as  may  be  required,  in  the  upper  left  corner,  and 
in  the  upper  right  corner  the  following:  "Penalty  for  private  use,  $300."     En- 
velopes for  the  use  of  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  department,  for  a  post, 
station,  armory,  arsenal,  depot,  or  school  of  instruction,  will  be  of  the  same 
form,  with  the  proper  substitution  for  the  designation  of  the  bureau  or  office, 
and  with  the  address  when  necessary.     Envelopes  required  for  the  transmis- 
sion of  printed  matter  may  also  have  printed  thereon  "  Printed  matter."    Other 
printing  or  ruling  on  such  envelopes  at  public  expense  is  prohibited  unless 
printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office.     For  the  official  business  of  officers 
not  embraced  in  the  foregoing  classes,  and  officers  on  the  retired  list,  the  head- 
ing "  War  Department,"  "  Official  Business,"  will  be  placed  across  the  left  end 
of  the  envelope,  with  the  officer's  official  signature  written  immediately  below 
it,  and  with  the"penalty  clause  in  the  upper  right  corner. 

837.  Packages  of  public  property  partaking  of  the  characteristics  of  fourth- 
class  mail  matter,  weighing  not  more  than  4  pounds  and  not  greater  in  size 
than  84  inches  in  length  and  girth  combined,  may  be  sent  through  the  mails 
under  cover  .of  the  penalty  envelope.     Packages  weighing  more  than  4  pounds 
which  conform  to  the  limit  of  size  indicated   and  which   do  not  exceed   50 
pounds  in  weight  when  sent  to  the  first  or  second  zone  or  20  pounds  in  the  other 
zones,  are  transmissible  in  the  mails  provided  postage  is  paid  thereon  at  the 
appropriate  rate.     Penalty  envelopes  with  return  address  may  be  furnished  to 
any  person  from  whom  official  information  is  desired,  but  will  not  be  furnished 
to  merchants  or  other  dealers  to  cover  the  transmission  of  public  property,  or 
the  return  of  official  vouchers.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  54.) 

838.  The  use  of  freight  or  express  lines  for  transmitting  letters  or  packages 
that  can  be  sent  under  penalty  privilege  in  accordance  with  section  11,  act  of 
May  18,  1916,  is  forbidden ;  packages  that  can  not  be  so  sent  may  be  shipped  by 
express  when  that  method  is  more  economical  than  shipment  by  mail.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  54.) 

839.  The  penalty  envelope  will  not  be  used  for  foreign  correspondence. 

ARTICLE   LXVT. 

THE  RECBUITING  SERVICE. 

840.  Recruiting  for  the  Army  will  be  conducted  by — 

1.  An  officer  for  each  regiment,  post,  or  detachment,  detailed  by  the  proper 
commanding  officer  to  enlist  for  the  regiment,  post,  or  detachment,  or,  when 
authorized  by  the  department  commander,  for  any  troops  in  the  department,  or, 
when  authorized  by  the  War  Department,  for  any  organization  in  the  Army. 

2.  An  officer  detached  from  any  organization  by  its  commander,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  War  Department,  to  make  enlistments  for  that  organization  and, 
when  authorized  by  the  War  Department,  for  any  organization  in  the  Army. 

3.  Officers  detailed  on  recruiting  service  by  the  War  Department.    The  regu- 
lar details  will  be  ordinarily  for  four  years.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  88.) 

841.  General  recruiting  stations  are  places  at  which  applicants  for  enlist- 
ment are  examined  and  from  which,  if  found  to  be  qualified  for  service,  they 
are  forwarded  to  recruiting  depots  for  final  examination  and  enlistment. 

Recruiting  depots  are  of  two  classes,  viz,  general  recruit  depots  and  recruit 
depot  posts.    General  recruit  depots  are  depots  at  which  applicants  for  enlist- 


174  THE   RECRUITING   SERVICE. 

ment  are  finally  examined,  enlisted,  and  retained  for  instruction,  and  from 
which  recruits  are  distributed  to  the  Army.  Recruit  depot  posts  are  the  desig- 
nated military  posts  to  which  are  sent,  from  general  recruiting  stations,  for 
final  examinaion,  enlistment,  and  distribution  to  the  Army,  such  applicants  for 
enlistment  as  are  not  sent  to  general  recruit  ^depots. 

In  all  matters  of  police  and  discipline  recruits  at  recruit  depot  posts  are  under 
the  command  of  the  post  and  department  commanders,  but  in  all  other  matters, 
including  discharges  for  disability,  they  are  directly  under  the  orders  of  the 
War  Department.  All  records  pertaining  to  recruit  administration  at  recruit 
depots  and  depot  posts  will  be  so  kept  that  a  change  may,  without  interference, 
be  made  at  any  time  in  the  post  personnel. 

842.  Recruits  at  general  depots  will  be  organized  for  instruction  into  recruit 
companies  as  may  be  directed  by  the  War  Department,  the  instruction  being 
given  by  officers  detailed  and  noncommissioned  officers  appointed  for  that  pur- 
pose.    Commanding  officers  of  all  recruit  depots  and  depot  posts  will  forward 
directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  trimonthly  reports  of  recruits. 

843.  All  enlisted  men  prior  to  their  assignment  to  general  recruiting  duty 
will  be  transferred  to  the  general  service,  Infantry.     The  recruiting  officer  in 
charge  of  each  general  recruiting  station,  having  first  satisfied  himself  of  the 
soldiers'  fitness  for  the  positions,  will  announce  in  orders  from  his  station,  and 
muster  from  the  date  of  such  announcement,  one  member  of  his  recruiting  party 
as  sergeant  and  one  as  corporal.    Such  orders  will  be  entered  in  the  records  of 
the  recruiting  station  and  a  copy  of  each  order  will  be  forwarded  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army ;  a  copy  will  also  be  furnished  to  each  soldier 
concerned. 

844.  Members  of  recruiting  parties  announced  and  mustered  as  sergeants 
or  corporals  will  not  be  reduced  while  performing  such  duty  without  the  ap- 
proval of  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.    Their  appointments  as  sergeants 
or  corporals  will,  however,  terminate  whenever  they  are  relieved  from  recruit- 
ing duty,  or  when  the  stations  at  which  they  are  serving  are  discontinued,  unless 
they  shall  be  assigned  to  other  recruiting  stations  at  which  there  are  vacancies 
in  their  respective  grades.     The  recruiting  officer  will  in  every  case  announce 
in  orders  the  date  of  the  termination  of  an  appointment  as  sergeant  or  corporal 
and  furnish  copies  of  each  order,  as  indicated  in  paragraph  843. 

845.  All  assignments  of  enlisted  men  to  the  general  recruiting  service  will 
be  as  privates,  first  class,  the  question  of  their  promotion  as  sergeants  or  cor- 
porals being  for  determination  after  their  fitness  and  capacity  shall  have  been 
demonstrated.     Individual  applications  for  transfers  to  the  general  recruiting 
service  will  be  forwarded,  whenever  practicable,  through  the  proper  command- 
ing officers,  who  will  indorse  thereon  their  recommendations,  based  upon  service 
and  merit,  and  also  a  statement  of  the  soldier's  fitness  for  recruiting  duty, 
especially   as  regards  clerical  ability  and  knowledge  of  Army  papers.     The 
transfers  will  be  made  from  time  to  time,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  re- 
quire, in  orders  from  the  War  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

846.  Any  male  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  person  who  has  legally  de- 
clared his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  if  under  the  age  of  35  years,  able- 
bodied,  free,  from  disease,  of  good  character  and  temperate  habits,  may  be  en- 
listed or  accepted  for  enlistment  under  the  restrictions  contained  in  this  article. 
In  regard  to  age  or  citizenship  this  regulation  shall  not  apply  to  soldiers  who 
have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  a  previous  enlistment  in  the  Army.     (C.  A. 
J{.,  No.  55.) 

847.  With  the  exceptions  indicated  in  paragraph  859,  the  date  on  which  the 
enlistment  or  reenlistment  of  any  man  is  actually  completed,  by  administering 
the  oath,  is  the  date  of  that  enlistment  and  must  invariably  be  shown  on  the 


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enlistment  paper,  above  the  signature  of  the  officer  who  administers  the  oath, 
and  thereby  enlists  the  man.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  51  and  55.) 

848.  Applicants  for  original  enlistment  and  men  who  apply  to  reenter  the 
Army  after  an  interval  of  more  than  three  months  from  date  of  discharge  will 
be  required  to  furnish  evidence  of  good  character.    To  determine  an  applicant's 
fitness  and  aptitude  for  the  service  and  to  give  him  an  opportunity  to  secure 
testimonials  of  character  he  may,  after  having  signified  his  intention  to  enlist 
and  passed  the  required  examination,  be  retained   and  provided  for  not  to 
exceed  six  days  before  being  accepted  or  rejected.     At  recruiting  stations  at 
which  no  medical  officer  or  recruiting  officer  is  on  duty  an  examination  by  the 
senior  noncommissioned  officer  on  duty  at  the  station  will  be  sufficient  to  deter- 
mine whether  the  applicant  may  be  retained  for  the  period  named,  but  such 
examination  will  not  take  the  place  of  that  to  be  made  by  the  recruiting  officer 
under  paragraph  847. 

849.  The  enlistment  or  acceptance  with  a  view  to  enlistment  of  persons  of 
any   of  the  following  classes  is  prohibited :    Insane  or   intoxicated   persons ; 
deserters  from  the  naval  service  of  the  United  States;  persons  who  have  been 
convicted  of  felony  or  who  have  been  imprisoned  under  sentence  of  a  court  in 
a  reformatory,  jail,  or  penitentiary,  but  the  fact  that  an  applicant  for  enlist- 
ment  has  been  confined  in  an  institution  for  the  education   and  control  of 
minors  will  not  debar  him  from  enlistment,  provided  that  he  was  not  confined 
therein  because  of  the  commission  of  any  crime  or  misdemeanor ;  for  original 
enlistment,  persons  over  35  years  of  age ;  for  first  enlistment  in  time  of  peace, 
any  person   (except  an  Indian)  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  or 
Porto  Rico,  or  who  has  not  made  legal  declaration  of  his  intention  to  become  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  can  not  speak,  read,  and  write  the  English 
language ;  and,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  861,  a  former  soldier  whose 
service  during  the  last  preceding  term  of  enlistment  has  not  been  honest  and 
faithful,   or   whose   discharge  certificate   from   the   last  preceding   enlistment 
bears  the  notation  "  is  not  recommended  for  reenlistment,"  and  deserters  from 
the  military  service  of  the  United  States.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  14  and  55.) 

850.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  very  particular  to  ascertain  the  true  age  of 
every  applicant  for  enlistment.    If  any  doubt  exists  as  to  the  applicant's  state- 
ment regarding  his  age,  his  oath  will  not  be  taken  as  conclusive  evidence  of 
the  fact,  and  if  he  can  not  furnish  competent  proof  to  support  his  statement, 
he  will  be  rejected.    A  minor  under  18  years  of  age  may  be  enlisted  or  accepted 
with  a  view  to  enlistment  with  the  written  consent  of  the  father,  only  sur- 
viving parent,  or  legally  appointed  guardian  to  the  minor's  enlistment,  but 
no  person  under  16  years  of  age  will  be  enlisted  or  accepted  without  special 
authority  from  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     When  a  minor  under  18 
years  of  age  presents  himself  for  enlistment  or   acceptance  under   the  pro- 
visions of  this  paragraph,  his  parents  or  guardian,  should  he  have  any,  will 
be  found  and  informed  of  the  application ;  should  he  be  without  parents  or 
guardian,   the  recruiting  officer   must"  reject   him   unless   the   applicant   shall 
procure  the  legal  appointment  of  a  guardian  and  obtain  his  written  consent. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

851.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for  accepting 
and  forwarding  men  who  may  be  found  unfitted  for  the  service,  and  officers 
who  enlist  such  applicants  will  be  held  to  a  like  accountability.     If  a  man 
after  having  been  enlisted  at  a  military  post,  or  accepted  at  a  general  recruiting 
station  and  forwarded  to  a  depot  or  depot  post  for  enlistment,  be  discharged 
or  rejected,  and  it  appear  that  the  enlistment  or  acceptance  was  carelessly 
made  or  in  violation  of  these  regulations,  the  expenses  incurred  in  consequence 


176  THE  BECBTJITING   SERVICE. 

of  the  enlistment  or  acceptance  of  the  man  may  be  stopped  against  the  pay  of 
the  officer  responsible. 

852.  The  enlistment  or  reenlistment  of  married  men  for  the  line  of  the  Army 
is  to  be  discouraged,  and  will  be  permitted  only  for  some  good  reason  in  the 
public  interest,  the  efficiency  of  the  service  to  be  the  first  consideration.    Appli- 
cations for  such  enlistments  or  reenlistments  will  be  finally  determined  by  the 
regimental  commander,  or  other  proper  commanding  officer  if  there  be  no  regi- 
mental organization. 

853.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

854.  Recruiting  officers  will  not  allow  any  man  to  be  enticed  into  the  service 
by  false  representations,  but  will,  in  person,  explain  to  every  man  before  he 
signs  the  enlistment  paper  the  nature  of  the  service,  the  length  of  the  term, 
the  amount  of  pay,  clothing,  rations,  and  other  allowances  to  which  a  soldier 
is  entitled  by  law. 

855.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55-) 

856.  The  Articles  of  War  enumerated  in  the  one  hundred  and  tenth  article 
of  war  will  be  read  and  explained  to  each  applicant  just  before  administering 
to  him  the  oath  of  enlistment.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

857.  Enlistment   papers   and   recruiting   returns   will   be   made   on   printed 
forms  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  executed  and 
disposed  of  in  accordance  with  directions  thereon. 

858.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

859.  An  enlistment  will  not  be  antedated  so  as  to  allow  a  soldier  additional 
pay  for  reenlistment  who  applies  after  the  period  of  three  months  from  date  of 
discharge  has  expired,  nor  does  an  application  for  reenlistment,  made  within 
three  months,  entitle  the  soldier  to  such  increase.    The  benefit  granted  by  law 
to  soldiers  who  reenlist  within  three  months  from  date  of  discharge  can  be 
obtained  only  by  actual  reenlistment  before  the  expiration  of  the  three  months' 
limit.    Where,  however,  the  reenlistment  of  a  soldier,  who  has  applied  in  per- 
son within  the  period  of  three  months  to  a  proper  recruiting  officer  for  reen- 
listment, is  delayed  beyond  the  period  of  three  months,  through  no  fault  of 
the  soldier,  but  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  the  date  of  the  soldier's 
reenlistment  as  shown  on  the  enlistment  paper  will  be  that  of  his  application 
for  enlistment. 

860.  An  officer  who  enlists  or  reenlists  a  man  who  has  been  discharged  from 
the  Army  will  immediately  give  notice  of  the  fact  to  the  commanding  officer  of 
the  company  from  which  the  man  was  last  discharged,  stating,  if  practicable, 
designation  of  the  organization  to  which  he  has  been  assigned.     On  receiving 
this  notice  the  commander  of  the  company  from  which  the  man  was  discharged 
will  enter  the  fact  of  enlistment  or  reenlistment  on  the  soldier's  record.    Should 
it  appear  that  deception  has  been  practiced  he  will  report  the  case  to  The  Adju- 
tant General  of  the  Army.    The  recruiting  officer  will  enter  the  fact  of  enlist- 
ment or  reenlistment,  with  date  and  place,  upon  the  certificate  of  discharge 
from  former  enlistment,  which  the  soldier  should  have  in  his  possession. 

861.  Application  to  reenter  the  Army  from  persons  of  any  of  the  following 
classes  will  not  be  granted  without  special  authority  from  the  Secretary  of 
War: 

1.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  before  expiration  of  term  of 
service,  excepting  those  discharged  by  purchase  or  for  the  convenience  of  the 
Government 

2.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  with  character  other  than  good, 
or  its  full  equivalent,  or  whose  discharge  certificates  from  their  last  preceding 
enlistments  bear  the  notation  "  is  not  recommended  for  reenlistment." 


THE   KECRUITING   SERVICE.  177 

3.  Former  soldiers  over  40  years  of  age  who  were  last  discharged  as  privates 
and  have  failed  to  reenlist  within  three  months  thereafter.    In  such  cases  the 
applications  must  show  that  the  enlistments  will  be  for  the  interests  of  the 
service. 

4.  Former  soldiers  who  can  not  pass  the  required  examination  in  all  respects. 
Applications  of  this  nature  should  show  that  any  existing  defects  will  not  pre- 
vent the  performance  by  the  applicant  of  full  military  duty. 

5.  Former  soldiers  who  deserted  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  in 
time  of  peace  and  former  soldiers  whose  service  during  the  last  preceding  term 
of  enlistment  was  not  honest  and  faithful.    Authority  to  enlist  persons  of  either 
of 'these  two  classes  will  be  granted  only  in  view  of  the  good  conduct  of  the 
applicant  subsequent  to  his  desertion  or  last  preceding  service,  as  provided  for 
in  section  1998,  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
August  22,  1912.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  14.) 

862.  An  applicant  will  be  subjected  to  the  required  examination  before  ap- 
plication is  made  for  special  authority  for  his  enlistment  or  reenlistment.     The 
result  of  the  examination  will  be  stated  in  the  application.     Commanding  offi- 
cers forwarding  applications  from  men  of  their  commands  for  permission  to 
reenlist  for  some  other  organization  will  report  in  each  case  whether  the  appli- 
cant is  married  or  single,  what  character  will  be  given  him  on  discharge,  and 
whether  or  not  he  can  pass  the  required  examination. 

863.  Enlisted  men  of  good  character  and  faithful  service  who,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  their  terms,  are  undergoing  treatment  for  injuries  incurred  or  disease 
contracted  in  the  line  of  duty,  may  be  reenlisted  if  they  so  elect,  and  if  the  dis- 
ability prove  to-be  permanent,  they  will  subsequently  be  discharged  on  certifi- 
cates of  disability.     An  enlisted  man  not  under  treatment,  but  who  has  con- 
tracted in  the  line  of  duty  infirmities  that  may  raise  a  question  of  physical 
eligibility  to  reenlistment,  but  not  such  as  to  prevent  his  performing  the  duties 
of  a  soldier,  may  be  reenlisted  by  authority  of  the  War  Department  on  applica- 
tion made  through  the  surgeon  and  proper  military  channel  in  time  to  receive 
a  decision  before  the  date  of  discharge. 

MEDICAL   EXAMINATION. 

864.  The   physical   examination   of   applicants   for   enlistment   will   be  con- 
ducted in  accordance  with  the  authorized  rules  for  the  examination  of  recruits. 

865.  An  applicant  for  enlistment  at  a  garrisoned  post,  camp,  or  arsenal, 
where  there  is  no  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon,  will  be  physically  exam- 
ined before  enlistment  by  the  civilian  physician  employed  by  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment, who  will  immediately  vaccinate  the  man  if  he  is  accepted. 

866.  As  soon  as  a  recruit  joins  any  organization,  depot,  post,  or  station  he 
will  be  examined  by  the  surgeon  to  ascertain  whether  vaccination  is  required. 
In  all  cases  where  there  is  not  unmistakable  evidence  of  successful  vaccination 
wi.thin  a  reasonable  period  the  operation  will  be  performed  immediately.     Vac- 
cine virus  is  supplied  by  the  Surgeon  General. 

867.  Upon  the  arrival  at  a  recruiting  depot  of  an  accepted  applicant  for 
enlistment  he  will  be  examined  and  enlisted  or  rejected  with  the  least  practi- 
cable delay. 

If  in  the  opinion  of  the  surgeon  or  the  commanding  officer  the  disqualification 
in  the  case  of  any  rejected  applicant  is-  of  such  a  character  that  it  should  have 
been  discovered  by  the  recruiting  officer  who  accepted  and  forwarded  the  appli- 
cant to  the  depot,  the  commanding  officer  will  convene  a  board  of  three  officers, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  a  medical  officer  if  such  officer  is  available,  to  examine 
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178  THE   RECRUITING   SERVICE. 

into  the  case  and  report  whether  the  disqualification  existed  prior  to  acceptance, 
when,  where,  and  by  whom  the  applicant  was  accepted,  and  whether  in  the  opin- 
ion of  the  board  the  disqualification  should  have  been  discovered  by  the  recruit- 
ing officer.  If  the  board  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  recruiting  officer  was  at 
fault  in  accepting  and  forwarding  the  applicant,  it  will,  before  making  its  re- 
port, communicate  with  him  and  give  him  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  the 
case,  but  if  he  fails  to  respond  ^with  reasonable  promptness,  the  board  will  pro- 
ceed with  the  case  and  render  its  report  without  further  delay.  -In  those  cases 
in  which  the  board  finds  that  the  recruiting  officer  was  at  fault  the  record  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  board,  together  with  the  report  of  the  surgeon  and  the 
original  form  for  examining  a  recruit,  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  The  Adju- 
tant General  of  the  Army  with  the  recommendation  of  the  commanding  officer ; 
but  if  the  board  finds  that  the  recruiting  officer  was  not  at  fault,  it  will  so 
advise  him,  and  no  further  action  will  be  taken.  If  in  the  opinion  of  both  the 
surgeon  and  the  commanding  officer  the  disqualification  is  not  of  such  a  char- 
acter that  it  should  have  been  discovered  by  the  recruiting  officer  at  the  time 
of  acceptance  of  the  applicant,  the  case  will  not  be  referred  to  a  board  of  offi- 
cers. All  military  posts  to  which  applicants  for  enlistment  may  be  sent 
from  general  recruiting  stations  without  previous  medical  examination  will  be 
regarded  as  depots  within  the  meaning  of  this  regulation. 

Accepted  applicants  for  enlistment  who  are  found  unfit  for  service  on  final 
examination  at  recruiting  depots  will  be  regarded  as  remaining  under  military 
observation  until  they  have  been  returned  to  the  recruiting  stations  at  which 
they  were  accepted,  or  until  they  should  have  arrived  at  those  stations  after 
having  been  forwarded  for  them. 

868.  Every  detachment  of  recruits  ordered  from  a  recruiting  depot  to  any 
organization  or  post  will,   immediately  preceding  its  departure,   be  critically 
inspected  by  the  post  commander  and  the  senior  medical  officer  present,  and 
any  sick  or  otherwise  disabled  will  be  held  at  depot    A  recruit  deemed  unfit 
for  continuance  in  the  service  will  not  be  sent  to  an  organization,  but  the  nec- 
essary action  will  be  taken  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  depot  or  depot  post 
with  a  view  to  the  discharge  of  the  recruit  on  a  surgeon's  certificate  of  dis- 
ability, or  otherwise,  as  the  case  may  require. 

869.  Before  recruits  are  forwarded  from  a  depot  to  organizations  the  post 
commander  will  cause  the  character  of  each  recruit  to  be  entered  upon  the 
service  record;  also  the  date  and  result  of  last  vaccination.    Officers  in  charge 
of  detachments,  if  called  upon,  will  exhibit  the  entries  relative  to  vaccination 
to  authorized  inspectors  of  State  boards  of  health.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

870.  Upon  arrival  at  a  post  each  recruit  who  has  not  undergone  examination 
by  a  medical  officer,  contract  surgeon,  or  civilian  physician  will  be  examined, 
and  defects  will  be  recorded  by  the  medical  officer,  with  his  opinion  as  to 
whether  they  existed  prior  to  enlistment.     A  certificate  of  disability  will  be 
submitted  if  the  recruit  is  disqualified  for  the  service. 

871.  A  monthly  report  of  the  medical  examination  of  applicants  for  enlist- 
ment in  the  Regular  Army  will  be  made  by  the  medical  examiner  for  each 
garrisoned  post  or  recruiting  depot,  and  forwarded,  not  later  than  the  sixth  day 
of  the  niouth  following  that  in  which  the  examinations  are  made,  directly  to 
the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  furnish  blank  forms  for  the  purpose. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

BECRtttTS    SENT   TO   ORGANIZATIONS. 

872.  Recruits  will  be  assigned  to  regiments  and  other  organizations  by  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
from  recruit  depots  and  depot  posts.     Recruits  designated  for  assignment  will 


INSPECTOR  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT.  179 

be  borne  on  the  rolls  and  returns  of  the  depots  and  depot  posts  until  the  date  of 
departure  therefrom,  when  the  assignment  will  take  effect.  Prior  to  that  date 
they  will  not  be  taken  up  on  the  rolls  of  companies,  regiments,  or  other 
organizations. 

Correspondence  between  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  general  recruiting 
service  and  other  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  with  a  view  to  furnish- 
ing or  obtaining  recruits  for  particular  organizations,  either  by  the  acceptance  of 
applicants  at  general  recruiting  stations  or  by  the  assignment  of  recruits  from 
recruit  depots  or  depot  posts,  is  prohibited. 

873.  Rescinded.     (C*  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

874.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

875.  An  officer  intrusted  with  the  command  of  recruits  ordered  to  regiments 
or  other  organizations  will,  on  arriving  at  destination,  forward  the  following 
papers : 

1.  To  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  a  report  of  date  of  arrival  at  the 
post,  the  strength  and  condition  of  the  party  when  turned  over  to  the  com- 
manding officer,  and  all  circumstances  worthy  of  remark  which  occurred  on  the 
journey. 

2.  To  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  organization,  the  service  records 
furnished  him  with  the  recruits,  properly  completed  by  noting  in  the  column 
for  remarks  time  and  place  of  death,  desertion,  or  other  casualty  that  may  have 
occurred.     ((7.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

876.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.,) 

877.  Soldiers  enlisted  by  special  authority  for  particular  organizations  will 
be  sent  to  their  proper  stations  without  delay.    An  applicant  will  be  subjected 
to  the  required  examination  before  application  is  made  for  special  authority  for 
his  enlistment. 

ARTICLE  LXVII. 

INSPECTOR  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

878.  The  sphere  of  inquiry  of  the  Inspector  General's  Department  includes 
every  branch  of  military  affairs  except  when  specially  limited  in  these  regula- 
tions or  in  orders.     Inspectors  general  and  acting  inspectors  general  will  exer- 
cise a  comprehensive  and  general  observation  within  the  command  to  which 
they  may  be  respectively  assigned  over  all  that  pertains  to  the  efficiency  of  the 
Army,  the  condition  and  state  of  supplies  of  all  kinds,  of  arms  and  equipments, 
of  the  expenditure  of  public  property  and  moneys,  and  the  condition  of  accounts 
of  all  disbursing  officers  of  every  branch  of  the  service,  of  the  conduct,  disci- 
pline, and  efficiency  of  officers  and  troops,  and  report  with  strict  impartiality 
in  regard  to  all  irregularities  that  may  be  discovered.    From  time  to  time  they 
will  make  such  suggestions  as  may  appear  to  them  practicable  for  the  correc- 
tion of  any  defect  that  may  come  under  their  observation. 

879.  Inspectors  general  or  acting  inspectors  general  assigned  to  a  military 
command  are  under  the  immediate  direction  of  its  commanding  general ;  when 
not  so  assigned,  they  are  under  the  orders  of  the  War  Department.    They  will 
make  the  garrison  and  such  special  inspections  as  the  commanding  general  may 
direct  within  the  limits  of  his  command,  and  will  each  be  allowed  the  necessary 
clerks  and  one  messenger,   who  will  be  assigned  by  the   Secretary'  of  War. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.' 9.) 


180  INSPECTOR  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

880.  Inspectors  general  and  acting  inspectors  general  will  report  by  letter 
on  arriving  at  their  stations  to  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army.     Thereafter 
they  will  furnish  to  him  copies  of  all  orders  and  written  instructions  received 
for  tours  of  inspection  or  for  investigations,  giving  the  nature  of  the  duty  they 
are  going  to  perform,  the  probable  time  they  will  be  at  each  -place  to  be  visited 
during  their  tour,  and  the  probable  date  they  will  return  to  their  stations. 

At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  the  inspector  general  assigned  to  a  military 
command  will  submit  to  its  commanding  general  a  report  covering  the  opera- 
tions of  the  Inspector  General's  Department  within  the  command  during  the 
preceding  year,  together  with  such  recommendations  for  the  improvement  of 
the  service  as  he  may  deem  fit,  and  will  forward  a  copy  thereof,  through  mili- 
tary chanels,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  transmit  it  to  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army.  ~» 

881.  Inspectors  general  or  acting  inspectors  general  will  make  known  their 
orders  or  instructions  to  commanding  and  other  officers  whose  troops  and  affairs 
they  are  directed  to  inspect,  and  these  officers  will  see  that  every  facility  and 
assistance,    including   clerical   aid,    if  requested,   is   afforded.     When   making 
inspections  within  the  territorial  limits  of  the  command  of  an  officer  subordi- 
nate to  the  officer  ordering  the  inspections,  they  will,  prior  to  the  inspections, 
furnish  to  the  subordinate  commander  a  copy  of  their  orders  and  an  itinerary 
of  their  route  in  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  inspection  of  parts  of  his  command. 

882.  An  inspector  general  or  acting  inspector  general  will  not  give  orders 
unless  specially  authorized  to  do  so,  and  then  only  in  the  name  of  the  superior 
giving  such  authority.     He  will  report  with  strict  impartiality  all  irregularities'. 
He  should  refrain  from  informal  conversation  or  comment  upon  subjects  under 
investigation. 

883.  An  inspector  general  or  acting  inspector  general  will  exercise  the  great- 
est care  that  he  does  no  injustice  to  organizations  or  individuals.     When  investi- 
gating accusations  prejudicial  to  the  character  of  an  officer,  he  will  make  known 
to  the  officer  their  nature,  and  give  him  an  opportunity  to  make  his  own  state- 
ment in  writing,  which  will  be  appended  to  the  report.     Copies  or  extracts  from 
an  inspection  report  reflecting  upon  or  commending  the  character  or  efficiency 
of  an  officer  may  be  furnished  him  by  the  commander  to  whom  the  report  is 
submitted. 

884.  An  inspector  general  or  acting  inspector  general  detailed  to  investigate 
alleged  attempts  to  defraud  the  Government,  or  any  irregularity  or  misconduct 
of  any  officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States,  has  authority  to  administer  oaths 
to  witnesses. 

SPECIAL   DUTIES. 

885.  Inspectors  general  will,  from  time  to  time,  designate  the  articles  which, 
in  their  opinion,  should  be  procured  and  kept  for  sale  by  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  while  in  garrison  or  permanent  camps  and 
while  in  temporary  camps  or  on  active  campaign.     These  recommendations  will 
be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  his  action. 

CLASSIFICATION   OF  INSPECTIONS. 

886.  Inspections  are  classified  as  follows : 

1.  Annual  tactical  inspections  of  troops  of  the  mobile  army  by  department 
and  brigade  commanders. 

2.  Annual  garrison  inspections. 

3.  Inspection  of  the  National  Guard. 

4.  Special  and  miscellaneous  inspections. 


ANNUAL  INSPECTIONS.  181 

Inspections  of  the  Coast  Artillery  troops  will  include  the  annual  garrison  in- 
spection, the  inspection  to  be  made  by  the  Coast  Artillery  district  commander  as 
prescribed  in  the  Regulations  for  the  Instruction  and  Target  Practice  of  Coast 
Artillery  Troops,  and  such  other  inspections  as  may  be  directed.  (C.  A.  R., 
Nos.  9  and  48.) 

ANNUAL  TACTICAL   INSPECTIONS. 

887.  The  responsibility  for  the  annual  tactical  inspections  is  imposed  upon 
the  department  and  brigade  commander  by  paragraphs  193  and  194.     As  far 
as  practicable,  the  assistants  of  these  commanders  will  be  inspectors  general 
or  acting  inspectors  general  of  the  arm  to  be  inspected.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  9.) 

ANNUAL   GAREISON    INSPECTION. 

888.  The  annual  garrison  inspection  will  be  conducted  by  officers  of  the  In- 
spector General's  Department  during  the  period  of  garrison  training.     When 
practicable  the  inspector  will  belong  to  the  arm  to  be  inspected.    The  object  of 
these  inspections  is  to  determine  the  state  of  discipline  and  efficiency  attained 
in  garrison  training  and  the  degree  of  efficiency  and  economy  exercised  in  gar- 
rison administration. 

889.  All  garrisons  and  posts  shall  be  inspected  at  least  once  in  each  fiscal 
year  by  the  inspector  of  the  department  or  by  his  assistants.     Ungarrisoned 
posts  will  be  inspected  at  such  times  as  the  department  commander  may  direct, 
ordinarily  once  in  two  years. 

Inspections  of  garrisons  and  posts  will  embrace  the  following  subjects : 

1.  Officers  present,  those  absent  on  detached  duty  or  otherwise,  and  those 
permanently  incapacitated  for  any  duty  from  any  cause ;  whether  the  number  of 
enlisted  men  in  ranks  at  inspection  corresponds  to  returns,  how  absentees  are 
recounted  for,  and  how  many  appear  under  arms  at  inspection ;  the  number  of 
men  in  the  band,  and  if  any  are  not  musicians. 

2.  Whether  the  post  is  adequately  armed  and  supplied,  and  maps  of  the  post 
and  of  the  country  in  its  vicinity  are  kept. 

3.  Whether  the  commanding  officer  observes  the  system  of  instruction  and 
treatment  of  subordinates  enjoined  by  the  regulations  and  properly  executes 
the  laws   relating  to   neutrality,   quarantine,   and  the   regulations   concerning 
international  courtesy,  so   far  as  applicable  to  his  post ;   whether  justice  is 
promptly  and  legally  administered ;   the  zeal  of  the  commanding  officer  and 
his  ability  to  perform  his  duties ;  whether  due  attention  has  been  given  by  the 
commanding  officer  to  the  tactical  training  of  the  command,  and  whether  field 
efficiency   is   made   subordinate   to   routine   administration ;    amount  of  corre- 
si>ondence  and  whether  matters  of  routine  are  disposed  of  by  personal  interview 
or  by  official  correspondence. 

4.  Whether  officers  are  efficient,  including  a  report  as  to  any  intemperance  or 
immorality,  and  mentioning  any  officer  or  soldier  who  has  distinguished  himself 
or  shown  special  efficiency  in  any  department  of  study  or  duty. 

5.  The  manner  in  which  chaplains  perform  their  duties. 

6.  The  efficiency  of  administrative  and  staff  officers,  the  correctness  of  their 
accounts;  whether  payments  and  issues  are  made  in  accordance  with  law  and 
regulations;  whether  surplus  supplies  are  taken  up  on  returns  and  deficiencies 
accounted  for. 

7.  Proficiency  of  troops  in  drill  in  the  use  of  the  bayonet  as  a  fighting  weapon, 
and  the  use  of  the  saber  in  mounted  and  dismounted  exercises  and  in  mounted 
and  dismounted  fencing;  proficiency  in  riding  of  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and 
mounted  officers  of  infantry ;  proficiency  of  officers  and  men  of  mounted  organi- 


182  INSPECTOR  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

zations  in  jumping  hurdles,  ditches,  fences,  and  other  obstacles,  simulating  those 
ordinarily  found  in  cross-country  riding;  discipline  and  appearance  of  troops; 
state  of  arms,  equipments,  and  accouterments  of  all  kinds,  and  their  fitness  for 
field  service ;  economy  exercised  by  organization  commanders  in  care  and  preser- 
vation of  arms  and  equipment  of  all  kinds ;  the  character  of  recruits  received, 
sources  from  which  obtained,  dates  of  arrival,  and  number  received  for  each 
consignment ;  sufficiency,  uniformity,  and  fit  of  clothing ;  the  sufficiency  of  shoes 
for  fitting  and  equipping  enlisted  men  and  the  suitability  of  the  place  provided 
by  the  quartermaster  for  fitting  purposes ;  failures  of  organization  commanders 
to  secure  proper  shoes  for  their  commands  or  proper  facilities  for  fitting  and 
the  causes  for  same ;  whether  the  schools  for  enlisted  men  are  held  as  prescribed 
and  properly  conducted ;  nature  and  amount  of  drills,  target  practice,  and  gym- 
nastic exercises ;  the  amount  of  guard  duty  required  and  whether  it  is  deemed 
excessive;  efficiency  in  signaling;  regularity  of  payment  of  troops,  their  health, 
and  whether  the  sick  are  properly  cared  for ;  the  number  and  percentage  of 
desertions  from  each  organization  during  the  12  months  preceding  the  inspection 
and,  if  abnormal,  special  inquiry  as  to  the  cause  therefor  will  be  made  and  the 
result  briefly  reported. 

1\.  Whether  the  annual  obstacle  ride  for  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  officers 
is  held  as  prescribed,  reporting  all  officers  who  fail  to  take  it  and  giving  reasons 
therefor. 

7*.  The  extent  and  thoroughness  of  the  instruction  of  the  troops  will  be  tested 
by  tactical  problems  or  exercises  appropriate  to  the  size  of  the  command  and 
to  the  available  terrain. 

8.  Police  and  sanitation  of  the  post ;  cleanliness,  state  of  repair,  and  sauitarj 
condition  of  all  buildings ;  the  number,  character,  and  cost  of  buildings  con- 
structed since  last  annual  inspection ;  economy  exercised  in  care  and  preserva- 
tion of  public  property. 

9.  Whether  there  are  suitable  rooms  for  use,  respectively,  as  a  library,  readinj 
room,  chapel,  and  school ;  sufficient  quantities  of  newspapers  and  periodical?, 
schoolbooks,    stationery,    and   school    material    for   the   use  -of   enlisted   men,; 
whether  the  newspapers,  periodicals,  and  schoolbooks  are  solely  used  by  enlisted 
men ;  whether  the  library  rooms  are  used  at  all  by  officers,  and,  if  so,  whether  it 
interferes  with  their  use  by  enlisted  men ;  the  attendance  and  progress  of  pupils 
and  the  system  of  instruction.    See  also  paragraph  337. 

10.  System  of  messing ;  sufficiency,  variety,  and  preparation  of  food. 

11.  Whether   labor   of  the   supply  departments   is   performed   by  troops   or 
civilians;  if  by  the  latter,  their  number,  cost  attending  and  reasons  for  their 
employment,  and  kind  of  labor  performed  by  them. 

12.  Means  of  transportation,  its  condition  and  fitness  for  field  service ;  train- 
ing, grooming,  shoeing,  suitability,  veterinary  treatment  and  condition  of  public 
animals,  and  number  unserviceable ;  also  the  suitability  for  military  purpose? 
of  horses^  owned  by  officers. 

13.  Condition  of  all  public  property,  and  whether  used  for  private  purposes; 
whether  buildings  and  property  are  properly  secured  against  fire,  theft,  and 
damage. 

14.  Whether  sales  of  subsistence  stores  are  made  to  enlisted  men  according 
to  regulations ;  whether  there  are  damaged  stores,  and,  if  so,  in  what  quantities 
and  how  damage  was  caused. 

15.  Water  supply,  facilities  for  laundry  work,  bathing,  and  swimming;  system 
nnd  condition  of  sewerage  and  drainage,  and  means  of  extinguishing  fire. 

16.  Management  and  success  of  post  exchange,  and  whether  properly  supplied 
and  conducted  according  to  regulations ;  extent,  necessity  for,  and  kind  of  gar- 
dens, success  attending,  and  number  of  men  employed  therein. 


INSPECTION    OF   THE    NATIONAL   GUABD.  183 

17.  Management  and  application  of  the  regimental,  company,  mess,  and  post 
exchange  funds,  and  whether  the  provisions  of  Article  XXXIII  are  complied 
with. 

18.  Whether   regimental,   post,   and   company   books,   papers,   and   files,    and 
those  of  the  post  staff  departments,  including  chaplain's  records,  are  properly 
kept,  and  the  prescribed  rolls  and  returns  are  properly  prepared  and  promptly 
forwarded. 

19.  Condition  of  post  cemetery  and  its  records. 

20.  Efficiency  of  enlisted  men,  Medical  Department,  in  ambulance  and  litter- 
bearer's  drill,  and  methods  of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  wounded.     (C.  A.  R., 
Nos.  9  and  55.) 

890.  Inspectors  while  inspecting  a  command  will  call  upon  post,  coast  de- 
fense,  regimental,  battalion,  and  company  commanders  and  the  surgeon  for 
a  report  by  name  of  any  officer  under  their  immediate  command  who  is  in- 
capacitated for  service,  either  mentally,   morally,   or  physically.     When  any 
officer  is  so  reported  the  inspector  will  thoroughly  investigate  the  case  and 
submit  his  conclusions  thereon  to  the  officer  ordering  the  inspection. 

890^.  Inspectors  will  especially  inquire  into  and  report  by  name,  affirma- 
tively or  negatively  as  the  case  may  be,  whether  the  field  officers  of  the  com- 
mands they  inspect  are  believed  to  be  physically  fit  to  perform  all  their  duties 
in  the  field.  The  words  "  field  officers "  include  all  officers  of  the  line  and 
staff  below  the  grade  of  brigadier  general  and  above  the  grade  of  captain. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

891.  The  written  reports  of  inspectors  will  set  forth  a  correct  return  of  the 
troops,  the  number  present  at  and  absent  from  the  station  and  the  absentees 
from   inspection,   and  whether  irregularities,  etc.,  reported  at  last  inspection 
have  been  remedied,  after  which  will  follow  a  statement  of  the  results  of  the 
inspection,  dealing  only  with  defects,  deficiencies,  irregularities,  recommenda- 
tions, and  commendations  whereof  the  various  items  will  be  paragraphed  and 
stated  separately.     These  items  will  be  grouped  under  the  department  within 
whose  sphere  the  responsibility  for  the  conditions  stated  falls,  viz :  Commanding 
officer,  Quartermaster  Corps,  Corps  of  Engineers,  etc.     Brief  statement  will  be 
made  of  the  various  drills  and  exercises  held  for  the  inspector  and  the  report 
concluded  with  an  exposition  of  the  conclusions  arrived  at  as  to  the  state  of 
discipline  and  efficiency  attained  in  garrison  training  and  the  degree  of  efficiency 
and  economy  exercised  in  garrison  administration. 

892.  On  completion  of  an  inspection  of  a  garrison,  post,  or  other  command  of 
troops,  the  inspector  will  furnish  its  commanding  officer  a  written  statement  of 
all  irregularities  and  deficiencies  observed,  which  will  be  kept  on  file  for  the 
information  of  commanding  officers  and  inspectors.    The  commanding  officer,  as 
soon  as  practicable,  will  submit  to  the  next  higher  commander  a  copy  of  this 
statement,  with  a  report  showing  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or  will  apply  to 
correct  each  of  the  irregularities  or  defects  found,  and  will  recommend  the 
proper  action  with  regard  to  those  that  he  has  not  power  or  authority  to 
remedy.     These  reports  and  statements  will  be  promptly  forwarded,  through 
military  channels,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  by  whom  they  will  be 
transmitted  to  the  Inspector  General. 

At  arsenals,  depots,  and  stations  not  under  the  supervision  of  department 
commanders  inspectors  will  furnish  like  statements,  and  commanding  officers 
will  forward  copies  thereof,  with  their  replies,  to  The  Adjutant  General  for  file 
with  the  inspection  reports  to  which  they  pertain. 

INSPECTION   OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUABD. 

892*.  (a)  Inspections  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  made  at  least  once  each 
year  by  inspectors  general  and,  if  necessary,  by  other  officers  of  the  Regular 


184  INSPECTOR  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

Army  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  department  commanders  acting 
under  instructions  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  determine  whether  the  amount 
and  condition  of  the  property  in  the  hands  of  the  National  Guard  are  satis- 
factory ;  whether  the  National  Guard  is  organized  as  prescribed  by  the  act  of 
Congress  approved  June  3,  1916;  whether  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  possess 
the  physical  and  other  qualifications  prescribed ;  whether  the  organization  and 
the  officers  and  enlisted  men  thereof  are  sufficiently  armed,  uniformed,  equipped, 
and  being  trained  and  instructed  for  active  duty  in  the  field  or  coast  defense, 
and  whether  the  records  are  being  kept  in  accordance  with  said  act.  The  re- 
ports of  such  inspections  shall  serve  as  the  basis  for  deciding  as  to  the  issue 
to  and  retention  by  the  National  Guard  of  the  military  property  provided  for 
by  said  act,  and  for  determining  what  organizations  and  individuals  shall  be 
considered  as  constituting  parts  of  the  National  Guard  within  the  meaning,  of 
said  act.  Blanks  and  memoranda  for  use  in  making  these  inspections  will  be 
furnished  by  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army. 

(6)  Inspectors  will  inquire  into  and  report  upon  the  character  and  amount 
of  work  done  by  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  with 
the  National  Guard ;  the  manner  in  which  they  perform  their  duties ;  their  fit- 
ness for  their  positions ;  and  whether  the  inspector-instructors  comply  with  the 
War  Department  regulations  and  instructions  relating  to  their  duties. 

(c)  Inspectors  general  will  inquire  into  and  report  upon  the  necessity,  econ- 
omy, and  propriety  of  all  disbursements  of  the  National  Guard  property  and 
disbursing  officers  for  the  United  States,  their  strict  conformity  to  the  law 
appropriating  the  money,  whether  these  officers  comply  with  the  law  in  keeping 
their  accounts  and  making  their  deposits,  and  whether  their  property  records 
are  complete  and  properly  kept,  and  the  required  reports  and  returns  rendered. 

(d)  The  inspector  will  verbally  inform  the  organization  commander  of  all 
irregularities  and  deficiencies  noted  in  connection  with  the  subject  of  organiza- 
tion, armament,  and  equipment,  and  will  at  the  same  time  offer  such  assistance, 
advice,  or  suggestions  as  may  be  practicable  looking  to  their  correction. 

(e)  Reports  of  these  inspections  will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  com- 
mander, who  will  examine  them  with  a  view  to  the  detection  of  errors  and  in- 
completeness, and  correction  of  the  same  by  the  responsible  inspectors,  and  then 
forward  them  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  48.) 

SPECIAL  AND  MISCELLANEOUS  INSPECTIONS. 

893.  Special  inspections  and  investigations  within  the  limits  of  a  command 
(territorial  or  tactical)  may  be  made  under  orders  of  the  commander  thereof; 
but  in  all  cases  involving  travel  his  selection  of  officers  to  perform  such  duty 
shall  be  restricted  to  inspectors  general,  acting  inspectors  general,  or  officers  of 
the  General  Staff  Corps  on  duty  as  such,  at  his  headquarters  under  War  De- 
partment assignment. 

894.  The  annual  inspection  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia will  be  made  by  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  in  person,  as  required 
by  law;  and  that  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers,  its 
records,  disbursements,  management,  discipline,  and  condition,  will  be  made  by 
an  officer  of  the  Inspector  General's  Department  under  the  provisions  of  the  act 
of  Congress  approved  August  18,  1894,  who  will  report  in  writing,  through  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  results  of  such 
inspection. 

895.  All   armories,    arsenals,   depots,   general   hospitals,    general   recruiting 
stations,  the  proving  ground  at  Sandy  Hook,  N.  J.,  and  the  military  prisoners  in 
the  United  States  penitentiary  at  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  will  be  inspected  annually 
and  all  national  cemeteries  once  in  two  years.    These  inspections  and  the  in- 


REPORTS.  185 

spections  of  accounts  of  officers  disbursing  funds  under  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  such  special  inspections  of  posts  and  commands  as  may  be  deemed  ad- 
visable, will  be  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  be  made  by  officers  recom- 
mended by  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  with  a  view  to  their  special 
fitness  for  the  work  enjoined. 

806.  Inspections  of  the  military  departments  and  business  methods  of  the 
Military  Academy  and  of  the  service  schools  will  be  made  annually  by  the 
Inspector  General  or  officers  recommended  by  him  under  specific  instructions 
of  the  War  Department. 

8964.  Inspections  of  the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  or  any  branch 
thereof  will  be  made  annually  by  an  officer  on  duty  in  the  Office  of  the  Inspector 
General  of  of  the  Army.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  Sj.) 

897.  The  inspection   of  disbursements  and   money   accounts   of   disbursing 
officers  required  by  act  of  April  20,  1874,  will  be  made  by  officers  of  the  Inspec- 
tor General's  Department  or  by  others  detailed  for  that  purpose,  and,  as  far  as 
practicable,  at  irregular  intervals,  but  no  officer  so  detailed  shall  be  in  any  way 
connected  with  the  corps  or  staff  department  making  the  disbursement.    The 
inspection  of  the  accounts  and  records  of  the  National  Guard  property  and 
disbursing  officers  of  the  United  States,  required  by  section  67  of  the  act  of 
June  3,  1916,  will  be  made  at  least  once  each  year  by  officers  of  the  Inspector 
General's  Department.     The  frequency  of  these  inspections  will  be  regulated 
by  the  Secretary  of  War.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  48.) 

898.  Just  prior  to  the  departure  of  an  Army  transport  from  a  terminal  port, 
and  immediately  upon  its  arrival  at  such  port,  it  will  be  minutely  inspected  by 
an  officer  of  the  Inspector  General's  Department,  or,  if  no  officer  of  that  de- 
partment is  available,  by  an  officer  previously  designated  for  the  performance  of 
this  duty.    In  making  this  inspection  all  irregularities  and  deficiencies  found  by 
the  inspector  or  mentioned  in  the  report  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troops, 
required   by   paragraph   234,   Army   Transport   Service   Regulations,    will   be 
investigated. 

899.  The  Inspector  General  of  the  Army  will  keep  the  inspectors  of  the 
several  military  departments  informed,  through  the  proper  channels,  of  such 
inspections  of  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  and  of  places  not  under  the  imme- 
diate command  of  the  department  commander  as  the  Secretary  of  War  desires 
shall  be  made  by  them.    Department  commanders  in  issuing  orders  for  inspec- 
tions involving  travel  will  consider  the  most  advantageous  and  economical  plan. 

BEPORTS. 

900.  Reports  of  prescribed  inspections  of  troops,  stations,  and  accounts  of 
disbursing  officers  under  the  authority  of  the  department  commanders  will  be 
forwarded,  through  military  channels,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
and  transmitted  to  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army.    In  case  irregularities, 
deficiencies,  or  misconduct  are  reported,  a  commander  in  forwarding  a  report 
will  state  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or  will  apply  to  correct  them,  adding 
any  recommendations  that  he  may  desire  to  make.    Unusual  delays  in  forwarl- 
ing  a  report  will  be  explained.     When  a  report  contains  any  item  requiring 
prompt  administrative  or  disciplinary  action  beyond  the  power  or  authority  of 
the  department  commander,  an  extract  thereof  will  be  forwarded  at  once  by 
him.    All  other  reports  of  inspectors  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  the  In- 
spector General  of  the  Army,  except  when  otherwise  specially  directed,  and  all 
inspection  reports  not  confidential  will  be  fihtl  in  his  office.    The  Inspector 
General  will  submit  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  all  reports  that  contain  matters  re- 
quiring correction.     (C,  A,  R.,  No,  55,) 


186  INSPECTOR  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

DISBURSEMENTS   AND   ACCOUNTS. 

901.  Inspectors  general  and  acting  inspectors  general  will  inquire  as  to  the 
necessity,  economy,  and  propriety  of  all  disbursements,  their  strict  conformity 
to  the  law  appropriating  the  money,  and  whether  the  disbursing  officers  comply 
with  the  law  in  keeping  their  accounts  and  making  their  deposits.    A  statement 
of  receipts  and  expenditures  and  of  the  distribution  of  funds,  with  lists  of 
outstanding  checks,  on  forms  furnished  by  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army, 
will  be  submitted  by  the  disbursing  officer  to  the  inspector,  who  should  imme- 
diately transmit  the  lists  of  outstanding  checks  to  the  several  depositaries. 
Upon  return  from  a  depositary  balances  will  be  verified  and  noted  on  the 
inspection  report,  which  will  then  be  forwarded  to  the  Inspector  General,  with 
a  copy  of  each  list  of  outstanding  checks  and  the  indorsements  thereon.     The 
original  lists  will  be  retained  by  the  inspector  to  be  used  at  the  next  inspection 
of  the  officer's  accounts  and  then  sent  to  the  Inspector  General. 

902.  When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer,  or  for  any  reason 
closes  his  accounts,  he  will  prepare  a  closing  statement  of  his  money  accounts 
from  date  of  last  inspection  to  and  including  the  closing  of  his  accounts,  with  a 
separate  list  of  outstanding  checks.     If  he  is  under  the  command  of  a  depart- 
ment commander,  or  his  accounts  are  assigned  for  inspection  to  the  department 
inspector,  he  will  forward  the  statement  and  list  of  checks  to  department  head- 
quarters, through  military  channels,  for  the  usual  action.     If  disbursing  under 
the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  without  such  assignment,  he  will  forward, 
his  papers  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  transmit 
them  to  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army.     He  will  also  comply  with  the 
requirements  of  paragraphs  588  and  630. 

PROPERTY   FOR    CONDEMNATION. 

903.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  717,  inspections  having  in  view  the' 
condemnation  of  property  will  be  made  by  inspectors  general  or  acting  in- ' 
specters  general ;  but  in  cases  of  emergency,  such  as  when  a  station  is  aban- ! 
doned  or  when  troops  change  station,  such  inspections  may  be  made  by  officers 
specially  designated  by  the  commander  of  a  department,  or  the  commander  of, 
a  division,  or  army  in  the  field,  or  higher  authority. 

904.  Officers  will  prepare  and  sign  in  duplicate,  on  blank  forms  furnished  • 
by  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  inventories  of  public  property  requiring 
inspection,  and  present  them,  with  the  property,  to  the  Inspector  General  or 
Acting  Inspector  General  at  the  time  of  his  visit.     In  the  case  of  rapidly  de-  j 
teriorating  siibsisteuce  stores  or  of  unserviceable  public  animals,  or  of  pressing 
emergency,  such  inventories  will  be  prepared  whenever  necessary,  and  one  copy  i 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  commander  having  authority  to  appoint  an  inspector,  i 
Public  animals  will  be  inventoried  singly,  with  a  brief  description  of  color,  sex, ! 
age,    and    distinguishing    marks.      Public    buildings    which    have   become    un- 
serviceable and  can  not  be  kept  in  repair  at  reasonable  cost,  or  which  occupy 
ground  required  for  new  buildings  or  other  improvements,  will  be  entered  upon 
a  separate  inventory  and  brought  before  an  inspector  for  his  action. 

905.  For  inspection  the  property  will  be  arranged  in  the  order  of  enumera- 
tion in  the  inventory,  every  article  will  be  examined  by  the  inspector,  and  the 
officer  responsible  will  accompany  him  and  be  prepared  to  give  all  necessary 
information  in  regard  to  it. 

906.  Inspectors    will    examine    all    property    presented    for    condemnation. 
When  all  property  presented  has  been  destroyed,  the  two  copies  of  the  inventory 
and  inspection  report  will  be  delivered  by  the  inspecting  officer  to  the  account- 
able officer.    In  cases  in  which  the  inspector  recommends  the  sale  of  any  prop- 
erty, or  its  transfer  to  depots,  he  will  forward  both  copies  of  the  inventory 


PROPERTY   FOR   CONDEMNATION.  187 

and  inspection  report  to  department  or  division  headquarters,  and  if  the  in- 
spector's action  is  approved  by  the  department  or  division  commander,  both 
copies  will  be  returned  to  the  accountable  officer ;  and,  in  similar  cases,  when  the 
accountable  officer  is  not  serving  under  the  department  or  division  commander 
and  all  the  property  has  been  destroyed,  both  copies  of  the  inventory  and  inspec- 
tion report  will  be  forwarded  to  the  accountable  officer,  or  if  sale  or  transfer  of 
the  property  is  recommended,  the  inspecting  officer  will  forward  both  copies 
of  the  inventory  and  inspection  report  to  the  Inspector  General  of  the  Army, 
who  will  forward  them  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  through  the  chief  of  the  bureau 
concerned  ;  both  copies  will  be  returned  to  the  accountable  officer. 

907.  Inspectors  will  exercise  great  care  in  examining  property  submitted  to 
them  for  condemnation  and  in  making  recommendations  regarding  its  disposition. 
Articles  "  to  be  continued  in  service  "  are  such  as  are  still  serviceable.  Those 
M  to  be  dropped  "  from  the  returns  are  such  as  can  not  be  sold  at  the  post  and  are 
not  worth  cost  of  transportation  to  an  arsenal  or  depot  for  repair.  If  worthless, 
they  must  be  so  far  destroyed  as  to  prevent  any  possibility  of  future  presenta- 
tion. Such  articles  as  can  not  be  destroyed  will,  when  practicable,  be  marked 
"I.  C."  (inspected — condemned),  or  will  be  broken  up  and  the  serviceable  parts 
retained.  Condemned  animals  will  be  branded  "  I.  C."  on  the  neck  under  the 
mane.  Should  the  inspector's  recommendation  be  disapproved  in  regard  to 
articles  marked  "  I.  C."  the  marks  will  be  canceled  and  a  certificate  of  the  fact 
given  to  the  responsible  officer.  Suitable  brands  and  stencils  will  be  kept  for  use 
of  inspectors  at  posts  and  depots.  Articles  "  to  be  sold  at  post "  are  such  as  are 
of  no  further  public  use  or  not  worth  cost  of  transportation  to  a  depot.  Those 
"  to  be  turned  in  to  depot "  are  such  as  can  not  be  repaired  at  the  post  and  are 
worth  cost  of  transportation.  Small  arms  found  to  be  unfit  for  service  and  hand 
arms  and  personal  and  horse  equipments  ordered  turned  in  to  depot  will  first 
be  turned  in  to  the  post  ordnance  officer,  who  will,  when  sufficient  stores  have 
accumulated  to  make  an  economical  shipment,  send  them  to  an  arsenal  desig- 
nated by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  As  unserviceable  surveying,  reconnaissance,  or 
draftin.tr  instruments  have  generally  some  salable  value  and  can  usually  be 
repaired  or  utilized  in  part,  such  property  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  with 
a.  view  to  being  turned  in  to  an  engineer  depot  for  repair  or  for  final  disposition 
under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph.  Property  will  not  be  turned  in  to 
depots  without  authority  from  the  head  of  the  staff  department  to  which  the 
property  pertains,  except  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  where 
such  authority  may  be  given  by  the  commanding  generals  of  those  departments. 
The  authority  herein  referred  to,  of  heads  of  staff  departments,  will  usually  be 
given  in  general  terms  in  the  form  of  approved  memoranda  indicating  the  most 
advantageous  method  of  disposing  of  various  classes  of  unserviceable  property, 
which  memoranda  will  serve  as  guides  to  department  and  higher  commanders 
and  inspectors,  or  surveying  officers.  When  property  ordered  "to  be  turned 
in  to  depot "  on  the  recommendation  of  an  inspector  or  surveying  officer  is 
found,  upon  receipt  at  the  depot,  to  be  in  such  condition  that  It  can  not  be  made 
suitable  for  issue,  it  may  be  destroyed  or  broken  up  under  such  instructions  as 
may  be  given  by  the  head  of  the  department  concerned,  or  by  the  commanding 
generals,  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  so  far  as  pertains  to  property 
turned  in  to  depots  at  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  and  depots  in  Hawaii  Terri- 
tory. 

When  property  is  turned  in  to  an  arsenal  or  depot  suitable  reference  will  be 
given  on  the  invoice  to  the  authority  for  turning  it  in ;  when  property  is  turned 
!n  to  a  depot  to  be  sold  on  the  recommendation  of  an  inspector  the  invoice  will 
>e  accompanied  by  extract  copies  of  the  approved  inventory  and  inspection  re- 
ports. (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  6,  30,  and  37.) 


18&  JUDGE  ADVOCATE   GEXERAI/S  DEPARTMENT. 

908.  Public  property  in  use  will  not  be  reported  as  unserviceable  nor  con- 
demned by  an  inspector  merely  because  worn  or  shabby  in  appearance  when 
really  strong  and  serviceable. 

009.  Great  care  will  be  taken  to  prevent  property  once  condemned  and 
ordered  dropped  from  the  returns  from  being  again  presented  for  inspection. 
When  public  property  is  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation,  the  officer 
responsible  will  certify  on  the  inventory  that  the  property  has  not  been  previ- 
ously condemned. 

910.  Inspectors  will,  when  practicable,  cause  the  destruction,  in  their  pres-^ 
eiice,  of  all  property  found  to  be  worthless  and  which  is  without  money  value 
at  or  near  the  place  of  inspection,  except  small  arms,  and  will  state  in  their 
reports  that  "  the  articles  recommended  to  be  destroyed  have  no  money  value  at 
or  near  the  post."  The  action  of  an  inspector  on  property  of  this  character  will 
be  final,  and  his  report  will  be  a  valid  voucher  for  the  responsible  officer.  In- 
spectors will  be  held  responsible  for  their  action  in  this  particular.  When  prop- 
erty thus  condemned  is  not  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the  inspector  or  a  dis- 
interested officer  representing  the  inspector,  the  responsible  officer  will  certify 
to  the  fact  of  subsequent  destruction  in  his  presence. 

1  911.  An  inspection  report  on  damaged  clothing  will  set  forth  the  amount  of 
damage  to  each  article ;  also  a  list  of  such  articles  as  are  fit  to  issue  to  prison- 
ers, or,  at  reduced  prices,  to  enlisted  men  willing  to  receive  them. 

912.  Department  commanders  may  give  orders,  on  the  reports  of  authorized 
inspectors,  to  make  such  disposition  of  condemned  property  as  the  case  may 
require,  except  public  buildings,  for  which  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
is  required.  If  the  property  be  of  considerable  value  and  there  be  good  reason 
to  suppose  that  it  can  be  more  advantageously  applied  or  disposed  of  elsewhere 
than  within  the  command,  the  report  will  be  forwarded  for  the  action  of  the 
War  Department. 

1  913.  The  following-mentioned  property  will  not  be  presented  for  the  action 
of  an  inspector  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

j-  1.  Cannon  and  their  carriages,  machine  and  automatic  guns  with  their  car- 
riages and  mounts,  but  not  including  spare  parts,  accessories,  implements,  and 
equipments  required  in  their  maintenance  and  operation ;  also  ammunition  for 
cannon. 

2.  Electrical  and  mechanical  installations  and  appliances  furnished  to  the 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  by  the  Engineer  Department,  the  Signal  Corps,  or  the 
Torpedo  Depot,  and  forming  part  of  the  permanent  seacoast  defenses,  including 
submarine  mine  cable,  but  not  including  supplies  such  as  wiring,  tools,  clamps, 
and  battery  fluid,  fragile  articles  like  battery  jars  and  cai'boys,  or  spare  parts 
and  accessories  not  essential  to  the  operation  of  the  installation,  such  as  bat- 
tery syringes  and  hydrometers. 

All  of  the  copies  of  the  inventory  and  inspection  report  on  such  property  will 
be  forwarded  by  the  department  commander  directly  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau 
concerned  for  the  final  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  (C.  A.  R.,  No,  55.) 

914.  Orders  for  the  final  disposition  of  condemned  property  will  be  indorsed 
by  the  proper  authority  on  the  inspection  reports,  each  copy  being  made  com- 
plete in  itself.    Both  copies  will  be  forwarded,  through  military  channels,  to  the 
accountable  officer,  who  will  forward  one  with  his  accounts  and  file  the  other 
with  his  retained  papers. 

ARTICLE   LXVIII. 

JUDGE  ADVOCATE  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

915.  The  Judge  Advocate  General  is  the  custodian  of  the  records  of  all  gen- 
eral courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and  military  commissions,  and  of  all 


ARREST   AND   CONFINEMENT.  189 

papers  relating  to  the  title  of  lands  under  the  control  of  the  War  Department, 
except  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  the  public  buildings  and  grounds  in  the 
District  of  Columbia.  The  officers  of  this  department  render  opinions  upon  legal 
questions  when  called  upon  by  proper  authority. 

016.  The  judge  advocate  of  each  department,  or  the  officer  acting  as  such, 
will,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  June  30  of  each  year,  render  to  the  Judge 
Advocate  General  a  report  for  the  year  terminating  on  that  date,  giving  the 
number  and  character  of  cases  tried  by  courts-martial  in  the  department  during 
the  period,  with  his  recommendations  and  remarks  touching  the  administration 
of  military  justice.  This  report  will  also  contain  such  data  and  information 
as  may  from  time  to  time  be  directed  by  the  Judge  Advocate  General. 

917.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  paragraphs  367  and  474.     (C.  A.  R.,  .No.  55.) 

918.  Judge  advocates  and  acting  judge  advocates  will  forward  to  the  Judge 
Advocate  General,  on  June  30  each  year,  with  the  reports  prescribed  in  para- 
graph 916,  lists  of  the  law  books  for  which  they  are  responsible. 

\  919.  Applications  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  military  prisoners  for  copies 
of  proceedings  of  general  courts-martial,  to  be  furnished  them  under  the  one 
hundred  and  fourteenth  article  of  war,  will,  when  received  by  post  or  other 
commanders,  be  forwarded  directly  to  the  Judge  Advocate  General. 
j|{  920.  Communication  between  department  commanders  and  the  Judge  Advo- 
cate General  in  respect  of  proceedings  of  military  courts  received  and  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General  will  be  direct.  Judge  advocates,  under 
the  terms  of  section  1201,  Revised  Statutes,  are  required  to  perform  their  duties 
under  the  general  direction  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General.  In  routine  matters 
judge  advocates  and  the  Judge  Advocate  General  may  correspond  directly. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  9.) 

921.  The  reports  which  the  Judge  Advocate  General  of  the  Army  may  render 
upon  cases  received  by  him,  and  which  require  the  action  of  the  President,  will 
be  transmitted  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  record  and  for  sub- 
mission to  the  Chief  of  Staff  for  the  consideration  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
and  the  President.     After  final  action  is  had  by  superior  authority  in  such 
cases,  all  the  papers  will  be  returned  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 
who,  before  publishing  the  action  taken,  will  refer  the  papers  to  the  Judge 
Advocate  General  of  the  Army  for  further  scrutiny. 

ARTICLE  LXIX. 
ARBEST  AND  CONFINEMENT. 

922.  Only  commanding  officers  have  power  to  place  officers  in  arrest,  except 
as  provided  in  the  sixty-eighth  article  of  war.    An  officer  is  placed  in  arrest  by 
his  commanding  officer  in  person  or  through  another  officer,  by  a  verbal  or 
written  order  or  communication,  advising  him  that  he  is  placed  in  arrest,  or 
will  consider  himself  in  arrest,  or  words  to  that  effect.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

923.  An  officer  arrested  will  repair  at  once  to  his  tent  or  quarters,  and  there 
remain  until  more  extended  limits  have  been  granted  by  his  commanding  officer. 
Close  confinement  will  not  be  enforced  except  in  cases  of  a  serious  nature. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

924.  Officers  will  not  be  placed  in  arrest  for  light  offenses.    For  these  the 
censure  of  the  commanding  officer  will  generally  answer  the  purpose  of  disci- 
pline.   Whenever  a  commanding  officer  places  an  officer  in  arrest  without  pre- 
ferring charges,  he  will  make  a  written  report  of  his  action  to  the  brigade  or 
Coast  Artillery  district  commander,  stating  the  cause.    The  brigade  or  Coast 
Artillery  district  commander,  if  be  thinks  th.e  occasion  requires,  will  call  on  the 


190  AEKEST   AND   CONFINEMENT. 

officer  arrested  for  any  explanation  he  may  desire  to  make,  and  take  such  other 
action  within  his  authority  as  he  may  think  necessary,  forwarding  the  papers, 
with  his  recommendation,  to  the  officer  exercising  general  court-martial  juris- 
diction, who  will,  in  case  a  trial  is  not  deemed  advisable,  forward  the  papers 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  file  with  the  officer's  record,  or  for 
further  action,  stating  the  reasons  why  he  deems  trial  inadvisable.  In  the  cast 
of  officers  belonging  to  organizations  not  attached  or  belonging  to  a  brigade  or 
Coast  Artillery  district,  the  report  will  be  sent  directly  to  the  officer  exercising 
general  court-martial  jurisdiction.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

925.  In  ordinary  cases  where  inconvenience  to  the  service  would  result  from 
it,  a  medical  officer  will  not  be  placed  in  arrest  until  the  court-martial  for  his 
trial  convenes. 

926.  An  officer  in  arrest  can  not  exercise  command  of  any  kind.    He  -will 
not  wear  a  sword  nor  visit  officially  his  commanding  or  other  superior  officer, 
unless  directed  to  do  so.    His  applications  and  requests  of  every  nature  will  be 
made  in  writing.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

927.  On  the  march,  field  officers  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  in  arrest 
will  follow  in  the  rear  of  their  respective  regiments,  and  company  officers  and 
noncommissioned  officers  in  arrest  in  rear  of  their  respective  companies,  unless 
otherwise  specially  directed. 

928.  Enlisted  men  against  whom  charges  have  been  preferred  will  be  desig- 
nated as  "  awaiting  trial ;"  enlisted  men  who  have  been  tried  will,  prior  to  the 
promulgation  of  the  result,  be  designated  as  "  awaiting  result  of  trial ;"  enlisted 
men  serving  sentences  of  confinement,  not  involving  dishonorable  discharge,  will 
be  designated  as  "  garrison  prisoners."     Persons  sentenced  to  dismissal  or  dis- 
honorable discharge  and  to  terms  of  confinement  at  military  posts  or  elsewhere 
will  be  designated  as  "  general  prisoners." 

929.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  not  be  confined  in  company  with  privates 
if  it  can  be  avoided.     When  placed  in  arrest  they  will  not  be  required  to 
perform  any  duty  in  which  they  may  be  called  upon  to  exercise  authority 
or  control  over  others,  and  when  placed  in  confinement  they  will  not  be  sent 
out  to  work.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

930.  Except  as  provided  in  the  sixty-eighth  article  of  war,  or  when  restraint 
is  necessary,  no  soldier  will  be  confined  without  the  order  of  an  officer,  who 
shall  previously  inquire  into  his  offense.     It  is  proper,  however,  for  a  company 
commander  to  delegate  to  noncommissioned  officers  of  his  company  the  powe. 
to  place  enlisted  men  in  arrest  as  a  means  of  restraint  at  the  instant  whet 
restraint  is  necessary,  but  such  action  must  be  reported  to  the  company  com- 
mander at  once.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

931.  The  arrest  or  confinement  of  an  enlisted  man  will  be  reported,  as  soon 
as  practicable,  to  his  company  or  detachment  commander  by  the  officer  authoriz- 
ing the  arrest  or  confinement. 

932.  Prisoners  awaiting  trial  by,  or  undergoing  sentence  of,  general  court- 
inartial  and  those  confined  for  serious  offenses,  will  be  kept  apart,  when  prac- 
ticable, from  those  confined  by  sentence  of  an  inferior  court,  or  for  minor 
offenses.     General  prisoners  will  not  be  confined  with  other  prisoners  except 
in  cases  of  necessity.    Enlisted  men  in  confinement  for  minor  offenses,  or  await- 
ing trial,  or  the  result  of  trial  for  the  same,  will  ordinarily  be  sent  to  work 
under  charge  of  unarmed  overseers  instead  of  armed  sentinels,  and  will  be 
required  to  attend  drills  unless  the  commanding  officer  shall  direct  otherwise. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

933.  An   officer   charged   with   crime   or  with   a   serious   offense  under   the 
Articles  of  War  shall  be  placed  in  arrest  by  the  commanding  officer,  and  in 
exceptional  cases  an  officer  so  charged  may  be  placed  in  confinement  by  thej 


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same  authority.  A  soldier  charged  with  crime  or  with  a  serious  offense  under 
the  Articles  of  War  shall  be  placed  in  confinement,  and  when  charged  with 
a  minor  offense  he  may  be  placed  in  arrest.  Any  other  person  subject  to 
military  law  charged  with  crime  or  with  a  serious  offense  under  the  Articles 
of  War  shall  be  placed  in  confinement  or  in  arrest,  as  circumstances  may  re- 
quire ;  and  when  charged  with  a  minor  offense  such  person  may  be  placed 
in  arrest.  Any  person  placed  in  arrest  as  hereinbefore  specified  shall  thereby 
be  restricted  to  his  barracks,  quarters,  or  tent,  unless  such  limits  shall  be 
enlarged  by  proper  authority.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

934.  In  the  absence  of  special  instructions,  the  old  officer  of  the  day  will, 
at  guard  mounting,  release  all  garrison  prisoners  whose  sentences  expire  that 
day.     If  there  are  any  prisoners  with  no  record  of  charges  against  them,  the 
old  officer  of  the  day  will  report  that  fact  to  the  commanding  officer,  who  will 
give  the  necessary  instructions.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

935.  Prisoners  will  not  be  placed  in  irons  except  in  the  extraordinary  case 
of  a  prisoner  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer,  is  a  desperate  or 
dangerous  character,  in  which  case  report  of  action  and  the  circumstances  will 
be  immediately  made  to  the  department  or  tactical  division  commander.    WThen 
a  prisoner  is  removed  from  irons  a  report  of  that  action  will  be  made  to  the 
department  or  tactical  division  commander.     A  prisoner  may  be  shackled  or 
handcuffed  while  being  transported  from  one  post  to  another,  or  from  a  post 
to  a  penitentiary  when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  officer  in  charge,  the  escape  of 
the  prisoner  can  not  otherwise  be  prevented.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  31.) 

936.  Special  rules  and  regulations  will  be  promulgated  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  to  govern  the  enforcement  of  discipline,  the  methods  of  guarding,  and  the 
treatment  of  general  prisoners  confined  at  posts ;  also  the  measure  of  labor  to  be 
imposed  and  the  character  of  clothing  and  diet  to  be  furnished  them. 

937.  The  commanding  officer  at  posts  where  general  prisoners  are  confined 
will  forward,  on  the  last  day  of  every  month,  directly  ta  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army  and  to  the  department  commander,  a  return  of  general  prisoners. 
Blank  forms  for  this  return  will  be  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General's  De- 
partment.    General  prisoners  will  be  reported  under  the  following  headings: 
(a)  General  prisoners  under  sentence  for  purely  military  offenses  alone.     (&) 
General  prisoners  under  sentence  for  statutory  or  common-law  crimes  or  misde- 
meanors either  alone  or  in  connection  with  purely  military  offenses. 

938.  Prisoners  will  not  be  transferred  from  places  of  trial  to  places  at  which 
they  are  sentenced  to  confinement  except  on  orders  of  department  commanders 
or  higher  authority.    The  strength  of  guards  to  accompany  them  will  be  limited 
to  the  necessities  of  safe  delivery.    Orders  detailing  guards  in  charge  of  pris- 
oners will  provide  for  the  return  journey  of  the  guard  and  for  commutation  of 
rations  when  such  commutation  is  necessary.     The  commanding  officer  of  a 
place  from  which  a  prisoner  is  transferred  will  send,  under  seal,  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  place  to  which  the  prisoner  is  transferred  the  following 
papers  in  his  case,  namely:  Service  record   (in  case  of  a  garrison  prisoner); 
orders   promulgating  and    modifying   sentences ;   statement   of   conduct   while 
under  sentence  to  date  of  transfer ;  complete  inventory  of  personal  property, 
with  signature  of  prisoner  acknowledging  its  correctness,  and  list  of  clothing  in 
possession  of  the  prisoner  when  forwarded.    Personal  property  not  accompany- 
ing the  prisoner  will  be  assembled,  carefully  identified,  and  securely  packed 
before  shipment.     In  case  of  a  general  prisoner   (who  is  not  under  suspended 
sentence  of  dishonorable  discharge)    transferred  from  a  place  in  the  United 
States   the  commanding  officer   will   send   the   discharge  papers  of   the   pris- 
oner, together  with  all  the  other  papers  hereinbefore  described  except  the 


192  ARREST   AND   CONFINEMENT. 

service  record.  In  lieu  of  the  service  record  the  commanding  officer  will  send 
a  certified  copy  of  the  prisoner's  record  as  recorded  on  the  form  furnished  by 
the  Adjutant  General's  Department  for  keeping  such  records.  In  case  a  pris- 
oner convicted  of  purely  military  offenses  is  transferred  to  the  United  States 
from  the  Philippine  or  Hawaiian  Department,  China,  the  Canal  Zone,  Alaska, 
or  from  any  other  place  outside  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  his 
service  record,  completed  to  date  of  transfer  if  the  prisoner  is  under  a  sus- 
pended sentence  of  dishonorable  discharge,  or  to  date  of  dishonorable  discharge 
if  he  has  been  dishonorably  discharged,  will  be  sent,  under  seal,  in  addition  to 
the  other  papers  hereinbefore  described.  ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  55. )  s\ 

939.  All  serviceable  clothing  which  belongs  to  a  prisoner,,  and  his  blankets, 
will  accompany  him  to  the  place  designated  for  his  confinement,  and  will  be 
fully  itemized  on  the  clothing  list.    The  guard  in  charge  of  the  prisoner  during 
transfer  will  be  furnished  with  a  duplicate  of  this  list  and  will  be  held  re- 
sponsible for  the  delivery,  with  the  prisoner,  of  all  articles  itemized  therein. 
At  least  one  serviceable  woolen  blanket  will  be  sent  with  every  such  prisoner  so 
transferred.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

940.  The  personal  effects  of  military  prisoners  who  have  escaped  from  con- 
finement, except  such  as  possess  some  special  value  as  keepsakes,  may  be  dis- 
posed of  by  sale  as  in  the  case  of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers,  and  the  proceeds 
thereof,  together  with  any  money  left  by  the  prisoner  in  the  hands  of  the  com- 
pany commander,  be  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster,  who  should  account  for  the 
same  in  the  manner  provided  for  quartermasters'  collections.     The  officer  will 
take  the  quartermaster's  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  him  and  forward  the  same 
to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

941.  No  general  prisoner  will  be  released  from  confinement  except  on  an 
order  communicated  by  the  commanding  officer,  who,  before  giving  such  order, 
will  verify  the  date  of  expiration  of  the  prisoner's  sentence  by  examining  all 
orders  fixing  or  modifying  his  term  of  confinement. 

941|.  All  orders  from  the  War  Department  remitting  or  mitigating  the 
sentences  of  general  prisoners,  except  in  cases  where  remission  is  granted  in 
connection  with  honorable  restoration  to  duty,  will  be  signed  by  an  officer  of 
The  Adjutant  General's  Department,  will  bear  the  seal  of  the  War  Department, 
and  will  be  recorded  in  and  issued  from  The  Adjutant  General's  Office.  When- 
ever the  custodian  of  a  general  prisoner  is  in  doubt  as  to  the  authenticity  of 
an  order  for  the  remission  or  mitigation  of  the  sentence  of  such  prisoner,  he 
will,  before  carrying  the  order  into  effect,  make  telegraphic  inquiry  of  The 
Adjutant  General's  Office  as  to  the  authenticity  of  the  order.  In  cases  where 
the  remission  is  granted  in  connection  with  honorable  restoration  to  duty,  the 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  War  will  be  published  in  a  special  order  of  the  War 
Department  bearing  the  seal  of  The  Adjutant  General's  Office.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  65.) 

942.  General  prisoners,  other  than  those  confined  in  penitentiaries,  will  be 
allowed  in  abatement  of  their  terms  of  confinement  when  serving  sentences  of 
over  three  months,  and  not  over  12  months,  five  days  for  each  complete  period 
of  25  days  during  the  whole  of  which  their  conduct  has  been  good  ;  but  the  abate- 
ment of  five  days  so  authorized  shall  not  have  the  effect  in  any.  case  of  reduc- 
ing the  confinement  below  three  months.    On  sentences  exceeding  one  year  they 
will  be  allowed  the  foregoing  abatement  for  the  first  year  of  the  sentence  in- 
cluding abatement,  and  thereafter  10  days  for  each  complete  period  of  20  days 
during  the  whole  of  which  their  conduct  has  been  good.     Abatements  thus  au- 
thorized may  be  forfeited,  wholly  or  in  part,  by  subsequent  misconduct,  such 
forfeiture  to  be  determined  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  the 


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prisoner  is  confined.  A  general  prisoner  serving  sentence  in  a  penitentiary  will 
be  allowed  the  abatement  authorized  for  convicts  in  that  penitentiary. 

Garrison  prisoners  will  be  allowed  in  abatement  of  their  terms  of  confinement 
when  serving  sentences  of  one  month  five  days  for  good  conduct.  On  sentences 
exceeding  one  month  they  will  be  allowed  the  foregoing  abatement  for  the  first 
month  of  the  sentence,  and  thereafter  10  days  for  each  complete  period  of  20 
days  during  the  whole  of  which  their  conduct  has  been  good.  Abatements  thus 
authorized  may  be  forfeited,  wholly  or  in  part,  by  subsequent  misconduct,  such 
forfeiture  to  be  determined  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  the 
prisoner  is  confined. 

In  order  to  secure  uniformity  in  computing  abatement  of  terms  of  confine- 
ment the  following  method  of  computation  will  be  used : 

A  general  prisoner  or  garrison  prisoner  will  be  credited  at  the  beginning  of 
his  confinement  with  all  the  good-conduct  time  that  can  be  earned  in  his  case 
during  the  entire  period  of  his  sentence.  All  months  will  be  assumed  to  con- 
sist of  30  days.  When  forfeitures  of  good-conduct  time  are  imposed,  they  will 
be  deducted  from  the  amount  of  the  prisoner's  credit,  but  care  will  be  taken  not 
to  impose  or  deduct  a  forfeiture  in  excess  of  the  amount  of  good-conduct  time 
that  has  actually  been  earned  at  date  of  forfeiture. 

Where  a  prisoner  is  serving  two  or  more  sentences  the  whole  of  all  the  sen- 
tences will  be  added  together  and  treated  as  one  sentence  for  the  purpose  of  the 
computation  of  good-conduct  time.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  3  and  55.) 

943.  After  a  garrison  prisoner  has  served  one-half  of  his  sentence  he  may, 
if  his  enlistment  has  not  expired,  submit  to  the  commander  of  the  post  where 
the  sentence  is  being  executed  a  request  to  be  put  on  probation  for  the  remainder 
of  the  term  of  confinement  adjudged.  If  the  conduct  of  the  garrison  prisoner 
has  been  good  in  all  respects,  this  request  will  be  granted  by  the  commander 
of  the  post ;  and,  if  it  be  granted,  the  soldier  will  be  restored  to  duty  upon  con- 
dition that  if  his  conduct  is  not  good  while  on  probation  he  will  be  required  to 
serve  such  part  of  his  sentence  as  remained  unexecuted  at  the  time  that  he  was 
put  on  probation. 

After  a  general  prisoner  who  is  serving  sentence  at  a  post  has  served  one-half 
of  his  sentence,  he  may  submit  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  an  applica- 
tion to  be  placed  upon  parole  during  working  hours  for  the  remainder  of  the 
term  of  confinement.  Such  application  will  contain  a  pledge  on  the  part  of  the 
applicant  to  comply  with  all  general  conditions  under  which  general  prisoners 
may  be  paroled,  and  also  with  any  special  requirements  that  may  from  time  to 
time  be  made  of  him.  Upon  receipt  of  such  an  application  the  post  commander 
may,  in  the  exercise  of  his  discretion,  parole  the  prisoner  during  working  hours 
for  work  upon  condition  that  if  the  prisoner's  conduct  is  not  good  the  parole 
status  will  be  forfeited.  The  granting  of  the  qualified  parole  here  authorized 
does  not  constitute  a  release  of  the  prisoner  from  military  custody  or  control, 
but  merely  authorizes  a  relaxation  of  the  strict  rule  which  would  otherwise 
require  the  presence  of  a  guard  whenever  the  prisoner  is  outside  of  the  guard- 
house. 

In  determining  what  constitutes  one-half  of  a  sentence  the  calculation  will  be 
based  upon  the  prisoner's  term  without  deduction  for  good  conduct. 

The  abatement  for  good  conduct  authorized  in  paragraph  942  will  continue 
to  accrue  during  the  good  conduct  of  a  garrison  prisoner  on  probation  or  of  a 
general  prisoner  on  parole. 

The  parole  of  garrison  prisoners  is  authorized  in  the  discretion  of  the  post 
commander,  and  he  may  also  authorize  certain  garrison  prisoners  to  leave  the 
90651—17 13 


194 


COURTS-MARTIAL. 


guardhouse,  not  under  charge  of  a  sentinel,  for  the  purpose  of  working  outside 
under  such  surveillance  and  restrictions  as  he  may  impose.  (C.  A.  R^  Nos.  12 
and,  39.) 

94:4.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  381,  382,  and  402.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE  LXX. 
COUBTS-MARTIAL. 

945.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  7  and  12.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55). 

946.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  81.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

947.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  89.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

948.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  86.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

949.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  91  and  99.    .(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


950. 
951. 
952. 
953. 
954. 
955. 
956. 
957. 
958. 
959. 
960. 

Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded  ; 

see  pars.  1 
see  A.  R., 
see  M.  C. 
see  M.  C.  : 
see  M.  C. 
see  M.  C.  1 
see  M.  C. 
see  M.  C. 
see  M.  G. 
see  M.  C. 
see  M.  C.  : 

SUBPCENAS    TO    WITNESSES. 


95,  160,  and  161.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
,  996*.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  par.  168.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  pars.  333  and  336.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  par.  75.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  pars.  35  and  76.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  par.  75.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  pars.  43,  44,  and  351.     (C.  A.  R..  No.  55.) 
M.,  pars.  43  and  349.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  par.  351.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
M.,  pars.  350  and  358.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


9G1.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M..  pars.  108  and  109;  (C.  A.  R..  No.  55.) 
962.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  306.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


964. 
965. 
966. 
967. 
968. 
969. 
970. 
(C.  A. 
971. 
972. 
973. 
974. 
975. 
976. 
977. 
978. 


Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded  ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded.; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
R.,  No.  55.) 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded. 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 
Rescinded ; 


SENTENCES. 

see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  348.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  345.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  394.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  396,  397,  and  398.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  389.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  G.  M.,  par.  386.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  401.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  401,  and  A.  R.  1371.  as  amended. 


(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  389. 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  401. 
see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  401. 
see  M.  G.  M.,  par.  320. 
(C.  A.  R^  No.  12.) 
see  A.  R.  1370$.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  A.  W.  50.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
see  A.  R.  1370.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


EMPLOYMENT  OF  CIVIL  COUNSEL ;  SUMMONS  BY  CIVIL  COURT.       195 

THE   KECOBD. 

979.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  354,  358,  and  363.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

980.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  117.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

981.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  366  and  370.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

982.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  G.  M.,  par.  367.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

983.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  352  and  364.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

984.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  400.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

KEPOKTERS,    CLERKS,   INTERPRETERS. 

985.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  105.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

986.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  G.  M.,  pars.  112,  113,  115,  and  116.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

987.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  118.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

988.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  119.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE   LXXI. 
CIVILIAN  WITNESSES. 

989.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  184.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

990.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  185.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

991.  Rescinded ;  see  M.  C.  M.,  pars.  172  and  193.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

992.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  186.     (C.  A.  R^  No.  55.) 

993.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  187.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

994.  Rescinded;  see  A.  R.  996|.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

ARTICLE  LXXLT. 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  CIVIL  COUNSEL;  SUMMONS  BY  CIVIL  COURT. 

995.  The  employment  of  counsel  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  is  under 
the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Justice. 

996.  When  a  necessity  arises  for  an  attorney  or  counselor  to  defend  or  advise 
officers  and  others  connected  with  the  military  service  in  cases  connected  with 
their  public  duties,   request,  with  report  of  the  facts,  will  be  made  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  through  the  regular  military  channels,  but  in 
cases  which  will  not  admit  of  delay  the  request  may  be  sent  direct.    The  Adju- 
tant General  will  promptly  submit  all  such  requests  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  reference  to  the  Department  of  Justice.    Officers  and  others  in  the  military 
service  employing  an  attorney  or  counselor  without  being  specially  authorized 
to  do  so  will  be  required  to  pay  the  expenses  attendant  upon  such  employment. 

996£.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  who  receives  a  summons  to  attend  as  a  wit- 
ness before  any  civil  court,  or  other  civil  tribunal  competent  to  issue  subpoenas, 
will,  before  starting  to  obey  the  summons,  request  authority  from  his  com- 
manding officer  to  obey  the  same.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

996J.  Compensation  to  civilians  in  or  out  of  Government  employ  for  attend- 
ance upon  civil  courts  is  payable  by  the  civil  authorities.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

997.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  478.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

998.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  478.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

999.  Rescinded;  see  M.  C.  M.,  par.  479.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


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ARTICLE  LXXIII. 

QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  prepared  and 
published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by 
the  Quartermaster  General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in 
their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

GENERAL   DUTIES. 

1000.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  providing  means 
of  transportation  of  every  character,  either  under  contract  or  in  kind,  whi<sfa 
may  be  needed  in  the  movement  of  troops  and  material  of  war.     It  furnishes  all 
public  animals  employed  in  the  service  of  the  Army,  the  forage  consumed  by 
them,  wagons  and  all  articles  necessary  for  their  use,  and  the  horse  equipments 
for  the  Quartermaster  Corps.     It  furnishes  clothing,  camp  and  garrison  equi- 
page, barracks,  storehouses,  and  other  buildings ;  constructs  and  repairs  roads, 
railways,  bridges ;  builds  and  charters  ships,  boats,  docks,  and  wharves  needed 
for  military  purposes ;  supplies  subsistence  for  enlisted  men  and  others  entitled 
thereto ;  supplies  articles  for  authorized  sales  and  issues ;  furnishes  lists  of  arti- 
cles authorized  to  be  kept  for  sale ;  gives  instructions  for  procuring,  distributing, 
issuing,  selling,  and  accounting  for  all  quartermaster  and  subsistence  supplies; 
has  charge  of  the  supply  and  distribution  of  and  accounting  for  funds  for  the 
payment  of  the  Army,  and  such  other  financial  duties  as  are  specially  assigned 
to  it ;  and  attends  to  all  matters  connected  with  military  operations  which  are 
not  expressly  assigned  to  some  other  bureau  of  the  War  Department.     (See 
par.  1493.)      (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1001.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  transports  to  the  place  of  issue  and  pro- 
vides storehouses  and  other  means  of  protection  for  the  preservation  of  stores 
supplied  for  the  Army  by  other  departments. 

1002.  General  depots  for  the  collection,  manufacture,  and  preservation  of 
Quartermaster  stores,  until  required  for  distribution,  are  under  the  immediate 
control  of  the  Quartermaster  General.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1003.  The    Quartermaster   General   will   announce   from   time   to   time   the 
depots   from   which   requisitions   for   quartermaster    supplies — issuable   under 
Army  Regulations — will  be  filled. 

The  commanding  officers  of  the  depots  so  designated  will  fill,  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible after  their  receipt,  all  requisitions  approved  by  competent  authority. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1004.  Department  commanders  will  take  final  action  on  all  requisitions  for 
supplies  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  issuable  under  Army  Regula- 
tions or  general  orders  and  send  them  for  supply  to  the  depots  designated  by 
the  Quartermaster  General.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1005.  Requisitions  for  quartermaster  supplies  not  covered  by  Army  Regula- 
tions or  general  orders  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster  General  for  his 
action.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1006.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  7.) 

1007.  Emergency  purchases  of  quartermaster  stores  payable  from  appropri- 
ations for  incidental  expenses,  Army  transportation,  and  regular  supplies,  not 
exceeding  $200  in  any  one  case,  may  be  made  under  the  authority  of  the  depart- 
ment commander,  but  purchases  under  this  authority  should  be  avoided  as  mud. 
as  possible  by  timely  requisitions. 

1008.  Estimates  for  funds  required  to  discharge  accrued  liabilities,  or  lia- 
bilities to  become  due  within  the  month  for  which  the  funds  are  to  be  supplied, 


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will  be  submitted  by  quartermasters  at  posts  under  the  jurisdiction  of  depart- 
ment commanders  to  their  respective  department  quartermasters ;  by  recruiting 
officers  (for  funds  pertaining  to  appropriation  Subsistence  of  the  Army)  to  the 
disbursing  officers  designated  to  settle  their  accounts,  and  by  depot  quarter- 
masters and  quartermasters  of  independent  stations  directly  to  the  Quarter- 
master General,  sufficient  time  in  advance  of  the  period  for  which  required 
to  insure  the  funds  being  available  when  payments  become  due.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  JO.) 

1009.  1.  The  enlisted  members  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  consist  of 
such  number  and  grades  as  the  President  may  from  time  to  time  authorize 
under  the  provision  of  law. 

2.  Quai'termaster  sergeants,  senior  grade,  quartermaster  sergeants,  and  ser- 
geants, first  class,  will  be  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Quartermaster  General.     Sergeants  will  be  appointed  by  the 
Quartermaster  General,  and  corporals,  cooks,  and  privates,  first  class,  will  be 
appointed  by  the  commander  of  a  territorial  department,  division,  or  separate 
brigade  in  the  field,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  department,   division,  or 
brigade  quartermaster.     Before  appointment  quartermaster   sergeants,   senior 
grade,  quartermaster  sergeants,  sergeants,  first  class,  and  sergeants  must  pass, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Quartermaster  General,  a  satisfactory  examination, 
to  be  condxicted  by  the  quartermaster  of  the  station  at  which  the  applicant  may 
be  serving,  or  elsewhere,  as  the  Quartermaster  General  may  direct. 

Quartermaster  sergeants,  senior  grade,  quartermaster  sergeants,  and  ser- 
geants, first  class,  though  liable  to  discharge  for  inefficiency  or  misconduct,  .will 
not  be  reduced,  except  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial.  Sergeants  may  be 
reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  or  by  the  Quartermaster  General,  and 
corporals,  cooks,  and  privates,  first  class,  may  be  reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial,  by  the  Quartermaster  General,  or  by  the  commander  of  a  territorial 
department,  division,  or  separate  brigade  in  the  field,  on  the  recommendation 
of  the  department,  division,  or  brigade  quartermaster.  Cooks  may  not  be 
reduced  by  sentence  of  summary  or  special  courts. 

3.  Within  his  command  the  commander  of  a  territorial  department,  or  of  a 
field  army,  division,  or  separate  brigade  in  the  field,  on  the  recommendation  of 
the  department  quartermaster,  chief  quartermaster,  division  or  brigade  quar- 
termaster, may  transfer  enlisted  men  of  the  line  of  the  Army  as  privates  to  the 
Quartermaster  Corps,  and  he  may  transfer  enlisted  men  of  the  Quartermaster 
Corps,  except  quartermaster  sergeants,   senior  grade,   and  quartermaster  ser- 
geants, from  duty  at  one  post  or  with  one  organization  to  another  where  their 
services  are  required,  reporting  such  transfer  to  the  Quartermaster  General. 
The    assignment   to    station    of    quartermaster    sergeants,    senior    grade,    and 
quartermaster  sergeants,  except  as  may  be  provided  in  Field  Service  Regu- 
lations, will  be  made  by  the  War  Department  or  by  commanders  of  territorial 
departments,  under  the  special  authority,  in  each  case,  of  the  War  Department. 

Applications  for  transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army  to  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  will  state  the  age,  character,  special  qualifications,  physical  condition, 
date  of  expiration  of  current  enlistment,  previous  service,  and  whether  made 
for  an  existing  or  prospective  vacancy,  and  will  originate  with  the  quarter- 
master of  the  post  or  organization  and  be  forwarded  through  military  channels. 

4.  All  enlistments  for  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  be  made  in  the  grade  of 
private.      Quartermaster    sergeants,    senior    grade,    quartermaster    sergeants, 
sergeants,  first  class,  sergeants,  coi'porals,  cooks,  and  privates,  first  class,  who 
have  completed  an  authorized  enlistment  period,  none  of  which  has  been  passed 
in  the  reserve,  may  be  reenlisted  in  their  respective  grades  and  their  warrants 
or  appointments  continued  in  force  provided  they  reenlist  on  the  day  following 


198  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

that  of  discharge.  Any  noncommissioned  officer  enlisted  on  or  after  the  first 
day  of  November,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  furloughed  to  the  reserve 
upon  the  completion  of  three  years  in  the  active  service  with  an  excellent  charac- 
ter, shall  be  permitted  to  reenlist  in  the  organization  from  which  furloughed 
with  the  rank  and  grade  held  by  him  at  the  time  of  his  furlough  if  he  reenlists 
within  20  days  after  the  date  of  such  furlough.  In  each  case  the  soldier  will 
reenlist  at  the  place  where  his  organization  is  stationed.  If,  however,  the  quar- 
termaster under  whom  the  soldier  may  be  serving  should  not  deem  the  continu- 
ing in  force  of  the  warrant  or  appointment  to  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  serv- 
ice, he  will  communicate  through  military  channels  his  reasons  in  detail  to  the 
authority  competent  to  appoint  or  promote  to  the  grade  for  which  reenlistrnent 
is  desired,  in  order  that  a  decision  may  be  had  before  the  date  of  the  soldier's 
discharge.  Each  reenlistment  and  continuance  will  be  noted  on  the  warrant  or 
appointment  by  the  quartermaster. 

Commanding  officers  of  posts  or  stations,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
quartermaster,  may  authorize  enlistments,  including  the  enlistment  or  reenlist- 
ment of  married  men,  to  fill  vacancies  within  the  allotment  of  enlisted  men, 
Quartermaster  Corps,  made  to  such  posts  or  stations. 

5.  When  a  man  is  enlisted  for,  reenlisted  in,  or  transferred  to  the  Quarter- 
master Corps,  the  quartermaster  who  first  receives  the  soldier  will  forward  a 
copy  of  his  service  record  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General,  except  in  the 
case  of  a  man  stationed  in  the  Philippine  or  Hawaiian  Department,  when  the 
copy  will  be  sent  through  the  department  quartermaster. 

Quartermasters  will  make  monthly  returns  of  their  detachments  on  a  form  to 
be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  General.  The  returns  will  be  forwarded  to 
the  Quartermaster  General  through  department  quartermasters,  and  will  show 
the  date  and  nature  of  any  change  affecting  the  status  of  the  soldier. 

6.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  and  all  records  pertaining  to  enlisted  men 
of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  be  kept  by  the  quartermaster  under  whose 
immediate  direction  they  are  serving.     All  members  casually  at  a  post,  camp, 
or  other  station  are  under  the  immediate  orders  of  the  quartermaster,  except 
prisoners  and  those  sick  in  hospital,  who  will,  however,  be  borne  on  the  muster 
rolls,   morning  report,  and  returns  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  detachment 
If  discharged,  their  final  statements  will  be  prepared  by  the  quartermaster. 

7.  A  quartermaster  sergeant  at   any  ungarrisoned  post  or  station  will   be 
responsible  for  the  property  of  his  own  corps,  and  for  such  other  property 
as  may  be  intrusted  to  him  for  safe-keeping.    For  all  public  property  committed 
to  his  charge  he  will  account  to  the  heads  of  the  staff  departments  or  corps 
concerned,  and  if  the  means  at  his  disposal  are  insufficient  for  its  preservation 
he  will  report  the  facts. 

8.  The  military  control  of  quartermaster  sergeants  serving  at  posts  not  oc- 
cupied by  troops  is  vested  in  the  commander  of  the  territorial  department  in 
which  they  are  serving.     All  matters  relating  to  them  as  soldiers  subject  to 
military  command,  as  distinguished  from  the  administrative  duties  imposed 
upon  them  by  regulations  and  orders,  will,  except  in  cases  of  reenlistment,  be 
determined  at  department  headquarters,  where  their  service  records  will  be 
kept.     When  they  are  discharged  a  copy  of  the  service  record,  upon  which 
will  be  noted  the  fact  of  discharge,  with  the  date,  place,  and  cause,  and  the 
character  given  on  the  discharge  certificate,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quarter- 
master General  of  the  Army.     A  copy  will  also  be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army. 

9.  The  number  of  noncommissioned  officers,  except  quartermaster  sergeants, 
senior  grade,  and  quartermaster  sergeants,  and  privates  of  the  Quartermaster 


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Corps  to  be  apportioned  among  departments  and  independent  posts  and  stations 
will  be  determined  by  the  Quartermaster  General.  Department  commanders,  on 
the  recommendation  of  the  department  quartermaster,  will  make  suitable  allot- 
ments of  enlisted  men  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  except  quartermaster  ser- 
geants, senior  grade,  and  quartermaster  sergeants,  to  the  several  posts  and 
stations  of  their  command,  but  the  aggregate  thus  allotted  must  not  exceed 
the  total  number  apportioned  to  the  department. 

10.  Quartermaster  Corps  enlisted  personnel,  except  quartermaster  sergeants, 
senior  grade,  and  quartermaster  sergeants,  is  classified  as  follows : 

(a)  That  portion  attached  to  mobile  organizations,  except  those  organizations 
pertaining  to  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

(6)  That  portion  assigned  to  organizations  pertaining  to  the  Quartermaster 
Corps. 

(c)  That  portion  assigned  to  the  service  of  the  interior.  Civilian  personnel 
of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  assigned  to  classes 
(6)  and  (c). 

All  men  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  be  carried  on  muster  rolls  of  the 
Quartermaster  Corps,  under  "  Remarks,"  as  attached  to  a  definite  mobile  or 
ganization,  or  as  belonging  to  a  unit  of  class  (&)  or  to  class  (c).     Similar  nota 
tion  will  be  made  on  returns  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps.     Department  com 
manders  will  determine,  on  recommendation  of  the  department  quartermaster, 
the  number  of  men  at  each  post  or  station  to  be  assigned  to  each  class,  within 
the  limits  prescribed  in  Tables  of  Organization,  and  the  individual  men  will  be 
assigned  to  their  respective  classes  and  those  of  class  (a)  attached  to  organiza- 
tions of  mobile  troops  by  the  post  commander  on  recommendation  of  the  quar- 
termaster.   Service  records  of  men  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  classes  (a) 
and  (6)  will  be  kept  in  duplicate  at  posts,  and  all  other  papers  required  when 
Quartermaster  Corps  personnel  accompanies  troops  to  which  attached  will  be 
prepared  in  advance  so  far  as  practicable.     Mobile  organizations  will  carry 
attached  Quartermaster  Corps  troops  in  red   ink  on  their  muster  rolls  and 
returns. 

11.  On  receipt  of  orders  directing  a  movement  of  mobile  organizations  with 
attached  Quartermaster  Corps  troops,  the  personnel  of  class   (a)   attached  to 
those  troops  will  be  directed  to  report  for  duty  to  the  organization  commander, 
and,  while  absent,  will  be  carried  as  on  detached  service,  unless  another  status 
is  specified  in  orders.     When  the  troops  again  come  under  the  jurisdiction  of  a 
post  commander,  the  attached  Quartermaster  Corps  personnel  will  be  directed 
to  report  to  the  quartermaster  of  the  post  for  garrison  duty. 

12.  Property  pertaining  to  the  individual  equipment  of  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  personnel,  class  (a),  including  mounts  and  mounted  equipment,  will  be 
transferred  to  the  regimental  supply  officer  or  commander  of  the  organization 
to  which  attached  on  memorandum  receipt  if  the  organization  is  only  tem- 
porarily detached  from  its  station,  otherwise  by  regular  invoices  and  receipts. 
These  transfer  papers  will  be  kept  prepared  in  advance,  except  as  to  quantities. 

13.  All  men  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  class  (a)  who  are  authorized  in 
Tables  of  Organization  to  be  mounted  will  be  furnished  with  mounts  and  appro- 
priate mounted  equipment  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  3,  10, 
18,  30,  34,  51,  and  55.) 

10094.  Commissioned  officers  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  be  designated 
by  the  War  Department,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral, for  duty  with  the  technical  and  administrative  staff  of  divisions  and 
higher  units,  and  of  the  line  of  communications;  and  by  the  Quartermaster 
General  for  duty  with  division  supply  trains,  with  supply  columns  of  the  line 
of  communications,  and  with  depots  thereof.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  84.) 


200  QUAETEKMASTER   COEPS. 

1009j.  Whenever  troops  are  ordered  to  field  duty  or  to  maneuver  camps, 
department  commanders  will  designate  the  proper  pro  rata  number  of  bakers 
to  accompany  such  troops  from  the  detachments  of  bakery  companies  stationed 
at  the  posts  from  which  the  troops  are  ordered,  or  from  such  other  bakery 
personnel  as  may  be  available  for  the  purpose,  together  with  the  necessary 
bakery  equipment.  The  procedure  outlined  for  class  (a)  personnel  in  section 
31,  paragraph  1009,  will  be  followed  on  the  receipt  of  orders  directing  the 
movement  of  mobile  organizations  with  attached  bakery  personnel  of  the 
Quartermaster  Corps.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  JtT.) 

BARRACKS    AND    QUARTERS. 

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1010.  When   buildings   are  about  to   be   occupied,   allotted,   or   vacated,   an 
inspection  of  them  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster,  who  will  make  and  file  a 
statement  of  their  condition,  reporting  to  the  commanding  officer  any  damage 
apparently  due  to  carelessness  or  neglect.     Damages  will  be  promptly  repaired 
if  possible. 

1011.  Neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms  or  furni- 
ture used  by  him  is  a  military  offense.     In  case  of  damage,  such  officer  or 
soldier  may  be  allowed  to  pay  cost  of  necessary  repairs  if  the  commanding 
officer  deem  such  payment  sufficient.     Commanding  officers  will  report,  through 
prescribed  channels,  to  the  War  Department  their  proceedings  in  all  cases  under 
this  regulation. 

1012.  The  annual  inspection  of  all  public  buildings,  structures,  and  systems 
at  every  post  and  station  will  be  made  prior  to  March  1  each  year  by  the  com- 
manding officer  and  the  quartermaster,   after  which   the  latter  will  prepare 
annual  estimates  on  the  prescribed  forms,  showing  the  nature  and  cost  of  the 
repairs  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  appropriations  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year. 
He  will  omit  from  the  estimates  for  repairs  all  work  for  which  funds  have  been 
allotted  or  supplied  for  the  current  year.     All  estimates  for  new  construction 
and  betterments  will  be  prepared  separately  and  forwarded  to  the  department 
commander,  who  will  carefully  consider  and  revise  them  as  may  be  necessary 
and  forward  them,  with  an  express  statement  of  his  approval  or  disapproval, 
through  military  channels  for  the  consideration  of  the  Secretary  of  War  in  con- 
nection with  the  preparation  of  the  next  estimates  to  be  submitted  to  Congress. 

He  will  also  state  the  condition  of  each  building,  structure,  or  system,  and 
will  properly  enter  under  the  indicated  headings  the  amounts  expended  during 
the  preceding  fiscal  year.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  44-) 

1013.  Estimates  for  repairs  to  public  buildings  will  include  repairs  to  the 
buildings,  and  to  all  fixtures,  systems,  and  apparatus  pertaining  to  the  buildings 
nncl  permanently  installed  therein. 

Annual  estimates  for  repairs  will  also  be  prepared  for  all  structures  and 
systems  exterior  to  buildings,  including  target  ranges,  drainage,  dredging,  and 
improvement  to  grounds. 

Estimates  for  necessary  new  construction,  extensions,  alterations,  additions, 
or  new  installations  will  be  prepared  annually  and  forwarded  at  the  same  time 
and  in  the  same  manner  as  the  estimates  for  annual  repairs,  stating  fully  the 
necessity  for  each  item  of  work  called  for. 

Where  blanks  are  furnished  especially  for  the  purpose  these  estimates  will 
be  submitted  thereon ;  in  cases  where  no  special  blank  is  furnished  estimates 
will  be  submitted  on  Form  No.  160,  Q.  M.  C. 

In  submitting  requests  for  new  buildings  or  additions  to  existing  buildings, 
the  following  information  should  accompany  the  estimates  therefor: 


BARRACKS  AND   QUARTERS.  201 

1.  Size  of  proposed  building  or  addition. 

2.  The  material  of  which  it  is  proposed  to  construct  it. 

3.  The  purpose  for  which  the  building  is  to  be  devoted  described  in  detail. 
If  a  barrack  building,  the  number  of  men  to  be  accommodated.     If  a  stable,  the 
number  of  animals  to  be  provided  for,  etc. 

4.  The  particular  necessity  for  the  building  or  addition  requested,  stating 
fully  the  existing  accommodations  at  the  post  of  the  character  asked  for,  and 
how  accommodations  are  now  being  provided  for  the  purposes  for  which  building 
is  desired. 

5.  The  size  of  the  garrison,  including  the  number  of  officers,  men,  and  civilian 
employees  authorized  at  the  post,  also  the  post  allowance  of  animals  and  means 
of  transportation.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1014.  Post   commanders   will    carefully   examine   these    estimates    and   will 
forward  them  not  later  than  April  1  with  their  recommendations  to  the  depart- 
ment commander. 

The  commanding  generals  of  departments  and  commanding  officers  of  places 
excepted  from  the  control  of  department  commanders  will  carefully  examine 
these  estimates  and  will  forward  them  with  their  recommendations  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  not  later  than  April  15  of  each  year. 

Estimates  in  the  Philippine  Department  will  be  forwarded  in  like  manner  to 
the  department  commander  for  his  action. 

1015.  (Changed  by  C.  A.  R.,  No.  10,  W.  D.,  1914.)     Based  upon  the  estimates 
and  recommendations  received,  the  Quartermaster  General,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  will  make  apportionments  from  which  department  and 
other  commanders  will  make  allotments  for  repairs. 

The  department  commander  in  making  allotments  for  repairs  for  the  various 
posts  in  his  department  will  specify  a  total  amount  approved  under  each  appi-o- 
priation  involved  for  all  the  work  at  that  post.  All  commanding  officers  will 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  707. 

After  allotments  for  repairs  shall  have  been"  made  by  the  department  com- 
mander the  annual  estimate  will  be  sent  to  the  post  to  which  it  pertains.  All 
three  copies  will  be  retained  at  the  post  until  June  30  of  the  fiscal  year  con- 
cerned. The  commanding  officer  will  then  indicate  in  red  ink  figures  on  the 
three  copies  of  the  estimate,  opposite  the  amount  estimated  for,  the  amount  actu- 
ally expended  for  each  item  of  work  on  each  building  or  each  set  of  quarters,  also 
for  all  other  items  of  work,  etc.,  so  that  the  Quartermaster  General's  Office  will 
have  knowledge  of  the  actual  cost  of  repairs,  etc.,  of  each  item  when  the  estimates 
are  returned  to  that  office.  When  this  shall  have  been  accomplished  one  copy 
of  the  estimate  will  be  retained  at  the  post ;  the  other  two  copies  will  be  for- 
warded to  department  headquarters,  one  copy  to  be  retained  there  for  record 
and  the  other  to  be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

After  all  repairs,  etc.,  shall  have  been  completed,  commanding  officer's  of  depots 
and  independent  stations  will  forward  one  copy  of  the  annual  estimate  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  one  copy  being  retained  at  the  depot  or  station 
for  record  there.  The  same  regulations  will  govern,  so  far  as  applicable,  for 
depots  and  independent  stations  with  reference  to  retaining  and  completing  the 
estimates  as  stated  in  section  three  above,  as  apply  to  posts  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  department  commanders.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  W  and  44.) 

1016.  Post    and    department   commanders   will   carefully   examine    into   the 
methods  that  are  being  pursued  in  making  repairs  with  a  view  to  utilizing  to 
the  fullest  extent  all  facilities  that  are  available  at  the  post  for  such  a  purpose. 

In  the  preparation  of  estimates  for  repairs  available  post  labor  will  be  fully 
considered  with  a  view  to  its  use  wherever  practicable. 


202  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

Post  transportation  and  prison  labor,  when  available,  will  be  used  in  making 
repairs  to  roads,  walks,  and  wharves,  and  in  improving  grounds,  and  all  posts 
should  be  supplied  with  the  machinery  necessary  for  making  such  repairs. 

1017.  No  extensions,   alterations,   or   additions   to   buildings,   structures,   or 
systems  will  be  made  at  military  posts  or  stations  without  proper  authority 
from  the  War  Department,  nor  will  funds  apportioned  for  repairs  to  these  build- 
ings, structures,  or  systems  be  used  in  making  extensions,  alterations,  or  addi- 
tions thereto. 

When  extensions,  alterations,  or  additions  to  any  buildings,  structures,  or 
systems  at  a  post  or  a  station  are  required,  a  statement  showing  the  necessit. 
therefor  accompanied  by  detailed  information  relative  thereto  and  estimates  o: 
cost  on  the  prescribed  form,  with  map  or  drawings  to  illustrate,  will  be  submitted 
to  the  War  Department,  through  military  channels. 

1018.  When   private   buildings   occupied   as   barracks  or  quarters  or  lands 
occupied  as  encampments  are  vacated,  the  commanding  officer  and  quartermaster 
will  make  an  inspection  of  them,  and  the  latter  will  report,  through  the  pre- 
scribed channel,  to  the  Quartermaster  General,  their  condition  and  any  injury 
which  has  resulted  to  them  by  reason  of  such  occupancy.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1019.  At  each  post  there  will  be  kept  a  book  (Record  Barracks  and  Quar- 
ters— supplied  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps)  in  which  will  be  entered  a  record 
of  every  permanent  building,   under  its  proper   numerical  designation.     The 
number  originally  given  a  building  will  be  retained  as  a  peTmanent  record  and 
will  not  be  altered  to  conform  to  the  post  directory  nor  to  any  changes  therein. 

On  the  record  of  each  building  all  expenditures  of  any  kind  will  be  entered, 
whether  annual  or  special. 

This  book  will  be  totalled  annually  on  June  30th,  and  the  total  amount 
expended  on  that  building  for  annual  repairs  only  during  the  preceding  12 
months  will  be  reported  on  the  annual  estimate  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year. 

At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  unexpended  balances  not  held  by  post  quarter- 
masters for  authorized  payments-  under  contract  will  be  returned  to  the  depart- 
ment quartermaster. 

This  book  will  be  so  kept  as  to  show  at  all  tunes  an  accurate  record  of 
expenditures  for  all  repairs,  additions,  alterations,  etc.,  that  the  total  cost  of 
the  building  to  date  may  at  any  time  be  determined.  The  entries  should  be 
made  so  as  to  show  the  cost  of  the  annual  repairs  separately.  (C.  A.  R-,  No.  44-) 

1020.  Permanent  heavy  furniture  will  be  assigned  to  officers'  quarters  by  the 
Quartermaster  General  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    All  arti- 
cles of  such  furniture  will  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the  quarters  to  which 
they  may  be  assigned,  will  be  considered  a  part  of  such  quarters,  and  will  not 
be  removed  therefrom  (except  for  repair  or  storage,  or  when  the  quarters  are 
abandoned  for  use  as  officers'  quarters)  without  authority  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.    A  memorandum  receipt  will  be  given  by  an  officer  to  whom  quarters  have 
been  assigned  for  the  furniture  therein  supplied  by  the'  Quartermaster  Corps, 
and  he  will  be  responsible  for  its  proper  care  and  will  be'  charged  with  the 
amount  of  any  damage  thereto  other  than  that  incident  to  fair  wear  and  tear. 

The  quartermaster  will  include  in  the  report  called  for  by  paragraph  1010 
a  statement  of  the  condition  of  furniture  placed  in  officers'  quarters.  ( C.  A.  R^ 
No.  10.) 

1021.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  provide  in  all  permanent  barracks  a 
trunk  locked  for  each  enlisted  man  for  his  uniform  and  extra  clothing. 

1022.  Barracks  will  be  supplied  with  chairs,  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  one  for 
each  noncommissioned  officer  and  one  for  every  two  of  the  other  enlisted  men 
quartered  there.    Cuspidors,  with  suitable  mats  on  which  to  place  them,  will  be 
supplied  in  all  barracks  and  other  buildings  occupied  or  used  by  enlisted  men. 


ALLOWANCE  AND  ASSIGNMENT   OF   QUARTEKS.  203 

1023.  China  and  glass  ware  belonging  to  mess  outfits  and  bunks,  mattresses, 
pillows,  benches,  chairs,  tables,  and  other  articles  of  furniture  provided  for 
soldiers'  barracks  will  not  be  removed  therefrom  without  the  order  of  the  post 
commander,  nor  will  they  be  removed  from  a  post  or  station  except  by  order  of 
the  War  Department. 

In  emergencies  post  commanders  may  authorize  the  quartermaster  to  issue  to 
officers,  on  memorandum  receipt,  such  quartermaster  supplies  as  may  be  abso- 
lutely necessary  during  the  emergency.  The  regular  issue  of  tableware  will  not 
be  sold  to  officers. 

In  all  changes  of  station  of  organizations,  trunk  lockers,  mattress  covers, 
pillowcases,  bed  sheets,  blankets,  overcoats,  ponchos,  slickers,  sweaters,  and 
barrack  bags  will  be  transferred  with  them.  In  all  changes  of  station  of  all 
individual  enlisted  men,  trunk  lockers,  blankets,  overcoats,  ponchos,  slickers, 
and  sweaters  will  be  transferred  with  them,  the  fact  being  noted  on  the  soldier's 
service  record.  None  of  those  articles,  except  blankets,  overcoats,  ponchos, 
slickers,  and  sweaters  will  be  taken  into  the  field. 

Previously  to  the  execution  of  an  order  for  change  of  station  of  an  organi- 
zation the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station  will  appoint  a  surveying 
officer,  if  possible  an  officer  belonging  to  an  organization  other  than  that  chang- 
ing station,  who  will  survey  all  china  and  glassware  of  the'  outgoing  organiza- 
tion. He  will  render  a  report  as  to  the  serviceability  or  unserviceability  of  the 
articles  surveyed,  and  that  report,  when  approved  by  the  commanding  officer, 
will  be  final.  All  china  and  glassware  found  to  be  serviceable  will  be  turned 
in  to  the  quartermaster  for  reissue.  All  china  and  glassware  found  to  be  un- 
serviceable after  the  authorized  allowance  of  5  per  cent  a  quarter  on  account 
of  breakage  shall  have  been  deducted  will  be  destroyed  and  the  money  value 
thereof  charged  against  the  officer  who  is  responsible  for  the  property.  (C.  A. 
R^  Nos.  6  and  55.) 

ALLOWANCE  AND  ASSIGNMENT  OF   QUARTERS. 

1024.  At-  each  post  and  station  where  there  are  public  quarters  in  buildings 
belonging  to  the  United  States,  the  quartermaster,  under  direction  of  the  com- 
manding  officer,   will   allot   to   each   officer   the   quarters   to   which   his   rank 
entitles  him. 

1025.  At  all  posts,  where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander,  the 
barracks  and  quarters  are  sufficient  for  the  purpose,  the  following  regulations 
will  govern  their  assignment  and  occupation : 

1.  Permanent  quarters  will  be  assigned  to  the  field  and  staff  officers  of  the 
garrison. 

2.  Quarters  for  the  captain  and  lieutenants  of  each  company  will  be  desig- 
nated as  appertaining  to  each  set  of  barracks,  having  reference  to  convenience 
of  location.  «  Where  bachelor  quarters  are  provided  at  a  military  post  it  is 
proper,  when  necessary,  that  they  be  assigned  to  officers  without  families.    The 
post  commander's  decision  with  respect  to  the  necessity  for  such  assignment 
will  govern  in  each  case. 

3.  On  arrival  of  troops  each  company  will  be  assigned  by  the  commanding 
officer  to  appropriate  vacant  barracks  and  quarters.     Quarters  thus  regularly 
assigned  will  not  be  subject  to  choice,  but  any  not  occupied  may  be  chosen  for 
temporary  occupancy  by  an  officer,   in  accordance  with  existing  regulations, 
subject,  however,  to  removal  whenever  an  officer  entitled  to  them  arrives.    The 
original  assignment  of  quarters  at  any  post  or  station  will  be  made  by  a  board 
of  officers  consisting  of  the  commanding  officer,   the  two  senior  line  officers 
present,    the    surgeon,    and    the   quartermaster.      Upon    the    department    com- 


204  QUABTEKMASTEE.   CORPS. 

ninnder's  approval  of  the  board's  action,  its  recommendations  will  be  carried 
into  effect  as  soon  as  practicable,  the  department  commander  causing  the 
assignments  to  take  effect  as  changes  occur  in  the  stations  of  officers  and  troops 
without  removing  any  officer  from  quarters  occupied  by  him  under  other  exist- 
ing regulations. 

1026.  At  posts  or  stations  where  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1025  can  not  be 
applied  officers  may  make  selection  of  quarters  in  accordance  with  their  rank, 
but  the  commanding  officer  may  direct  that  they  confine  their  selection  to  build- 
ings located  near  their  troops.     An  officer  may  select  quarters  occupied  by  a 
junior,  but  will  not  displace  a  junior  if  there  be  quarters  suitable  to  the  rank 
of  the  senior  available,  with  equal  conveniences  and  accommodations.     When 
an  officer  has  made  his  choice  he  must  abide  by  it,  and  shall  not  again  displace 
a  junior  unless  he  himself  is  displaced  by  a  senior.    The  particular  rooms  which 
constitute  a  set  of  quarters  will  be  designated  by  the  quartermaster,  under  the 
direction  of  the  commanding  officer.    Attics  are  not  counted  as  rooms.    Officers 
will  not  choose  rooms  belonging  to  different  sets. 

1027.  An  officer  reporting  for  duty  at  a   post   will,   immediately   upon  his 
arrival,  make  written  application  to  the  commanding  officer  for  quarters.    If  in 
command  of  troops,  he  will  apply  for  quarters  for  himself,  for  his  subordinate 
officers,  and  the  enlisted  men  of  his  command.    The  application  will  be  accom- 
panied by  a  copy  of  the  order  directing  him  to  report  at  the  station,  and  will 
be  referred  to  the  quartermaster  for  proper  action  under  such  instructions  as 
the  commanding  officer  may  indorse  thereon. 

1028.  An  officer  will  not  occupy  more  than  his  proper  allowance  of  qiiarters, 
except  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  when  there  is  ah  excess  of  quar- 
ters at  the  station.    The  allowance  will  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the  commanding 
officer  when  the  number  of  officers  and  troops  present  makes  it  necessary.    The 
commanding  officer  will   exercise  such  personal   supervision  over  the  matter 
of  assignment  of  quarters  as  will  conserve  the  interests  of  the  United  States, 
within  the  meaning  of  preventing,   so  far   as  possible,   claims  for  commuta- 
tion of  quarters  arising  in  the  cases  of  officers  who  are  on  duty  at  places  where 
there  are  public  quarters.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

1029.  Officers    on    duty    with    troops    at    stations    where    there    are    public 
quarters  will  be  furnished  them  in  kind.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

1030.  At  a  military  post  where  the  headquarters  of  a  department  are  or 
may  be  established  the  department  commander  may  set  aside  quarters  for  the 
staff,  but  will  not  disturb  assignments  made  under  paragraph  1025  if  it  can  be 
avoided.     Quarters  thus  reserved  will  not  be  open  to  selection,  but  will  be  sub- 
ject to  assignment  independent  of  choice. 

1031.  An  officer's  right  to  quarters  is  solely  one  of  occupancy.    When  he  and 
his  family  cease  to  occupy  them,  except  in  case  of  temporary  absence,  they  are 
open  to  selection  by,  and  reassignment  to,  some  other  officer  on  duty  at  the  post. 

1032.  When   assigned   to   duty   without   troops  or  awaiting  orders   for  the 
convenience  of  the  Government,  officers  will  be  entitled  to  quarters,  but  in  no 
case  will  they  be  furnished  with  quarters  at  two  stations  at  the  same  time. 

1033.  The  allowance  of  quarters  to  which  an  officer  is  entitled  when  on  duty 
may  be  continued  in  kind,  at  his  proper  station,  during  the  period  for  which  the 
law  permits  him  to  be  absent,  without  reduction  of  pay  and  allowances.    An 
officer  under  suspension  has  the  same  right  to  quarters  as  when  on  duty  status, 
if  present  at  the  post. 

1034.  At  a  post  a  sufficient  number  of  rooms  may  be  set  aside  for  a  mess 
when  a  majority  of  its  officers  unite  in  a  mess,  but  never  when  the  officers  to 
be  accommodated  are  less  than  three  in  number. 


FUEL   AXD   STOVES. 


205 


1035.  An  officer  on  sick  leave  is  entitled  to  public  quarters  at  his  station 
during  the  period  of  sick  leave,  not  exceeding  six  months,  provided  he  or  his 
family  occupy  them.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

FUEL    AND    STOVES. 

1036.  Each  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitled  to  and 'occupying  public  quarters 
will  be  furnished  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  with  the  quantity  of 
fuel  required  to  do  the  necessary  heating,  cooking,  and  heat  the  necessary  water 
in  the  building  to  which  assigned  at  a  military  post,  in  accordance  with  allow- 
ances published  from  time  to  time.     The  allowances  are  cumulative  for  the 
entire  fiscal  year,  or  such  portion  thereof  as  an  officer  or  organization  may  serve 
at  the  same  post  or  station.     At  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  or  when  officers  or 
organizations  change  station,  fuel  accounts  shall  be  closed  and  excess  issues 
paid   for.      Savings   on   allowances   are   not   transferable   to   another   post   or 
station. 

Where  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is  occupying  quarters  other  than  public,  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  will  pay  commutation  to  such  officer  or  enlisted  man  for 
the  heat  actually  necessary  for  the  number  of  rooms  actually  occupied,  but  not 
exceeding  the  number  to  which  the  rank  of  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitles 
him  as  specified  in  paragraph  1044,  and  in  no  case  exceeding  the  maximum 
allowances  set  forth  in  the  following  table  for  the  zones  of  equal  temperature 
in  which  serving,  charts  showing  zones  of  equal  temperature  to  be  published 
in  orders  from  time  to  time. 

Commutation  rates  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  occupying  public  quar- 
ters will  be  as  follows : 

Rates  per  month  for  the  actual  number  of  rooms  occupied  within  the  alloic- 

anccs  given  for  each  grade  in  paragraph  lO.'i-'i. 

[Values  per  month  for  number  of  rooms  actually  occupied.] 


Num- 
ber of 
rooms. 

Months  of— 

December,    January,    and 
February. 

March  and  November. 

April,  May,  and 
October. 

June,  July, 
August,  and 
September. 

Zone 
1,0° 
to  20°. 

Zone 
2.20" 
to  30°. 

Zone 
3,30° 
to  40°. 

Zone 
4,40° 
to  60°. 

Zone 
5,  10° 
to  25°. 

Zone 
6,  25° 
to  35°. 

Zone 
7,35° 
to  45°. 

Zone 

8,45° 
to  65°. 

Zone 
9,3.5° 
to  40°. 

Zone 
10,40° 
to  50°. 

Zone 
11,50° 
to  70°. 

Zone 

12,45° 
to  55°. 

Zone 
13,55° 
to  75*. 

JO... 
9  

8 

$26.  50 
24.30 
22.40 
20.65 
18.60 
16.50 
14.40 
12.00 
8.90 
5.50 

$24.  50 
22.95 
21.20 
19.25 
17.40 
15.50 
13.  40 
11.10 
8.30 
5.20 

$22.50 
20.70 
19.20 
17.85 
15.90 
14.25 
12.40 
10.20 
7.80 
5.00 

$20.50 
18.90 
17.60 
16.45 
14.70 
13.00 
11.60 
9.60 
7.30 
4.80 

$25.50 
24.30 
22.00 
19.95 
18.00 
16.00 
14.00 
11.55 
8.70 
5.30 

$23.50 
21.60 
20.40 
18.55 
16.80 
15.00 
13.00 
10.65 
8.10 
5.10 

$21.  50 
19.80 
18.40 
16.80 
15.30 
13.50 
11.60 
9.60 
7.30 
4.70 

$18.00 
17.10 
15.60 
14.35 
12.90 
11.50 
10.00 
8.25 
6.40 
4.25 

$21.00 
19.35 
18.00 
16.45 
14.70 
13.00 
11.20 
9.30 
7.10 
4.50 

$20.00 
18.45 
17.20 
15.75 
14.40 
12.50 
10.80 
9.00 
6.90 
4.45 

$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.53 
5.52 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
4.00 

$19.00 
17.55 
16.40 
15.05 
13.50 
12.00 
10.40 
8.55 
6.70 
4.50 

$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.55 
5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
4.00 

7 

6   

5 

4  

3  
2  

1     ..   .. 

( C.  A .  R.,  Nos.  7,  n,  and  88.) 

1037.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  may  issue  or  sell  fuel  in  accordance  with 
paragraph  1036  to  contract  surgeons,  acting  dental  surgeons,  and  veterinarians. 
Fuel  may  be  sold  to  retired  officers  at  cost  to  the  Government,  delivered  when 
they  reside  at  places  where  it  can  be  done  conveniently.    Fuel  purchased  upon 
its  B.  t.  u.  value  will  be  sold  at  contract  base  price. 

1038.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  at  or  near  which  the  immediate 
family  of  a  Regular  or  Volunteer  soldier  resides  may,  if  the  residence  and  other 
conditions  of  such  family  make  it  proper,  grant  to  the  head  thereof  permits  to 
purchase  for  cash  at  cost  prices  such  quantities  of  fuel  and  mineral  oil  as  in  his 


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QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 


opinion  may  be  reasonably  needed  for  the  sole  use  of  the  soldier's  immediate 
family. 

1089.  Fuel  will  only  be  issued  or  sold  to  an  officer  upon  his  certificate  that 
it  is  for  his  personal  or  family  use ;  any  sale,  exchange,  or  transfer  whatever 
of  fuel  issued  or  sold  to  an  officer  under  this  paragraph  is  forbidden. 

1040.  Anthracite  coal  having  not  more  than  10  per  cent  of  ash  nor  more 
than  10  per  cent  of  volatile  matter  is  the  standard.     The  scale  of  equivalents 
to  govern  in  the  issue  and  sale  of  fuel  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  in 
general  orders.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  41.) 

1041.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

1042.  Fuel  issued  to  officers  or  troops  is  public  property.     Any  portion  not 
consumed  by  them  when  the  quarterly  inventory  of  fuel  is  made  will  be  -im- 
mediately taken  up  by  the  accountable  officer  on  the  prescribed  form  and  posted 
to  the  property  account  as  a  debit.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 

1043.  As  far  as  practicable  issues  of  fuel  will  be  made  to  all  buildings  at 
the  beginning  of  each  month.     The  cheapest  fuel  at  the  place  of  issue  will,  all 
things  considered,  be  furnished.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 

1044.  (Changed  by  C.  A.  R..   No.  28,   W.   D.,   1915.)      The  following  table 
shows  the  authorized  number  of  rooms  for  which  commutation  of  quarters  is 
payable,  tlie  maximum  number  of  rooms  for  which  commutation  of  heat  and 
light  may  be  paid,  and  the  allowances  of  cooking  stoves  and  ranges  for  public 
quarters : 


Rooms. 

For 
quarters. 

Cooking 
stores  or 
ranges. 

As  quar- 
ters. 

As  office. 

Lieutenant  general                  .                  .                                          .  . 

10 
9 
8 
7 
6 
5 
4 
3 
2 

2 
2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 

Major  general  

Brigadier  general 

Colonel             

Lieutenant  colonel  

Major                          .      .  . 

Captain  

First  lieutenant  

Second  lieutenant  .          

Army  field  clerks  having  service  which  entitles  them  to  allowances  hereto- 
fore prescribed  by  law  for  pay  clerks,  Quartermaster  Corps  

Field  clerks,  Quartermaster  Corps  

Aviator,  Signal  Corps  

The  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army  

3 
2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

The  commanding  general  of  a  department,  brigade,  or  district  

An  assistant  to  the~Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army,  the  aids  to  the  commanding 
general  oi  a  department,  brigade,  or  district,  and  the  general  staff  offi- 
cers, serving  thereat  

A  colonel  or  lieutenant  colonel,  Quartermaster  Corps;  a  colonel,  Medical 
Department;  and  the  department  quartermaster  at  the  headquarters  of 
a  territorial  department,  each  

The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment,  post,  or  separate  battalion,  quar- 
termaster and  adjutant,  each  

An  adjutant  general,  an  inspector  general,  an  acting  inspector  general,  an 
engineer,1  and  ordnance  officer,1  a  signal  officer,  a  judge  advocate  or  an 
acting  judge  advocate,  and  the  senior  medical  officer,  when  stationed 
on  duty  at  any  place  not  in  the  field,1  each 

Noncommissioned  officers  above  grade  No.  16.  paragraph  9;  color  ser- 
geants and  firemen,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  each  2 

1 
1 

1 

Noncommissioned  officers  and  privates,  when  on  detached  service  or 
assigned  to  special  duty  of  sucn  a  nature  as  to  necessitate  the  hiring  or 
leasing  of  quarters,  each               .                                          

Superintendent,  national  cemetery  

1 

For  a  company:  Cooking  stoves  or  ranges  sufficient  to  cook  its  food  

Each  hospital  kitchen 

1 
1 

For  mess  of  civilian  employees  

1  Except  at  Military  Academy. 

*  Battalion  sorgeanls  major,  Philippine  Scouts,  battalion  supply  sergeants,  Philippine  Scouts,  band 
leaders,  Philippine  Scouts,  first  sergeants,  sergeants,  first  class,  Corps  of  Engineers,  band  sergeant  and 
assistant  leader  United  States  Military  Academy  Band,  assistant  band  leaders,  sergeant  buglers,  and  color 
sergeants  are  entitled  to  separate  quarters  only  when  same  are  available. 


ILLUMIISTATING   SUPPLIES.  207 

Enlisted  men  below  grade  15,  paragraph  9,  may  be  assigned  to  separate  public 
quarters  whenever  the  same  are  available  after  those  noncommissioned  officers 
of  higher  grades  have  been  accommodated  and  when  the  conditions  of  service 
appear  to  the  commanding  officer  to  warrant  such  assignment. 

In  camp,  the  allowance  of  fuel  is  as  follows:  For  cooking,  one-twelfth  cord 
per  day  for  each  authorized  mess,  as  shown  in  camp  diagrams,  Field  Service 
Regulations.  When  conditions  require  the  issue  of  amounts  in  excess  of  this 
allowance  authority  will  be  obtained  from  the  department  commander  or  com- 
manding general  in  the  field.  For  heating  (winter  use  only),  such  necessary 
amount  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  camp  commander.  For  kitchen  pits,  one- 
twelfth  cord  per  day  per  pit  when  garbage  is  destroyed  in  kitchen  pits. 

Heating  and  the  issue  of  suitable  apparatus  therefor  is  authorized  whenever 
necessary  for  any  room,  rooms,  or  building  used  by  proper  authority  as  quar- 
ters, storehouse,  salesroom,  office,  shop,  guardhouse,  mess,  board,  school  or 
instruction  rooms,  hospital  (including  veterinary  hospitals)  dispensary,  dormi- 
tory, power  or  pumping  plant,  chapel,  library,  reading  room,  gymnasium,  fire- 
control  station,  signal  station,  waiting  rooms,  dog  kennels  (in  Alaska),  switch 
board  rooms,  bathhouse,  fire-apparatus  house,  or  any  other  regular  purpose. 

For  each  employee  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  or  Medical  Department  occu- 
pying public  quarters,  to  whom  subsistence  in  kind  is  issued  by  the  Govern- 
ment, issue  of  fuel  is  authorized  as  follows:  May  1  to  August  31  (Tropics,  year 
round ) ,  one-twelfth  cord  per  mouth ;  September  1  to  April  30,  one-sixth  cord 
per  month ;  increased  allowance,  September  1  to  April  30 — between  36°  and  43° 
north  latitude,  one  twenty-fourth  cord  per  month;  north  of  43°  north  latitude, 
one-eighteenth  cord  per  month. 

The  allowance  of  fuel  for  heating,  cooking,  and  heating  water  in  barracks 
and  quarters  at  military  posts  will  be  determined  in  accordance  with  allowances 
published  from  time  to  time.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  28,  53,  and  5%.) 

1045.  When  on  detached  service  or  assigned  to  special  duty  in  places  where 
there  are  no  public  quarters  available  the  allowance  of  quarters  for  each 
member  of  the  Nurse  Corps  is  fixed  at  two  rooms,  on  which  basis  commuta- 
tion of  quarters  will  be  paid.     Commutation  of  heat  and  light  will  be  paid 
for  the  number  of  rooms  actually  occupied,  not  exceeding  two.     When  en- 
titled to  commutation  of  quarters  or  commutation  of  heat  and  light  a  member 
of  the  Nurse  Corps  will  not  be  paid  on  pay  rolls,  but  will  be  paid  on  War 
Department  Form  No.  369.     (C.  A.  R.,  No,  28.) 

1046.  In  addition  to  the  number  prescribed  in  the  table,  paragraph  1044, 
the  headquarters  of  a  department,  brigade,  or  district  will  be  allowed  such 
number  of  office  rooms  (not  more  than  eight)  as  may  be  necessary  for  clerks  on 
duty  thereat  (the  Quartermaster  Corps  excepted),  which  will  be  assigned  by 
the  commanding  general.    A  heating  stove  for  each  room  not  otherwise  heated 
will  also  be  allowed.    Office  rooms  will  not  be  hired  without  the  written  author- 
ity of  the  Secretary  of  \Var,  and  no  lease  of  such  rooms  will  take  effect  until  ap- 
proved by  him. 

1047.  The  officers  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  may,  when  necessary,   be 
allowed  additional  rooms,  with  a  heating  stove  for  each.    The  number  of  addi- 
tional  rooms  so   allowed   will   be  regulated  by   the   Quartermaster   General. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1048.  Stoves  will   not  be  issued  to  officers  who  receive  commutation  of 
quarters. 

1040.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  17.) 

ILLUMINATING    SUPPLIES. 

1050.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  provide  supplies  for  interior  and  ex- 
terior ilumination.  The  necessary  lights  will  be  supplied  for  all  buildings  for 


208  QUARTERMASTEB   COEPS. 

which  illumination  is  required  in  order  to  make  proper  use  of  the  buildings. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  -'tl.) 

1051.  The  number  of  oil  lamps  and  gas  lights  in  use,  both  in  public  build- 
ings and  for  exterior  lighting,  and  the  hours  during  which  they  may  be  used 
at  a  post  commanded  by  a  general  officer  will  be  fixed  and  announced  by  the 
post  commander ;  at  other  posts,  by  the  commanding  officer,  with  the  approval 
of  the  department  commander.     The  number  of  such  lights  and  the  hours  of 
use  of  each  light  must  be  limited  to  the   smallest  number   consistent   with 
proper  lighting.    The  number  and  sizes  of  electric  lights,  interior  and  exterior, 
and  the  allowances  of  electric  current  shall  be  in  accordance  with  instructions 
published  in  orders  of  the  War  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  Jfl.) 

1052.  If  candle  lanterns  are  used  in  stables,  the  candles  will  be  issued»Jt)y 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  in  such  quantity  as  the  commanding  officer  shall  order 
as  necessary.     If  oil  lanterns  are  used,  the  issue  of  oil,  wicks,  and  chimneys 
therefor  will  be  made  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

1053.  Mineral  oil  will  be  siTpplied  for  lamps  and  oil  lanterns  and  issued  in 
quantities  as  follows :  For  lamps  used  for  exterior  and  interior  illumination  at 
the  rate,  for  each  burner,  of  4  ounces  avoirdupois  for  each  hour  of  authorized 
illumination  for  lamps  using  wicks  of  about  1£  inches  in  diameter,  3  ounces  an 
hour  for  lamps  using  wicks  of  about  1  inch  in  diameter,  and  2  ounces  an  hour 
for  lamps  with  smaller  wicks ;  for  all  oil  lanterns,  such  quantities  as  the  com- 
manding officer  may  order  and  certify  as  necessary.     No  volatile  oils,  except 
those  authorized  and  supplied  by  the  supply  departments,  will  be  used  at  mili- 
tary posts  without  the  authority  of  the  commanding  general  of  the  department 
in  which  the  post  is  located. 

Three  gallons  of  mineral  oil  per  month  will  be  allowed  to  each  company, 
troop,  battery,  and  band  for  use  in  hand  lanterns  and  for  cleaning  purposes  in 
garrison.  This  allowance  will  be  increased  by  2  gallons  per  month  for  com- 
panies of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  during  the  season  for  night  drills.  (C. 
A.  R.,  No,  29.) 

1054.  Where  quarters  are  lighted  by  mineral  oil,  the  Quartermaster  Corps 
will  allow  to  each  officer  and  to  each  noncommissioned  officer  entitled  to  and 
occupying  separate  quarters  one  lamp  for  each  authorized  room.     For  each 
lamp  one  wick  and  one  chimney  a  quarter  will  be  allowed.    From  September  1 
to  April  30,  4  gallons  of  mineral  oil  a  month  will  be  allowed  for  each  author- 
ized room.     From  May  1  to  August  31,  3  gallons  of  mineral  oil  a  month  for 
each  authorized  room  will  be  allowed.     The  oil  allowance  may  be  considered 
accumulative  within  the  fiscal  year,  and  any  excess  of  allowance  appearing  as 
overdrawn  by  an  officer  at  the  end  of  a  fiscal  year  will  be  paid  for  at  contract 
price.     An  officer  occupying  as  quarters  a  number  of  rooms  less  than  his  au- 
thorized allowance  will  be  entitled  to  mineral  oil  for  such  number  of  rooms 
only  as  he  actually  occupies.     Officers  of  the  Army,  contract  surgeons,  acting 
dental  surgeons,  and  veterinarians  may  buy  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  at 
contract   prices,   such   moderate   quantity   of  mineral   oil,   lamps,    wicks,    and 
chimneys  as  they  may  need  in  the  rooms  occupied  by  themselves  and  families 
as  quarters,  in  excess  of  the  allowances  set  forth  herein. 

1055.  Civilians  employed  with  the  Army  at  remote  posts  or  stations,  where 
it  is  impossible  to  procure  at  reasonable  rates  such  articles  of  clothing  and 
other  quartermaster   supplies    (except   uniforms   and   subsistence   stores),    as 
they  may  need  for  their  health  and  comfort,  may  be  allowed  to  purchase  same 
from  the  Quartermaster  Corps  in  limited  quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash 
at  cost  prices,  with  10  per  cent  added  to  cover  transportation.     Such  sales  will, 
however,  be  made  only  upon  the  written  approval  of  the  commanding  officer 


ILLUMINATING   SUPPLIES.; 


209 


setting  forth  the  necessity  for  such  action,  this  authority  to  be  filed  with  the 
return  of  the  officer  making  such  sales.  Subsistence  stores  may  be  sold  as 
prescribed  in  paragraph  1245.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  J^l.) 

1056.  Mineral  oil  issued  to  officers  or  troops  is  public  property  and  will  be 
treated  as  provided  in  paragraph  1042  for  fuel. 

1057.  1.  Each  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitled  to  and  occupying  public  quar- 
ters at  a  military  post  or  station  where  gas,  acetylene,  or  electricity  is  installed 
will  be  allowed  annually  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  the  amounts  of 
illuminant  shown  in  the  following  table : 


Rank. 

Electric 
current. 

Gas. 

Acety- 
lene. 

Enlisted  man  

K.  W.  H. 

300 

Cubic  feet. 
26,500 

Cubic  feel. 
2,650 

Second  lieutenant       

400 

35,300 

3,530 

First  lieutenant  

500 

44,100 

4,410 

Captain  

600 

53,000 

5,300 

Major     .   .                   

700 

61,800 

6,180 

Lieutenant  colonel                                                                   

800 

70,600 

7,060 

Colonel                                             .              

900 

79,400 

7,940 

Brigadier  general  

1,000 

88,200 

8,820 

Major  general.                                                                            ...        

1.100 

97,000 

9,700 

Lieutenant  general     .  .                   .          

1,200 

105,900 

10,590 

For  posts  located  in  Alaska,  above  allowances  will  be  increased  50  per  cent. 
For  posts  located  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  or  in  the  defenses  connected 
therewith  the  above  allowances  will  be  increased  100  per  cent. 

If  it  is  desired  to  ascertain  the  allowances  for  any  month,  the  following  per 
cents  of  the  total  annual  allowances  will  be  used :  January,  February,  March, 
October,  November,  and  December,  each  10J  per  cent  of  the  annual  allowance; 
the  remaining  months  of  the  year,  6$  per  cent  of  the  annual  allowance.  For 
posts  located  in  the  Tropics,  take  8J  per  cent  for  all  months.  For  posts  located 
in  Alaska,  take  12J  per  cent  for  January,  February,  March,  October,  November, 
and  December  and  4$  per  cent  for  the  remaining  months. 

2.  At  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  or  when  officers  or  organizations  change  sta- 
tion, light  accounts  shall  be  closed  and  excess  consumption  paid  for  at  the  cost 
or  contract  price  at  the  station  where  such  excess  occurred.    Charges  for  elec- 
tricity and  gas  furnished  by  Government  plants  at  which  cost  accounts  are  not 
available  will  be  6  cents  per  K.  W.  II.  for  electricity,  80  cents  per  M  cubic  feet 
for  gas,  and  $7  per  M  cubic  feet  for  acetylene.     Savings  on  allowances  are  not 
transferable  to  another  post  or  station. 

3.  Where  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  occupies  quarters  other  -than  public,  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  will  pay  commutation  of  light  to  such  officer  or  enlisted 
man  for  the  number  of  rooms  actually  occupied,  but  not  exceeding  the  number 
to  which  the  rank  of  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitles  him  as  specified  in 
para  graph  1044,  at  the  following  rates : 


Rooms. 

April  to 
September, 
inclusive, 
per  month. 

October  to 
March, 
inclusive, 
per  month. 

Rooms. 

April  to 
September, 
inclusive, 
per  month. 

October  to 
March, 
inclusive, 
per  month. 

1... 

$0.  72 

11.08 

6 

$1  98 

$3  18 

2  

.90 

1.44 

7 

2.40 

3.84 

3  

1.26 

2  04 

8 

2  70 

4  32 

4  

1.44 

2.28 

9 

2.88 

4.62 

5  

1.62 

2  58 

10 

3.24 

5  16 

00651—17- 


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210 


For  stations  located  in  the  Tropics  rates  for  each  month  of  the  year  will  be 
the  amounts  given  in  the  preceding  table  for  the  months  April-September, 
inclusive,  increased  by  30  per  cent.  For  posts  located  in  Alaska  above  amounts 
will  be  decreased  30  per  cent  for  months  April- September,  inclusive,  and 
increased  90  per  cent  for  months  October-March,  inclusive.  For  stations  in 
the  South  Temperate  Zone  the  allowances  shown  in  the  preceding  table  will 
be  reversed  with  respect  to  seasons. 

4.  In  camp,  allowances  of  light  are  as  follows,  except  when  candles  are 
issued  as  authorized  in  paragraph  1215 : 


April  to  September,  inclusive. 

October  to  March,  inclusive. 

Electric- 
ity. 

Mineral 
oil 

Candles. 

Electric- 
ity. 

Mineral 
oil. 

Candles. 

Each  tent  (except  shelter  tents)  per  day.  .  . 

Watt  TITS. 
100 

Galls. 
0.06 

Oz. 
I 

Watt  hrs. 
160 

Galls. 
0.096 

Oz. 
1.6 

For  camps  located  in  the  Tropics  or  Alaska,  the  foregoing  allowances  will  be 
modified  by  the  percentages  shown  in  section  3  of  this  paragraph. 

For  headquarters  of  organizations  larger  than  a  company,  bakeries,  depots 
of  supply,  guards,  telegraph  stations,  assembly  tents,  and  temporary  buildings, 
such  quantities  as  the  camp  commander  may  order  as  necessary.  ( C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
19  and  28.) 

1058.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  Jfl.) 

1059.  Each  officer's  quarters  and  each  noncommissioned  officer's  quarters 
will  be  provided  with  a  suitable  meter  to  measure  the  amount  of  gas  or  elec- 
tric current  consumed.     All  meters  shall  be  kept  sealed  with  a  lead  seal  to 
prevent    tampering   by    unauthorized   persons   and   these   seals    shall    not   be 
broken  without  the  authority  of  the  post  quartermaster.     The  cost  of  instal- 
lation and  maintenance  of  electric  lights,  gas  fixtures,  or  mineral  oil  lamps  in 
all  public  buildings  at  posts  will  be  borne  by  the  department  to  which  the 
construction  and  maintenance  of  the  building  pertain.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  41.) 

1060.  At  each  post  supplied  with  a  fortification  electric  plant  sufficiently 
large  for  supplying  necessary  current  for  lighting  buildings  and  grounds  the 
plant  may  be  used  for  that  purpose  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  when  author- 
ized by  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  provided  that  the  needs  of  defense  shall  have 
precedence  over  post  lighting  or  power  supply  in  any  case  in  which  both  uses 
are  simultaneously  desired. 

For  this  purpose,  when  funds  that  are  applicable  can  be  spared,  the  Engineer 
Department  will  construct  necessary  conduits,  service  wires,  etc.,  to  deliver  the 
current  to  the  various  buildings  and  to  exterior  lights,  and  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  will  wire  the  buildings,  furnish  meters  for  officers*  and  noncommissioned 
officers'  quarters,  exterior  lamps,  etc.,  and  will,  in  addition  to  the  fuel,  ma- 
terial, etc.,  required  to  be  furnished  by  it  to  all  fortification  electric  plants, 
supply  for  such  plants  as  may  be  used  for  post  lighting  all  material  and  funds 
necessary  for  their  repair  and  preservation. 

1061.  The  allowances  of  lamps  and  mineral  oil  are  prohibited  for  buildings 
and  grounds  where  gas  or  electric  lights  are  installed,  except  that  mineral  oil 
may  be  issued  for  use  in  hand  lanterns  and  for  cleaning  purposes  as  stated  in 
paragraph  1053.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  Jfl.) 

STATIONERY. 

1062.  The  issue  of  stationery  for  all  military  purposes  shall  be  made  on 
requisition  approved  by  the  commanding  officer  and  receipted  by  the  officer  to 


STATIONERY/  211 

whom  the  issue  is  made.  The  material  to  be  issued  shall  consist  of  typewriter 
supplies,  writing  and  blotting  paper,  pads,  pens,  penholders,  ink,  mucilage,  seal- 
ing wax,  office  tape,  envelopes,  and  lead  pencils.  Officers  approving  requisitions 
will  enforce  economy  in  the  use  of  stationery.  But  one  issue  a  quarter  will  be 
made  to  officers  not  drawing  for  an  office,  ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  10. ) 

1063.  To  each  office  desk  or  table  is  allowed  1  inkstand,  1  paper  folder,  1 
ruler,  1  steel  eraser,  and  1  piece  of  India  rubber.  A  company  commander  is 
entitled  to  this  allowance.  Officers  when  relieved  will  transfer  office  stationery 
to  their  successors. 

KHJ4.  The  Quarter  master  Corps  is  authorized  to  issue  yearly  to  retired 
officers,  upon  proper  requisition,  &  quires  of  writing  paper,  100  official  envelopes, 
and  50  letter  envelopes. 

1065.  The  yearly  allowance  of  stationery  to  an  ordnance  sergeant,  quarter- 
master sergeant,  senior  grade,  or  quartermaster  sergeant,  Quartermaster  Corps, 
on  duty  at  a  post  not  garrisoned  by  troops  is  2  quires  of  writing  paper,  letter 
size ;  4  sheets  of  blotting  paper ;  100  envelopes,  official  size ;  1  dozen  steel  pens ; 
2  penholders ;  1  pint  bottle  of  black  ink ;  1  small  bottle  of  mucilage  with  brush ; 
1  inkstand  ;  and  1  piece  of  office  tape.     ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  52. ) 

1066.  The  purchase  of  piiblic  animals  will  be  made  by  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  after  their  inspection  by  that  corps,  and,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War,  by  contract  after  due  competition. 

1067.  Public  animals  shall,  upon  the  day  received,  be  branded  with  the  let- 
ters "U.  S."  on  the  left  fore  shoulder.     Horses  assigned  to  organizations  will 
also  be  branded  on  the  hoof  of  one  forefoot,  1£  inches  beLow  the  coronet,  with 
the  designation  of  the  company.     Branding  irons  of  uniform  size  and  design  will 
be  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.     Letters  "TJ.  S.  N."  to  be  2  inches  in 
height.    Letters  and  numbers  of  hoof  brands  on  the  same  line,  to  be  three-fourths 
of  an  inch  high,  the  letter  to  precede  the  number,  and  blocked  so  as  to  penetrate 
the  hoof  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch.    For  example,  the  hoof  brands  on  horses  as- 
signed to  Band,  Ninth  Cavalry,  would  be  CB9 ;  to  Troop  A,  Fifth  Cavalry,  would 
be  Ao  ;  to  the  Band,  Second  Regiment,  Field  ArtiUery,  AB2  ;  to  Battery  B,  Fourth 
Regiment,  Field  Artillery,  would  be  BA4 ;  to  Company  A,  Battalion  of  Engineers, 
would  be  BEA. 

1068.  Manes  and  forelocks  of  public  horses  will  be  clipped  only  under  orders 
of  a  regimental  commander,  or  the  commander  of  a  separate  squadron  or  bat- 
talion not  forming  a  part  of  a  regiment,  prescribing  a  uniform  method  therefor. 
Docking  and  banging  of  tails  are  prohibited ;  they  may  be  trimmed  immediately 
below  the  hock,  but  will  otherwise  only  be  plucked  to  prevent  shagginess  of  ap- 
pearance,    ( C.  A.  R.r  No.  55. ) 

1069.  A  complete  descriptive  list  of  each  animal  will  be  made  at  the  time  of 
purchase,  and  will  accompany  him  wherever  he  may  be  transferred. 

1070.  A  file  of  descriptive  cards  of  public  animals  will  be  kept  with  the 
records  of  every  officer  accountable  for  public  animals.     It  will  contain  a  de- 
scription of  every  animal  received,  showing  the  kind,  name,  age,  size,  color, 
marks,  brands,  or  other  peculiarities  of  the  animal,  how  and  when  acquired,  the 
use  to  which  applied,  and  what  disposition,  if  any,  was  made  of  the  animal. 

1071.  When  public  animals  are  issued  or  transferred,  the  person  in  charge 
of  them  will  be  provided  with  full  and  accurate  descriptive  cards,  which  he  will 
deliver  to  the  receiving  officer. 

1072.  Public  animals  will  be  assigned  to  their  riders  or  drivers,  who  will 
not  exchange  or  surrender  them  to  the  use  of  any  other  person  without  the 
permission  of  the  company  commander^  quartermaster,  or  other  officer  respon- 
sible.    Public  animals  that  are   assigned  to   organizations   of  the  Army   for 
mounted  purposes  will  not,  while  so  assigned,  be  used  in  harness  or  for  draft 


212  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

purposes,  except  in  the  Field  Artillery,  where  such  animals  may  be  used  tem- 
porarily to  take  the  place  of  disabled  animals  in  authorized  teams.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  6.) 

1073.  Public  animals  inspected  and  found  unsuited  for  one  branch  of  the 
service  may  be  transferred  to  another  for  which  they  are  fitted.     When  of  no 
further  use  for  any  branch  of  the  service  they  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector,' 
and  if  condemned,  sold  at  public  auction  or  destroyed  under  the  following  cir- 
cumstances:  (1)  To  terminate  suffering  (from  disease  or  other  cause)  ;  (2)  to 
prevent  contagion;    (3)    on  account  of  incurable  disease  or  injury;    (4)    on 
aacount  of  old  age,  when  to  sell  them  for  work  in  the  hands  of  irresponsible 
persons  would  be  cruel  and  cause  suffering  to  the  animals. 

i  Horses  assigned  to  troops  of  Cavalry,  batteries  of  Field  Artillery,  companies 
of  the  Signal  Corps,  and  mules  assigned  to  the  combat  transportation  of  "the 
Signal  Corps  will  not  be  sold  or  turned  in  to  the  Quartermaster  Corps  unless 
previously  acted  upon  by  an  inspector,  except  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian 
Departments,  where  the  sale  of  such  horses  may  be  made  to  mounted  officers,  as 
provided  in  paragraph  1095. 

Public  animals  that  die  of  sickness,  or  that  it  is  necessary  to  kill  because  of 
contagious  disease,  or  when  incurably  wounded,  will  be  dropped  by  the  account- 
able officer  upon  the  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer  and  affidavit  of  the 
veterinarian,  or,  in  the  absence  of  the  latter,  the  certificate  of  a  disinterested 
officer  and  the  affidavit  of  a  disinterested  person,  approved  by  the  commanding 
officer.  In  such  case  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer  is  not  required,  unless  it 
appears  that  the  condition  of  the  animal  resulted  from  fault  or  neglect ;  and  in 
such  case  the  investigation  by  the  surveying  officer  may  follow  the  killing  of  the 
animal  when  its  immediate  destruction  is  made  necessary  to  prevent  contagion 
or  to  terminate  suffering. 

VETEBINABY    MEDICINES. 

1074.  Veterinary  instruments,  books,  medicines,  and  supplies  for  the  treat- 
ment of  public  animals  and  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted  officers  are 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.     The  supply  table  furnished  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  gives  a  list  of  the  articles  supplied.    Requisitions  will  be 
limited  to  actual  necessities.     A  special  estimate  for  articles  not  in  the  table, 
with  an  explanation  of  the  nature  of  the  emergency  or  case  rendering  it  neces- 
sary, will  be  forwarded,  through  the  regular  channel,  for  the  action  of  the 
Quartermaster  General.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1075.  The  quartermaster  will  have  charge  of  veterinary  instruments,  books, 
medicines,  and  supplies,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer  will 
issue  and  expend  such  medicines  and  supplies  in  such  quantities  as  may  be 
necessary. 

1076.  At  posts  where  there  is  a  veterinary  surgeon  the  quartermaster  may, 
under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  transfer  to  the  veterinary  sur- 
geon upon  memorandum  receipts  such  veterinary  instruments,  books,  medicines, 
and  supplies  as  may  be  necessary ;  otherwise  they  will  remain  in  the  custody 
of  the  quartermaster,  and  will  be  loaned  as  needed  in  the  public  service. 

FORAGE   AND    STRAW. 

1077.  (Changed  by  C.  A.  R.,  No.  15,  W.  D.,  1914.)     The  forage  ration  for  a 
horse  is  14  pounds  of  hay  and  12  pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley,  and  3J  pounds 
of  straw  (or  hay)  for  bedding;  for  a  Field  Artillery  horse  of  the  heavy  draft 
type  weighing  1,300  pounds  or  over,  17  pounds  of  hay  and  14  pounds  of  oats, 


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corn,  or  barley,  and  3J  pounds  of  straw  (or  hay)  for  bedding;  for  a  mule,  14 
pounds  of  hay  and  9  pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley,  and  3J  pounds  of  straw 
(or  hay)  for  bedding.  To  each  animal  3  pounds  of  bran  may  be  issued  in  lieu 
of  that  quantity  of  grain. 

The  commanding  officer  may  in  his  discretion  vary  the  proportions  of  the 
components  of  the  ration  (1  pound  of  grain,  1J  pounds  of  hay,  and  2  pounds 
of  straw  being  taken  as  equivalents),  and  in  the  field  may  substitute  other 
recognized  articles  of  forage  obtained  locally,  the  variation  or  the  substitu- 
tion not  to  exceed  the  money  value  of  the  components  of  the  ration  at  the 
contract  rates  in  effect  at  the  time  of  change.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.) 

1078.  Where  grazing  is  practicable,  or  when  little  work  is  required  of  the 
animals,  commanding  officers  will  reduce  the  forage  ration.     When,   on  the 
other  hand,  conditions  demand  it,  they  are  authorized  to  increase  the  ration, 
not  in  excess,  however,  of  savings  made.     (C.  A.  R.  No.  21.) 

1079.  Forage    will   be    issued    monthly    or    at    more    frequent    intervals    if 
required. 

Quartermasters  will  show  on  their  issue  vouchers  and  monthly  reports  of 
issues  only  the  forage  actually  issued,  which  will  include  extra  issues  from  sav- 
ings. The  difference  between  the  authorized  quantities  for  a  given  period  and 
the  quantities  actually  drawn,  representing  savings,  is  to  be  accounted  for  as 
part  of  the  regular  stock  on  hand  until  issued  as  extra  rations.  No  credit  of 
forage  savings  will  be  carried  from  one  fiscal  year  to  the  next.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.) 

1080.  A  lieutenant  general   is  allowed  4  mounts;   a  major   general  or  a 
brigadier  general,  3  mounts ;  other  mounted  officers,  2  mounts. 

If  any  mounted  officer  should  not  own  the  full  number  of  suitable  serviceable 
mounts  allowed,  the  number  of  forage  rations  furnished  to  him  will  be  reduced 
accordingly. 

Full  forage  rations  are  furnished  to  mounted  officers  up  to  the  authorized 
number  of  their  mounts,  but  this  allowance  is  to  be  used  only  for  the  purpose 
of  keeping  the  officer  properly  mounted. 

This  allowance  continues  at  the  officer's  regular  post  of  duty,  when  he  is 
on  leave  of  absence,  or  when  he  is  on  duty  the  nature  of  which  necessitates  tem- 
porary separation  from  his  mounts.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.) 

1081.  Mounted  officers  will  not  use  public  horses  and  at  the  same  time  draw 
forage  for  those  they  own,  except  while  on  foreign  service  in  countries  from 
which  horses  are  not  allowed  to  enter  the  United  States ;  nor  will  they  use  public 
animals  except  as  authorized  by  regulations.     Should  circurr stances  render  it 
necessary,  an  officer  may  be  temporarily  furnished  with  public  horses. 

1082.  An  officer  may  purchase  forage  for  two  horses  kept  for  his  own  use, 
for  which  he  will  be  charged  cost,   including  transportation.     This  privilege 
may  be  extended  to  retired  officers,  provided  such  sales  are  limited  to  quarter- 
master depots  or  stations  at  which  contracts  for  supply  of  forage  are  made  and 
the  deliveries  under  said  contracts  are  in  sufficient  quantities  to  warrant  the 
sale  without  detriment  to  the  service,  but  no  contracts  shall  be  made  for  the  sole 
purpose,  of  procuring  forage  for  sale  to  retired  officers. 

1083.  An  officer  shall  not  sell,  nor  allow  to  be  sold,  the  forage  issued  for  his 
own  horses  or  the  public  animals  under  his  charge;  nor  shall  he  use  or  dispose 
of,  or  permit  to  be  used  or  disposed  of,  such  forage,  or  any  portion  thereof,  ex- 
cept for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  issued.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.) 

1084.  Except  for  troops  serving  in  the  Tropics,  when  mattresses  are  not 
supplied,  a  bed  sack  and  30  pounds  of  straw  a  month  for  bedding  will  be  fur- 
nished to  each  enlisted  man  in  barracks  or  in  a  permanent  or  a  maneuver  camp, 
and  to  each  prisoner  in  a  guardhouse,  and  a  bed  sack  and  such  quantity  of  straw 


214  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

as  the  chief  medical  officer  may  certify  to  be  necessary  to  each  enlisted  man  in ' 
a  field  hospital.  In  the  field,  in  cases  not  covered  above,  such  quantity  of  straw , 
or  hay  for  the  bedding  of  troops  is  authorized  as  the  commanding  officer,  after 
advising  with  the  medical  officer  of  the  command,  may  deem  necessary  to  pre- 
serve the  health  of  the  troops.  So  far  as  practicable,  an  iron  bunk  will  be  fur- 
nished to  each  prisoner  in  a  post  guardhouse  and  prison  room.  (C.  A,  R.,  No.  45-) 

1085.  At  posts  where  straw  is  not  furnished  hay  will  be  issued  and  used  for^ 
bedding.     (€.  A.  R.,  No.  21.) 

GAEE  AND  ACCOUNTABILITY  FOB  PB0PEB.TT. 

1086.  Unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,   there 
will  be  at  each  military  post  or  station  but  one  accountable  officer  in  the  QUar- 
termaster  Corps,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster  supplies  there  in  use 
or  in  store. 

1087.  When  troops  are  assembled  for  field  service,   there  will  be  but  one 
accountable  officer  in  the  Quartermaster  Corps  for  each  regiment,  separate  bat- 
talion, or  squadron,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster  supplies  in  the 
possession  of  the  command  of  which  he  is  quartermaster. 

1088.  At   places   requiring   the   services   of   more   than"  one   quartermaster, 
each  one  charged  with  the  care  and  disposition  of  quartermaster  supplies  will 
account  for  the  same, 

1089.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments  will  be  furnished  by 
the   quartermaster,   on   approved   requisition,   with   the   necessary   authorized 
quartermaster  supplies ;  and  for  all  such,  except  those  that  may  be  properly 
dropped  as  expended,  said  commanding  officers  will  give  memorandum  receipts 
to  the  accountable  officer,  who  will  continue  to  bear  said  supplies  on  his  return 
until  they  have  been  transferred,  expended,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  and  duly 
accounted  f<5r  as  required  by  regulations. 

1090.  Officers   commanding  companies   or   detachments   temporarily   absent 
from  posts  will  continue  responsible  to  quartermasters  from  whom  supplies 
have  been  procured  on  memorandum  receipts.     Should  the  services  of  a  quar- 
termaster become  necessary,  one  will  be  appointed  for  the  command. 

1091.  When   troops  change   station,    only    such   quartermaster   supplies   as 
are  authorized,  or  as  may  be  directed  to  be  transferred,  will  be  removed  from 
the  station.     Company  and  detachment  commanders,  prior  to  departure  from 
a  station,  will  have  a  settlement  with  the  quartermaster  for  supplies  held  on 
memorandum  receipt.     For  such  supplies  as  must  accompany  troops,  company 
and  detachment  commanders  will  give  certificates  to  the  quartermaster.    Mem« 
orandum  receipts  that  have  been  thus  satisfied  will  be  returned  to  the  respec- 
tive company  and  detachment  commanders.     The  quartermaster  will  forward 
the    certificates,    accompanied   by   the   requisite  papers   for   transferring   the 
accountability,  to  the  quartermaster   at   the  destination  of  the  troops.     The 
commanders  of  incoming  organizations  upon  arrival  will  report  the  supplies 
in  their  custody  and  give  memorandum  receipts  therefor  to  the  quartermaster, 
who  will  then  return  to  the  respective  commanders  their  certificates. 

1091i.  Whenever  troops  are  detached  from  posts  for  duty  in  the  field  for  an 
indefinite  period^  or  when  their  absence  on  such  duty  is  prolonged  for  an 
extended  period  and  they  have  taken  with  them  quartermaster  property  held 
on  memorandum  receipt,  the  commander  of  the  territorial  department  from 
which  the  troops  are  detached  may  direct  that  such  property  be  invoiced  to  the 
regimental,  battalion,  squadron,  or  other  quartermaster  of  the  troops  con- 
cerned. Upon  return  from  detached  service  to  the  post  from  which  detached, 


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or  upon  joining  another  post  for  duty,  the  property  will  be  invoiced  to  the 
quartermaster  of  the  post. 

Whenever  an  officer,  noncommissioned  officer,  or  other  person  in  the  military 
service  is  detached  froin  a  post  for  duty  in  the  field  and  has  left  quartermaster 
property  for  which  he  has  signed  a  memorandum  receipt,  the  quartermaster 
will  take  possession  of  such  property  upon  request  of  the  person  concerned, 
carefully  check  same,  and  issue  a  credit  slip  (Q.  M.  G.  Form  243)  in  duplicate, 
on  which  will  be  listed  the  article  or  articles  taken  in,  the  original  of  which 
will  be  sent  to  the  person  concerned  and  the  duplicate  retained  by  the  quarter- 
master. Should  damage  not  the  result  of  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  or 
a  shortage  be  found  to  exist,  the  quartermaster  will  communicate  with  the 
person  concerned  with  a  view  to  securing  an  adjustment  before  taking  steps 
toward  collecting  the  value  of  the  article  or  articles  short  or  damaged.  (C.  A. 
R.,  No.  SO.) 

1092.  Certificates  given  for  supplies  accompanying  troops  and  memoran- 
dum receipts  given  by  officers  for  supplies  issued  or  loaned  for  their  individual 
use,  or  for  use  of  the  organizations  under  their  command,  will  be  made  in  the 
prescribed  form,  and  should  any  officer,  when  called  upon  by  proper  authority 
to  produce  any  of  the  supplies  enumerated  therein,  fail  to  do  so,  or  to  furnish 
proper  evidence  that  deficient  or  damaged  supplies  have  been  accounted  for  as 
required  by  regulations,  the  name  of  the  officer  delinquent  will  be  reported  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quartermaster  General,  and  said  officer's  pay 
to  the  extent  of  the  deficiency  or  damage  will  be  stopped,  in  conformity  with 
paragraphs  702  and  703.  The  accountable  officer  may  drop  from  his  return 
the  articles  deficient,  forwarding  the  memorandum  receipt  or  certificate  as  a 
voucher  therefor.  (C.  A.  R.,  No*  10.) 

1098.  A  forage  master  or  wagon  master  shall  not  be  concerned,  directly  or 
indirectly,  in  any  means  of  transport  employed  by  the  United  States,  or  in 
the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  property  procured  for  or  belonging  to  the  United 
States,  except  as  agent  for  the  Government. 

1094.  Every  officer  accountable  for  quartermaster  supplies  will  keep  him- 
self accurately  informed,  by  personal  examination,  of  the  quantities  and  condi- 
tion of  the  property  on  hand,  and  will  be  held  strictly  responsible  that  they 
are  correctly  reported  on  his  returns.     The  commanding  officer  will  see  that 
a  complete,  detailed,  and  accurate  inventory  of  such  property,  except  that  held 
on  memorandum  receipts,  is  taken  by  the  accountable  officer  in  person  at  least 
once  each  year,  and  as  much  oftener  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Government.     At  each  transfer  of  such  property  both  the  invoicing 
and  receipting  officer  will  attend  in  person,  and  each  will  satisfy  himself,  by 
personal  count  and  examination,  that  all  property  invoiced  is  on  hand  and  in 
condition  as  stated  in  the  invoices.     When  loss,  damage,  or  deficiency  is  dis- 
covered upon  taking  any  of  these  inventories,  a  surveying  officer  will  at  once 
investigate  and  ascertain  the  cause  thereof,  which  he  will  report  with  his  con- 
clusions as  to  the  responsibility  for  the  same. 

HOUSES  OF   MOUNTED  OFFICERS. 

1095.  In  the  field,  at  posts,  or  in  active  service,  horses  held  in  the  Quarter- 
master Corps  unassigned,  other  than  those  at  remount  depots,  may  be  sold  to 
mounted  officers  on  the  authority  of  the  department  or  division  commander, 
except  that  no  disposition  will  be  made  of  any  public  animals  pertaining  to 
the  Mounted  Service  School  without  the  express  authority  of  the  \Var  Depart- 
ment.    An  application  to  purchase  a  horse  at  a  remount  depot  will  be  for- 


216  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

warded  to  the  Quartermaster  General  by  the  officer  desiring  to  make  the  pur- 
chase. An  application  to  purchase  a  horse  at  a  post  will  be  forwarded  through 
military  channels  for  the  action  of  the  department  commander.  In  his  appli- 
cation the  officer  will  state  what  horses  he  has  purchased  from  the  Government 
during  the  past  10  years  and  what  disposition  has  been  made  of  them ;  also 
what  number  of  mounts  he  owns.  The  price  to  be  paid  for  a  horse  purchased 
by  an  officer  will  be  the  price  paid  by  the  Government  for  the  horse,  but  will 
not  be  less  than  the  average  price  paid  by  the  Government  for  horses  for  the 
mounted  service  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year.  Purchase  and  payment  will 
be  completed  within  30  days  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  the  authority  for  the 
sale  and  the  purchase  money  at  once  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  current 
appropriation.  Horses  thus  sold  will  not  be  exchanged  or  returned.  ,v. 

When  an  officer  of  Infantry  or  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  is  relieved  from 
mounted  duty,  or  when  a  mounted  officer  is  ordered  to  duty  beyond  the  seas  or 
to  make  a  change  of  station  in  the  United  States,  in  which  the  cost  of  trans- 
portation for  the  private  horses  which  he  is  required  to  keep  exceeds  $100  for 
each  horse,  including  the  cost  of  attendant,  if  any,  the  Quartermaster  Corps 
may,  upon  the  request  of  such  officer,  purchase  such  private  horse  or  horses 
as  he  may  not  desire  to  take  with  him  upon  the  following  conditions :  An  officer 
desiring  to  dispose  of  his  horse  will  request  the  necessary  authority  from  the 
department  commander,  who  will  convene  a  board  to  be  composed  of  not  less 
than  three  commissioned  officers  to  examine  the  animal  with  a  view  to  deter- 
mining its  fitness  for  service  or  for  sale  to  an  officer,  and  if  it  be  found  service- 
able to  appraise  its  value.  Horses  that  are  unsound  in  any  respect  or  thai 
exceed  the  age  of  ten  years  will  not  be  purchased.  The  proceedings  of  the 
board  should  indicate  the  condition  and  age  of  each  animal  examined.  The 
price  found  by  the  board  shall  not  exceed  the  average  price  paid  by  the  Govern- 
ment for  horses  for  the  mounted  service  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  except 
that  in  case  of  horses  purchased  from  the  Government  the  price  shall  not  exceed 
that  for  which  the  animal  was  purchased.  The  proceedings  of  the  board,  when 
approved  by  the  department  commander,  will  be  returned  to  the  applicant  and 
will  authorize  the  payment  of  the  appraised  price  upon  the  delivery  of  the 
animal  to  an  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  who  will  be  designated  -by  the 
department  commander  to  receive  it.  The  purchase  of  a  horse  made  under  the 
authority  conferred  herein  will  be  reported  to  the  Quartermaster  General  by  the 
department  quartermaster  of  the  department  in  which  the  purchase  has  been 
made. 

When  a  mounted  officer  stationed  at  a  post  which  is  not  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  a  department  commander  desires  to  dispose  of  his  mount  in  view  of  the  cir- 
cumstances stated  in  the  preceding  section  of  this  paragraph,  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  post  is  authorized  to  convene  a  board  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions stated  in  the  foregoing  section,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  when 
approved  by  the  post  commander,  will  be  returned  to  the  applicant  and  will 
authorize  the  payment  of  the  appraised  price  upon  the  delivery  of  the  animal  to 
an  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  who  will  be  designated  by  the  post  com- 
mander to  receive  it.  The  quartermaster  at  the  post  where  the  horse  is  bought 
will  report  the  purchase  to  the  Quartermaster  General. 

Horses  assigned  to  organizations  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  Hawaii,  and  the 
Canal  Zone  may  be  sold  to  mounted  officers  on  authority  of  the  commanding 
generals  of  the  territorial  departments  concerned,  provided  that  the  horses  can 
be  spared.  The  price  to  be  paid  for  a  horse  purchased  by  an  officer  will  be  the 
price  paid  by  the  Government  for  the  horse,  but  will  not  be  less  than  the  average 
price  paid  by  the  Government  for  horses  for  the  mounted  service  during  the 
preceding  fiscal  year. 


HORSES   OF   MOUNTED  OFFICEES.  217 

When  a  mounted  officer  purchases  a  horse  under  the  provisions  of  this  para- 
graph he  shall  not  be  permitted  to  sell  him  to  private  parties,  but  may  sell  him 
to  another  officer  at  a  price  agreed  upon  between  seller  and  buyer,  or  back  to 
the  Government,  at  a  price  to  be  determined  in  the  manner  indicated  above; 
this  rule  to  govern  subsequent  owners. 

If,  however,  the  board  should  find  that  a  horse  purchased  from  the  Govern- 
ment by  a  mounted  officer,  and  offered  for  sale  by  him,  exceeds  the  age  of  tea 
years,  or  is  no  longer  fit  for  an  officer's  mount  nor  for  the  military  service  by 
reason  of  unsoundness  or  defects,  the  owner  may  dispose  of  the  horse  at  private 
sale.  (C.  A.  R.  Nos.  45  and  -}9.)4 

1096.  For  their  own  headquarters  and  otherwise,  except  as  provided  in  this 
paragraph,  the  use  of  public  horses  by  officers  will  be  regulated  by  department 
commanders  in  conformity  with  the  necessities  of  the  public  service. 

Officers  below  the  rank  of  major  who  are  required  to  be  mounted  will  be 
furnished  with  one  mount  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  in  case  they  do  not 
elect  to  provide  themselves  with  suitable  private  mounts.  Such  public  mounts 
will  ordinarily  be  assigned  one  to  the  exclusive  use  of  each  officer  and  will  be 
foraged,  stabled,  shod,  groomed,  fed,  watered,  and  furnished  with  veterinary 
treatment  and  medicine  at  Government  expense.  Authorized  private  mounts 
of  officers  will  similarly  at  Government  expense  be  stabled,  shod,  foraged,  anc1 
supplied  with  veterinary  treatment  and  medicine.  Should  the  circumstances 
of  service  at  a  particular  station  cause  the  number  of  Government  mounts 
available  for  use  under  this  paragraph  to  fall  below  the  number  of  officers 
entitled  to  such  mounts  under  the  law,  the  post  commander  will  regulate  the 
use  of  the  public  mounts  actually  on  hand  with  due  consideration  for  the 
service  and  the  rights  and  duties  of  the  individual  officers  concerned. 

1097.  The  Quartermaster   Corps  will  provide   and   issue  horse   and  mule 
Shoes,  nails,  smith's  tools,  and  materials  required  for  the  service,  except  the 
forges  and  tools  for  field  service  of  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  and  machine-gun 
platoons.     The  animals  of  a  troop  of  Cavalry  or  battery  of  Field  Artillery  will 
be  shod  by  the  organization. 

1098.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  transport  for  officers  changing  station, 
and  for  graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy  assigned  to  mounted 
organizations  upon  first  assignment  to  station,  the  number  of  horses  for  which 
they  are  legally  entitled  to  forage,  and  an  attendant  to  accompany  the  horses 
when  necessary,  subject  to  the  following  restrictions: 

1.  That  the  expense  to  the  United  States  shall  not  exceed  $100  for  each  horse 
transported.     The  entire  cost  of  such  shipment  may  be  paid  by  the  Quarter- 
master Corps,  but  if  the  entire  cost  exceeds  $100  for  each  horse,  including  trans- 
portation of  attendant,  if  any,  the  excess  must  be  refunded  to  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  by  the  owner.    The  expenses  of  the  attendant  other  than  his  transporta- 
tion will  not  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  except  that  when  an  enlisted 
man  is  ordered  to  be  such  attendant  there  may  be  paid  also  commutation  of 
rations  when  necessary. 

2.  That  the  shipment  shall  be  made  at  a  valuation  of  not  to  exceed  $100  per 
onimal,  unless  the  owner  pays,  under  the  regulations  of  the   Quartermaster 
Corps,  the  cost  incident  to  increased  valuation. 

3.  That  the  horses  are  owned  by  the  officer  and  are  intended  to  be  used  by 
him  at  his  new  station  in  the  public  service. 

4.  The  horses  of  deceased  or  retired  officers  or  officers  ordered  to  their  homes 
to  await  retirement,  or  of  officers  effecting  a  voluntary  transfer,  will  not  h«» 
transported  at  public  expense. 

5.  When  horses  are  purchased  by  officers  at  points  other  than  their  station 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  transport  them  from  points  of  purchase  to  the 


218  QUARTEBMASTEB   COBPS. 

station  of  the  officer,  provided  the  officer  is  entitled  to  have  and  has  not  had 
Ms  authorized  private  mounts  shipped  from  his  old  to  his  new  station,  and 
provided,  when  the  cost  of  shipment  from  point  of  purchase  to  new  station 
exceeds  the  cost  from  old  to  new  station  on  last  change  of  station,  the  officer 
will  deposit  the  excess  cost  with  the  shipping  officer  when  shipment  is  made 
by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

6.  Officers  detailed  on  service  in  a  foreign  country  and  required  to  be  mounted 
should  furnish  their  own  mounts,  such  mounts  to  be  transported  to  and  from 
their  foreign  stations  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States,  the  limitation  in  th€ 
cost  of  transportation,  as  prescribed  in  section  1  of  this  paragraph,  being  waived 
in  such  cases.     However,  if  an  officer  below  the  rank  of  major  so  desires,  a 
public  mount  may  be  assigned  to  him  and  transported  as  hereinbefore  provided, 
or,  if  it  be  to  the  interest  of  the  United  States,  a  mount  may  be  purchased  for 
him  in  the  vicinity  of  his  foreign  station.     Such  officers  should  advise  the  War 
Department  by  which  method  they  desire  to  be  furnished  with  mounts.     (Under 
present  regulations  of  the  Treasury  Department,  animals  are  not  allowed  to  be 
returned  from  the  Philippine  Islands  to  the  United  States.) 

7.  Private  mounts  of  officers  in  excess  of  the  authorized  number  of  mounts 
may  be  shipped  on  the  same  Government  bill  of  lading  with  authorized  mounts, 
upon  deposit  with  the  shipping  officer,  prior  to  shipment,  of  a  sum  equal  to  the 
commercial  freight  charges  on  the  excess  mount  or  mounts,  to  be  ascertained 
from  or  through  the  agent  of  the  carrier  at  point  of  shipment,  and  cost  of 
exchange  for  remittance  to  the  officer  who  will  settle  the  transportation  charges. 
The  excess  mounts  will  not  be  shipped  on  Government  bill  of  lading  unless  such 
deposit  be  first  made. 

8.  Officers  making  application  for  shipment  of  mounts  will  in  all  cases  specify 
the  last  change  of  station,  referring  to  orders  under  which  it  was  made,  and 
also  the  number  of  private  moUuts  previously  transported,  if  any,  on  last  change* 
of  station.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nog.  9  and  55.} 

1099.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

MIUTABY   ATTACHES. 

1100.  An  officer  of  the  Army  serving  as  military  attache1  abroad  will  be  en- 
titled to  the  following  allowances :  A  suitably  furnished  office  when  needed,  or 
an  unfurnished  room  with  one  desk  or  table,  six  chairs,  one  book  or  file  case, 
the  articles  allowed  for  an  office  desk  by  regulations,  and  the  stationery  required 
in  the  performance  of  public  duty,  to  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps, 
and  in  either  case  the  regulation  allowance  of  fuel  for  one  office  fire.    Mounted 
officers  will  be  allowed  forage  if  horses  are  actually  kept,  and  officers  not 
mounted,  or  mounted  officers  not  drawing  forage,  the  hire  of  a  horse  when 
necessary  for  mounted  duty.    Necessary  funds  for  these  allowances  and  blank 
forms  for  reports  and  returns  will  be  procured  by  requisition  on  the  Quarter- 
master   General.      Money    accounts    will    be    rendered    quarterly.      Items    for 
necessary  cost  of  exchange  will  be  entered  on  accounts  current,  the  entries  of 
each  being  supported  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  that  current  rates  of  ex- 
change were  paid  and  that  other  vouchers  are  not  obtainable.      (C.  A.  R~, 
No.  10.) 

TBANSPOBTATION,  GEISEBAL  PBOVISIOSS. 

1101.  For  wagon  and  pack  transportation  mules  will  generally  be  employed, 
but  horses  may  be  used  for  saddle  purposes  by  wagon  masters,  messengers,  ex- 
pressmen, and  employees  or  enlisted  men  having  similar  occupation  which  re- 
quire them  to  be  mounted.    For  draft  purposes,  except  at  depots  or  posts  in  or 


TRANSPORTATION   OF   PERSONS.  219 

near  large  cities  where  little  transportation  is  needed,  horses  will  not  be  used, 
unless  specially  authorized  by  the  War  Department. 

1102.  The  allotment  of  draft  and  pack  animals  to  each  military  department 
will  be  made  by  the  Quartermaster  General  under  the  direction  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1103.  The  allowance  of  spring  wagons,  exclusive  of  the  prescribed  ambu- 
lance for  the  sick,  is  fixed  at  one  to  each  post,  except  when  otherwise  authorized 
by  the  War  Department.     All  four-wheeled  passenger  wagons   (except  ambu- 
lances) having  springs  under  the  body  shall  be  considered  spring  wagons. 

1104.  Spring  wagons  will  be  used  only  by  direction  of  commanding  officers 
and  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  supplied,  viz,  for  the  transportation  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty  when  other  means  are  not  available. 

1105.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  provide  the  necessary  ambulances  for 
transporting  the  sick  and  wounded  upon  the  requisition  of  the  proper  medical 
officer.     It  will  purchase,   hire,   operate,   maintain,   and  repair   such  harness, 
wagons,  carts,  drays,  and  other  vehicles  as  are  required  for  the  transportation 
of  troops  and  supplies,  and  for  official,  military,  and  garrison  purposes. 

1106.  All  means  of  public  transportation  at  a  post  will  be  accounted  for  by 
•the  quartermaster,  and  will  be  under  his  charge  except  as  provided  in  para- 
graph 1427.     Commanding  officers  will  cause  mounted  organizations  to  be  pro- 
vided daily  with  the  proper  facilities  for  policing  stables  and  hauling  forage. 

1107.  Commanding  officers  will  give  timely  notice  to  the  proper  officers  of 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  all  contemplated  movements  of  troops  and  supplies 
that  proper  and  sufficient  transportation  may  be  in  readiness. 

1108.  The  duty  of  furnishing  transportation  at  any  post,  station,  or  depot 
will  be  intrusted  to  one  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  on  whom  requisitions 
will  be  made  therefor.    In  the  performance  of  their  official  and  military  duties 
officers  of  the  Army  are  authorized  to  use  the  means  of  transportation  provided 
by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  in  accordance  with  law. 

1109.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  is  charged  with  the  transportation  of  troops 
and  supplies  between  the  United  States  and  such  over-sea  garrisons  and  military 
commands  as  shall  be  authorized.     Those  officers  and  employees  who  are  de- 
tailed to  carry  out  the  work  constitute  the  Army  Transport  Service.    All  neces- 
sary expenses  incident  to  that  service  will  be  paid  from  the  appropriations  made 
for  the  support  of  the  Army.     The  Army  Transport  Service  is  governed  by 
special  regulations  promulgated  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

TRANSPORTATION    OF   PERSONS. 

1110.  When  troops  are  moved,   suitable  transportation   will  be  provided; 
proper  orders  and  an  exact  return  of  the  command  will  be  furnished  to  the 
quartermaster  who  is  to  provide  the  same. 

1111.  A  person  requiring  transportation  will  exhibit  an  order  from  com- 
petent authority.     The  quartermaster  will  indorse  on  the  original  order,  over 
his  signature,  the  fact  that  transportation  has  been  provided,   its  kind,  the 
place  from  and  to  which  it  has  been  furnished,  and  the  number  of  pounds  of 
extra  baggage  transported,  if  any.    The  original  order  will  be  retained  by  the 
person  who  receives  the  transportation,  and,  in  case  of  a  soldier  entitled  to 
commutation  of  rations  while  traveling,  will  be  disposed  of  as  directed  in  para- 
graph 1232.     (C.  A.  JR.,  No.  42.) 

1111 J.  When  transportation  is  issued  to  a  soldier  under  conditions  which 
require  that  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  cost  of  such  transportation  is  to  be 
charged  against  the  soldier,  the  officer  issuing  the  transportation  will  report 
by  letter,  in  duplicate,  to  the  soldier's  immediate  commander,  through  the  dis- 


220  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

bursing  officer  designated  to  pay  the  account  for  rail  or  steamer  transportation, 
giving  the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the  soldier,  the  serial  numbers  of 
transportation  requests  issued,  together  with  any  expenditures  for  subsistence 
or  other  purposes  that  may  have  been  incurred  which  should  be  charged  against 
the  soldier.  The  disbursing  officers  will  forward  these  letters  to  the  soldier's 
immediate  commander,  indorsing  thereon  the  actual  amount  that  will  be  paid 
for  rail,  sleeping  car,  or  steamer  transportation.  On  receipt  of  this  information 
the  commanding  officer  will  enter  the  charge  against  the  soldier  and  return  one 
copy  of  the  letter  immediately  to  the  disbursing  officer  from  whom  received, 
stating  thereon,  by  indorsement,  the  month  and  year  of  the  pay  rolls  on  which 
the  charge  has  been  or  will  be  made.  When  transportation  is  issued  under  the 
provisions  of  paragraphs  110  or  127,  the  officer  issuing  the  request  will  take,  the 
action  outlined  above  and  in  the  case  of  a  soldier  on  furlough  will,  in  addition, 
enter  on  the  furlough  a  statement  showing  the  transportation  that  has  been 
furnished.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 

1112.  When  transportation  is  furnished  for  the  entire  journey,  the  route, 
if  not  designated  in  the  order,  will  be  determined  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps, 
in  accordance  with  existing  rules. 

1113.  A   quartermaster   who   provides    the    transportation   for   troops   will 
notify,  by  mail  or  telegraph,  the  quartermasters  at  places  where  changes  of 
route  are  to  be  made,  or  means  of  transportation  are  to  be  changed,  of  the  day 
on  which  the  troops  will  start,  their  route,  destination,  the  number  of  officers, 
enlisted  men,  and  animals,  and  the  quantity  of  public  property  and  baggage  for 
which  transportation  will  be  required. 

1114.  The  quartermaster  who  provides  the  transportation,  or  a  duly  author- 
ized representative,  will  be  present  at  the  embarkation  of  the  troops,  and  will 
see  that  the  accommodations  contracted  for  have  been  provided.     A  similar 
course  will  be  pursued,  where  practicable,  at  places  where  changes  of  route  or 
important  connections  are  to  be  made.    If  delay  is  necessary  in  either  case  in 
order  to  complete  the  arrangements  for  transportation,  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  troops  will  be  duly  notified. 

1115.  The   Quartermaster    Corps   will    furnish    transportation    to    accepted 
applicants  for  enlistment  from  general  recruiting  stations  to  designated  re- 
cruiting depots    (including  recruit  depot  posts)    and  return  transportation  to 
such  of  the  applicants  as  are  rejected  on  final  examination. 

TRANSPORTATION    BEQUESTS. 

1116.  Transportation  for  persons  over  the  lines   of  any   common   carrier 
will   be   obtained   by   the   issuance   of   a   transportation    request,    a   separate 
request   being   issued   for   the   rail   transportation    involved,    another   for   the 
sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations  to  be  furnished,  another  for  the  travel 
on   commercial   steamer,   and   still   another   for   the   transportation   of  excess 
baggage,  where  authorized. 

A  request  for  transportation  issued  by  a  quartermaster,  or  by  an  officer  to 
whom  transportation  requests  are  supplied  on  memorandum  receipt,  should  set 
forth  the  following  information,  the  entries  pertaining  thereto  being  made  by 
the  officer  issuing  the  request: 

On  the  face  thereof,  date  and  place  of  issue ;  time  for  which  it  will  be  valid ; 
name  of  company  required  to  furnish  transportation ;  name  of  the  person,  or, 
if  a  party,  of  the  person  in  charge  and  the  number  of  others  in  the  party ; 
organization  to  which  the  person  belongs,  if  an  officer  or  enlisted  man ;  the 
points  between  which  transportation  is  to  be  furnished ;  the  initial  letters  of 
each  road  or  line  to  be  used  on  the  journey ;  class  or  character  of  the  trans- 


TRANSPORTATION   REQUESTS.  221 

portation  to  be  furnished ;  authority ;  nature  of  journey ;  officer  designated  to 
settle  the  account ;  and  the  appropriation.  The  transportation  requested  should 
be  specifically  and  fully  described  in  the  spaces  provided  therefor  in  the  block 
at  the  right  of  the  request,  and,  if  the  travel  is  by  commercial  steamer,  the 
request  should  further  show  whether  meals  or  meals  and  berth  are  included. 

On  the  back  thereof  the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the  soldier,  if  any, 
to  whom  the  cost  of  transportation  should  be  charged ;  the  number  of  officers, 
enlisted  men,  and  civilians,  when  two  or  more  travel  on  the  same  request;  and 
the  organization,  if  any.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  .41.) 

1117.  Requests  should  be  properly  receipted  by  the  party  named  therein; 
presented  to  the  agent  of  the  initial  carrier,  and  tickets  procured  before  com- 
mencing the  journey,  as  conductors  are  not,  in  all  cases,  authorized  to  accept 
transportation  requests.     In  those  instances  where  it  becomes  necessary,  owing 
to  unforeseen  conditions,  to  obtain  transportation  varying  from  that  called  for 
on  the  face  of  the  request,  a  notation  should  be  made  by  the  traveler,  in  the 
space  provided  for  this  purpose  on  the  back  of  the  request,  showing  the  actual 
transportation  furnished  and  explaining  the  variation,  and  should  be  signed 
by  him ;  in  such  cases  the  receipt  on  the  face  of  the  request  will  have  added 
thereto  the  words  "  except  as  stated  on  back  hereof."     The  transportation  fur- 
nished must  not,  in  any  case,  be  in  excess  of  that  called  for  on  the  face  of  the 
request,  unless  the  difference  is  collected  from  the  traveler.     In  no  case  will  e 
receipt  be  given  for  transportation  of  more  persons  or  extra  baggage  than  the 
request  calls  for.    A  receipt  for  transportation  furnished,  including  signature 
of  the  traveler,  will  be  filled  in  with  ink,  and  names  and  places  will  be  written 
in  full.     If  the  person  receipting  can  not  write  his  name  he  will  make  his  mark, 
which  will  be  witnessed.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  %1.) 

1118.  Rescinded.      (C.  A.  R.,  No.  41.) 

1119.  No  portion  of  a  request  above  the  signature  of  the  issuing  officer  will 
be  changed  in  any  particular.     If  explanations  are  required,  they  will  be  made 
on  the  back  of  the  request. 

1120.  All  unused  transportation  requests  will  be  returned  without  delay  to 
the  officer  issuing  same  for  cancellation.     All  unused  tickets  or  parts  of  tickets 
procured  on  a  transportation  request  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  who  issued 
them,  and  by  him  forwarded  to  the  officer  who  pays  the  account  for  the  service. 
The  value  of  such  ticket  or  parts  of  tickets  will  be  deducted  from  any  money 
due  or  to  become  due  the  company  for  transportation  over  whose  line  they  were 
obtained.    On  the  collection  of  the  value  of  such  unused  tickets  they  will  be 
returned  to  the  company  by  which  they  were  issued. 

1121.  When  transportation  to  any  given  point  and  return  is  required,  the 
request  for  return  transportation  should  be  obtained  at  the  destination,  pro- 
vided it  can  be  there  procured,  except  in  cases  where  round-trip  tickets  can  be 
obtained  at  reduced  rates  and  made  available  for  the  journey ;  otherwise  the 
quartermaster  will  issue  two  sets  of  requests,  one  to  the  place  of  destination, 
the  other  for  return  transportation. 

1122.  An  officer  traveling  on  a  mileage  status  is  not  entitled  to  transporta- 
tion at  public  expense  of  any  baggage  which  may  accompany  him  on  the  journey. 

1123.  When  an  officer  under  orders  for  temporary  duty  or  permanent  change 
of  station  certifies  that  it  is  necessary  for  his  field  allowance  of  baggage  to 
be   transported   to   his   temporary   or   permanent   station,    the   Quartermaster 
Corps  will  furnish  transportation  for  the  same  by  freight,  unless  in  cases  of 
emergency  transportation  by  express  is  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
The  total  amount  of  baggage  transported  at  public  expense  will  in  no  instance 
exceed   the   allowance  provided   by  paragraph   1136.     Transportation   for   250 
pounds  of  baggage,  including  150  pounds  usually  carried  free  by  railroads,  is 


222  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

authorized  for  Army  nurses  when,  they  join  for  duty  under  the  first  order, 
upon  permanent  change  of  station,  and  on  return  to  their  homes  upon  annulment 
of  contract.  v 

Receipts  covering  an  excess  of  baggage  will  contain  certificates  as  to  whether 
transportation  for  such  excess  has  been  furnished. 

1124.  For  enlisted  men  and  applicants  for  enlistment  traveling  under  orders 
without  troops,  each  ticket  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  usually 
cover  150  pounds  of  baggage  free.     Where  this  is  not  the  case,  as  on  stage 
lines,  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  provide  for  the  transportation  of  sufficient 
excess  baggage  to  make  a  total  of  free  and  excess  as  follows : 

Pounds. 

Noncommissiond  officers 100 

Privates  of  the  Medical  Department '100 

Other  privates 50 

(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1125.  Quartermasters,  in  issuing  requests  for  transportation  of  officers  and 
others  traveling  under  orders,  will  not  include  therein  public  property  of  any 
description,  nor  the  allowance  of  personal  baggage  carried  free  by  the  various 
transportation  lines. 

FERRIES,   TURNPIKES,   AND  BRIDGES. 

1126.  Whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  for  troops,  teams,  or  employees  in 
the  military  service  to  pass  on  public  duty  over  a  legally  constituted  toll  bridge, 
ferry,  or  turnpike,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party  will  apply  to  the 
nearest  quartermaster  for  a  request  for  such  ^passage.     If  he  can  not  obtain  it 
he  will  give  to  the  keeper  of  the  bridge,  ferry,  or  turnpike  a  certificate  stating 
the  number  of  persons  and  whether  mounted  or  on  foot,  number  of  loose  animals, 
teams  and  animals  to  each  team  for  which  toll  or  ferriage  is  due,  and  showing 
that  the  travel  is  on  public  duty.     Accounts  for  such  service,  accompanied  by 
the  request,  or  certificates  duly   receipted,  will  be  presented   to  the  nearest 
disbursing  quartermaster   for   settlement,   who,   before   payment,   will   satisfy 
himself  that  the  rates  charged   do  not  exceed  those   authorized,  or  paid  by 
private  individuals,  and  that  the  indebtedness  was  necessarily  incurred  for  the 
public  service.     Payment  may  be  made  at  the  authorized  or  usual  rates,  unless 
more  favorable  terms  can  be  obtainetl. 

STREET   CAR   AND   FERRY    TICKETS. 

1127.  For  the  transportation  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  applicants  or  rejected 
applicants  for  enlistment,  and  employees  of  the  United  States  in  the  transac- 
tion of  public  business,  street  car,  electric  railway  or  ferry  tickets  will  be  sup- 
plied by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  when  this  form  of  transportation  is  preferable 
in  convenience  and  cost  to  other  forms  of  transportation.    This  will  not  apply 
to  an  officer  traveling  under  orders  covering  mileage.    Travel  between  place  of 
residence  and  office  or  place  of  employment  is  not  travel  in  the  transaction  of 
public  business  within  the  meaning  of  this  paragraph.     The  tickets  when  pur- 
chased will  be  taken  up  on  the  property  account  and  expended  solely  in  the 
performance  of  public  duty.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  5.) 

PABXOB  AND    SLEEPING   CAB   ACCOMMODATIONS. 

1128.  The  following-named  persons,  when  traveling  under  orders,   are  en- 
titled at  public  expense  to  a  lower  berth  in  a  standard  sleeping  car,  seat  in  a 
parlor  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on  steamers  where 


PARLOR  AND  &LEEPWG  CAR  ACCOMMODATIONS.  223 

extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  (1)  Officers  of  the  Army  when  traveling  on 
duty  with  troops.  (2)  Noncommissioned  officers  above  grade  17,  paragraph  9, 
when  traveling  on  duty  without  troops.  (3)  Army  nurses.  (4)  Civilian  em- 
ployees in  the  military  service,  viz,  architects,  marine  engineers,  assistant  engi- 
neers, chief  packer,  chief  cutter,  clerks,  civil  engineers,  draftsmen,  electricians, 
electrical  engineers,  examiners,  inspectors,  stationary  engineers,  stenographers, 
superintendents  of  construction,  typewriters,  veterinarians,  and  employees  of 
similar  character.  (5)  Licensed  officers  of  the  transport  service  and  of  the 
harbor  boat  service  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  viz,  masters,  mates,  engineers, 
assistant  engineers,  and  pilots.  (6)  Invalid  soldiers  when  traveling  under 
orders  without  troops,  on  the  certificate  of  a  medical  officer  showing  the  neces- 
sity therefor.  (7)  The  enlisted  attendants  accompanying  invalid  soldiers  are 
entitled  to  accommodations  equal  to  those  herein  allowed  to  invalid  soldiers. 

Noncommissioned  officers  below  grade  16,  paragraph  9,  when  traveling  under 
orders  without  troops,  when  the  journey  exceeds  12  hours  and  is  scheduled 
to  terminate  after  midnight,  are  entitled  to  a  berth  in  a  tourist  sleeping  car, 
iipper  if  available,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on  steamers 
where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same.  When  tourist  sleeping  car  accom- 
modations are  not  available  and  the  journey  exceeds  12  hours,  and  is  scheduled 
to  terminate  after  midnight,  an  upper  berth  in  a  standard 'sleeping  car  may  be 
furnished  for  that  portion  of  the  journey  for  which  tourist  sleeping  cars  are 
not  available. 

Enlisted  men,  other  than  noncommissioned  officers,  and  civilian  employees  in 
the  military  service,  not  specified  above,  when  traveling  under  orders  without 
troops,  when  the  journey  exceeds  12  hours,  and  is  scheduled  to  terminate  after 
midnight,  are  entitled  to  a  berth  in  a  tourist  sleeping  car,  upper  if  available, 
but,  when  the  number  is  three  or  more,  tourist  car  accommodations  will  be  fur- 
nished on  the  basis  of  three  men  to  a  section.  Standard  sleeping  car  accommo- 
dations will  not  be  furnished  in  any  instance.  Tourist  sleeping  cars  will  be 
provided  for  troops  on  the  basis  of  three  men  to  a  section  when  the  journey  in- 
volves spending  a  night  on  the  train ;  but  when  the  number  of  troops  is  too 
small  to  justify  the  hiring  of  tourist  sleepers,  tourist  sleeping  car  accommoda- 
tions on  the  same  basis,  if  available,  may  be  furnished. 

When  the  number  of  officers  traveling  with  troops  is  too  small  to  justify  the 
hire  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  a  standard  sleeping  car  for  their  accom- 
modation, they  will  be  furnished  with  such  part  of  a  tourist  sleeping  car,  or 
other  suitable  sleeping  car,  properly  Curtained  off  for  their  accommodation,  as 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  may  provide  for  their  use  during  the  journey,  one 
lower  berth  to  be  furnished  to  each  officer  if  practicable. 

1129.  Quartermasters    providing   parlor    and   sleeping   car   accommodations 
will  issue  requests  therefor,  and  state  therein  the  number  of  berths  or  seats 
required. 

1130.  When  a  journey  is  to  be  performed  covering  a  route  requiring  change 
of  sleeping  or  parlor  car,  through  requests  will  be  issued. 

1131.  Persons  holding  requests  for  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations 
will,  whenever  practicable,  present  them  to  the  proper  agent  and  obtain  tickets 
for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  required  before  commencing  the  journey. 
When  not  practicable  to  do  so,  berths  or  seats  will  be  secured  from  the  con- 
ductor of  the  car.    They  will  receipt  for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  furnished, 
naming  the  points  between  which  they  were  furnished. 

1132.  Special  sleeping  or  parlor  cars  will  not  be  chartered  wlien  the  expense 
exceeds  the  cost  of  the  berths  or  seats  authorized  to  be  furnished. 

1133.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  agents  or  conductors  to  furnish  bertha 
or  seats  in  sleeping  or  parlor  cars,  the  holder  of  the  request  will,  on  the  tenni- 


224 


QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 


nation  of  his  journey,  return  it  to  the  issuing  officer,  with  a  statement  of  the 
reasons  why  it  has  not  been  used,  and  that  officer  will  account  for  it  on  his 
return. 

1134.  An  officer,  traveling  with  troops,  who  incurs  expense  for  authorized 
sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations  when  it  is  impracticable  to  obtain  a 
request  therefor,  will  be  reimbursed  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  upon  applica- 
tion supported  by  a  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  by  him  and  a  copy  of  the  orders 
under  which  the  journey  was  performed. 


TRANSPORTATION   OF   BAGGAGE. 

1135.  In  changing  station  authorized  allowances  of  baggage  will  be  turned 
over  to  the  quartermaster  to  -be  packed,  crated,   weighed,   and  marked- -for 
transportation  as  freight  by  ordinary  freight  lines.    When  necessary  the  pack- 
ing, crating,  weighing,  and  marking  may  be  done  by  the  Ordnance  Department 
at  arsenals,  armories,  or  ordnance  depots,  or  it  may  be  done  by  the  Engineer 
Department  at  places  where  labor  and  supplies  are  available,  in  which  cases 
settlement  will  be  made  as  provided  in  paragraph  619. 

1136.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  mess  chests 
and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station  will  not  exceed  when  packed  and. 
crated  the  following  gross  weights: 


Rank. 

In  the 
field  or 
temporary 
change  of 
station. 

Permanent 
change  of 
station. 

Lieutenant  general  

Pounds. 
1,500 

Pounds. 
15  000 

Major  general  

1,000 

10,500 

Brigadier  general  

700 

8,400 

Field  officer  

400 

7,200 

Captain  

200 

6,000 

First  lieutenant,  contract  surgeon,  and  acting  dental  surgeon  

150 

5,100 

150 

4,500 

Noncommissioned  officers  above  grade  17,  paragraph  9  

3,000 

Noncommissioned  officers,  grade  17,  paragraph  9,  upon  change  of  station  with- 
out troops  .   

1,500 

Pay  clerk  Quartermaster  Corps 

3,000 

Civilian  employees  of  the  classified  service  transferred  for  the  good  of  the  service 

3,000 

These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge 
under  the  regular  fare  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata  by 
the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may  in  special  cases  be  increased  by 
the  War  Department  on  transports  by  water. 

Invoices  of  household  goods  or  personal  effects  turned  over  to  the  shipping 
officer  will  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  showing  that  the  goods  are  the 
property  of  the  officer,  noncommissioned  officer,  or  civilian  employee  requesting 
the  shipment. 

Baggage  in  excess  of  the  foregoing  allowances  will  be  shipped  upon  the  same 
bill  of  lading  with  the  regulation  allowance  upon  deposit  with  the  shipping 
officer,  prior  to  issue  of  the  bill  of  lading,  of  a  sum  equal  to  the  commercial 
freight  charges  on  the  excess,  to  be  ascertained  ^from  or  through  the  agent  of 
the  carrier  at  point  of  shipment,  and  cost  of  exchange  for  remittance  to  the 
officer  who  will  settle  the  transportation  charges.  The  excess  will  not  be 
shipped  on  Government  bill  of  lading  unless  such  deposit  be  first  made. 

Bills  of  lading  covering  shipments  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  carry  notation 
"  Released  valuation  $10  per  100  pounds,"  unless  the  owner  files  written  au- 
thority with  the  shipping  quartermaster  to  ship  his  entire  baggage  unreleased. 


TRANSPORTATION   OF  BAGGAGE.  225 

In  the  latter  case  bills  of  lading  must  carry  the  notation  "  unlimited  valuation," 
provided  the  owner  deposits  with  the  shipping  quartermaster  a  sum  equal  to 
the  additional  commercial  cost  of  shipment  at  "unlimited  valuation." 

An  oflicer  detailed  for  diity  in  a  foreign  country  as  a  military  attache1  is  en- 
titled to  packing,  crating,  and  transportation  of  professional  books  and  papers 
and  the  number  of  pounds  of  pem>nal  baggage  specified  in  the  table  above. 
The  maximum  money  allowance  for'packing  and  crating  for  each  grade,  exclu- 
sive of  professional  books  and  papers,  will  be  as  follows,  and  will  not  be  ex- 
ceeded. When  less  than  the  maximum  allowance  for  each  grade  is  transported 
a  proportionate  decrease  in  the  cost  of  packing  and  crating  will  be  made. 


Rank. 

Permanent 
change  of 
station. 

Lieutenant  general  ... 

$90  00 

Major  general  .      ...          '.  .        

63.00 

Brigadier  general  -  . 

50  40 

Field  officer  ..          .      .                   .              

43.20 

Captain  

36.00 

First  lieutenant,  contract  surgeon,  and  acting  dental  surgeon  

30.60 

Second  lieutenant  and  veterinarian  "  7  

27.00 

Noncommissioned  officers  above  grade  17,  paragraph  9        .       . 

18.00 

Noncommissioned  officers,  grade  17,  paragraph  9,  upon  change  of  station  without  troops  

9.00 

Pay  clerk,  Quartermaster  Corps.  ...IT  ".  .....:...  T  .*  

18.00 

Civilian  employees  of  the  classified  service  transferred  for  the  good  of  the  service  

18.00 

The  maximum  tare  weight  of  any  of  the  foregoing  allowances  will  not  exceed 
one-fifth  of  the  gross  weight.  Any  saving  in  tare  weight  effects  an  increase  in 
net,  weight.  With  this  end  in  view,  burlap  and  excelsior  should  be  used  as  much 
as  possible  as  a  substitute  for  crating,  and  the  use  of  lumber  should  be  limited 
as  much  as  possible.  Should  the  owner  desire  lighter  packing  or  crating  than 
the  quartermaster  deems  sufficient,  the  lighter  crating  or  packing  will  be  used 
only  upon  written  request  of  the  owner.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  32.) 

1137.  Tlie  Quartermaster  Corps  will  pack,  crate,  and  transport  the  author- 
ized change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage  and  professional  books  and  papers 
for  officers  or  enlisted  men  upon  retirement,  or  who  die  in  the  service,  from 
their  last  duty  stations  to  such  places  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  as 
may  be  the  homes  of  their  families,  or  as  may  be  designated  by  their  legal 
representatives  or  executors ;  also  150  pounds  of  baggage,  inclusive  of  the  quan- 
tity carried  free  by  transportation  companies,  for  enlisted  men  below  grade  17, 
paragraph  9,  Army  Regulations,  who  die  in  the  service,  from  their  last  duty 
stations  to  such  places  within  the  limits  of  the.  United  States  as  may  be  the 
homes  of  their  families,  or  as  may  be  designated  by  their  legal  representatives 
or  executors. 

An  honorably  discharged  officer  is  not  entitled  to  the  transportation  allow- 
ance mentioned  in  this  paragraph,  but  he  will  receive  4  cents  a  mile  for  travel 
allowances  from  the  place  of  his  discharge  to  the  place  of  his  residence  at  the 
time  of  his  appointment,  or  to  the  place  of  his  original  muster  in  to  the  service. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  13.) 

1138.  Packing,  crating,  and  transportation  of  the  authorized  allowance  of 
baggage  for  permanent  change  of  station  is  authorized  for  officers  of  the  Medical 
Reserve  Corps  when  joining  for  duty  under  the  order  placing  them  upon  active 
duty  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  for  officers  of  the  Medical  Corps  ap- 
pointed from  officers  of  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  on  active  duty  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States,  from  the  place  of  their  appointment  to  their  first  stations 
on  joining  for  duty,  and  for  such  contract  surgeons  and  acting  dental  surgeons 

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226  QUARTERM ASTER  CORPS. 

as  may  be  employed  when  they  join  for  duty  under  the  first  order,  and  also 
on  return  to  their  homes  on  the  termination  of  their  contracts,  if  provided  for 
in  the  contracts.  Packing,  crating,  and  transportation  for  1,500  pounds  of  bag- 
gage will  be  furnished  to  graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy  and 
officers  promoted  from  the  ranks  on  their  first  assignment  to  duty  as  commis- 
sioned officers.  With  these  exceptions,  transportation  of  baggage  at  public  ex- 
pense is  not  authorized  when  joining  for  duty  on  first  appointment  to  the  mili- 
tary or  civil  service,  nor  upon  reinstatement  or  reappointment,  nor  to  effect 
transfers  from  one  station  to  another,  at  the  request  of  those  transferred.  Offi- 
cers on  temporary  duty  are  entitled  only  to  the  allowance  for  temporary  change 
of  station  as  authorized  in  paragraph  1136.  In  lieu  of  the  allowance  author- 
ized for  permanent  change  of  station,  an  officer  detailed  as  attache1  or  an  officer, 
noncommissioned  officer,  or  civilian  employee  entitled  to  an  allowance  of  bag- 
gage under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1136,  under  orders  for  extended  service 
over  the  sea  or  for  duty  in  Alaska  is  entitled  to  have  his  full  allowance  trans- 
ported from  the  station  he  leaves  to  his  home  or  to  the  nearest  convenient 
place  of  storage,  and,  upon  resuming  duty  in  the  United  States,  from  such 
places  to  his  post  of  duty,  or,  if  he  so  desires,  a  portion  of  his  allowance  may 
be  shipped  abroad  and  the  balance  to  such  point  as  may  be  designated  in  the 
United  States  for  storage.  Officers,  noncommissioned  officers,  and  civilian  em- 
ployees desiring  to  make  shipment  of  baggage  under  the  preceding  clause  will 
furnish  shipping  officers  with  a  certificate  showing  whether  other  shipments 
have  been  made  or  are  contemplated  at  public  expense  to  or  from  other  points, 
and  if  so  the  weight  of  such  property.  In  case  of  either  permanent  or  tempo- 
rary change  of  station  of  enlisted  men  under  conditions  that  rendered  it  imprac- 
ticable or  inadvisable  to  take  their  personal  effects  with  them  at  the  time,  sub- 
sequent transportation  of  the  personal  effects  of  such  enlisted  men,  not  to  ex- 
ceed 150  pounds  for  a  man,  is  authorized,  upon  approval  by  department  com- 
manders, or  by  commanding  officers  of  posts,  stations,  or  commands  that  are 
exempted  from  the  control  of  department  commanders.  (C.  A,  R.,  No.  16.) 

1139.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  pack,  crate,  and  furnish  transportation 
for  the  prescribed  regimental  and  company  desks,  for  the  books,  papers,  and 
instruments  of  staff  officers  necessary  to  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and 
for  the  medical  chests  of  medical  officers ;   also  for  the  professional  books, 
including  standard  works  of  fiction,  of  officers  changing  station,  officers  ordered 
home  for  retirement,  graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  and 
officers  joining  on  first  appointment,  which  they  certify  belong  to  them  and 
pertain  to  their  official  duties.     Invoices  of  packages  turned  over  to  the  ship- 
ping officer  will  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  as  to  character 
of  books,  and  a  certified  copy  will  be  attached  to  the  bill  of  lading  issued  at  the 
initial  point  of  shipment. 

Shipment  of  professional  books  will  be  made  at  released  valuation  except  as 
provided  for  the  baggage  allowance  in  paragraph  1136.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

TBANSPOBTATION    OF    SUPPLIES. 

1140.  Transportation  of  supplies  within  a  department,  from  a  department 
to  a  depot,  or  from  a  department  to  a  station  or  mobilization  or  concentration 
point  to  which  troops  stationed  within  the  department  are  ordered  or  have  been 
sent,  is  accomplished  under  the  authority  of  the  department  commander.    Trans- 
portation of  supplies  from  the  place  of  purchase  to  a  depot  or  to  a  station  of 
troops,  from  one  depot  to  another,  or  from  any  depot  to  a  station  of  troops,  is 
accomplished  under  the  authority  of  the  Quartermaster  General.    Officers  turn- 
ing over  public  property  to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  will  plainly 


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mark  each  package  with  the  name  and  address  of  consignee,  a  list  of  its  con- 
tents, its  weight,  and  "  U.  S."     (C.  A.  R.t  No.  49.) 

1141.  An  officer  who  turns  over  supplies  to  another  for  transportation  in 
the  best  condition  in  which  it  is  possible  to  put  them  is  relieved  from  any  further 
responsibility  therefor  by  the  receipt  of  the  officer  to  whom  they  are  intrusted 
for  transportation.  Procedure  in  case  of  loss,  damage,  or  deficiency  found  on 
arrival  at  destination  will  be  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  721. 

1142.  Transportation  by  express,  when  in  excess  of  cost  by  ordinary  freight, 
must  be  limited  to  emergencies  and  shipments  of  delicate  instruments,  public 
funds,  and  other  public  property  of  such  small  weight  or  dimensions  as  is  likely 
to  be  damaged  or  lost  when  shipped  by  ordinary  freight,  vouchers  in  payment 
must  show  the  emergency  or  the  character  of  the  package  transported  and  au- 
thority for  such  transportation.     In  making  shipments  of  funds   a  quarter- 
master will  receipt  only  for  so  many  sealed  packages  said  to  contain  so  much 
public  money.    When  an  absent  disbursing  officer  sends  his  check  to  the  order 
of  the  quartermaster,  requesting  him  to  express  the  amount  named  therein,  the 
latter  will  receipt  for  the  actual  amount  to  be  transported.     In  case  of  loss  of 
funds  by  unavoidable  accident  the  shipping  officer  will  not  be  held  responsible, 
and  the  officer  accountable  for  the  funds  must  seek  relief  through  application 
to  the  Court  of  Claims  pr  to  Congress.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  49.) 

1143.  Supplies  issued  to  the  several  States  and  Territories  under  the  laws 
for  arming  and  equipping  the  militia  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  for  transportation  and  delivery  at  the  railroad  depot  or  steamboat  dock 
nearest  to  the  point  within  the  State  or  Territory  designated  by  the  governor 
thereof.     Separate  bills  of  lading  will  be  used  in  shipping  this  property. 

1144.  A  quartermaster  is  authorized  to  transport  books  and  musical  instru- 
ments purchased  for,  or  donated  to,  post  chapels  or  to  post  or  company  libraries, 
and  gymnastic  and  athletic  appliances  purchased  with  regimental,  exchange,  or 
company  funds,  for  the  use  of  troops,  from  the  nearest  market  to  the  post  or 
station  of  the  troops.     Also  to  furnish  transportation  at  public  expense  for 
reading  matter  donated  for  use  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  or  the  United 
States   Disciplinary    Barracks   at   Fort    Leavenworth,    Kans.,    or   any   branch 
thereof,  such  transportation  to  be  furnished  from  place  of  donation  to  the  post, 
hospital,  or  barracks  where  intended  for  use.     All  such  packages  will  be  im- 
personally addressed  and  consigned  to  the  proper  commanding  officer  of  troops 
or  hospitals,  or  the  commandant  of  the  barracks.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1145.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  is  authorized  to  ship  (under  the  regulations 
governing  the  transportation  of  military  property,  and  on  the  same  forms  of 
bills  of  lading)   articles  donated,  to  the  Medical  Museum  at  Washington,  the 
library  and  museum  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  at  Governors  Island, 
N.  Y.,  or  the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.     Packages 
will  be  marked  with  the  name  of  the  institution,  and  sent  in  care  of  the  depot 
quartermaster  at  Washington  or  New  York,  or  the  quartermaster  at  West  Point. 

CLOTHING   AND   EQUIPAGE. 

1146.  Tables  showing  the  price  of  clothing  and  equipage  for  the  Army,  the 
allowance  of  clothing  in  kind  to  each  soldier  for  each  year  of  his  enlistment, 
and  his  clothing  money  allowance  for  each  year,  month,  and  day,  also  the  allow- 
ance of  equipage  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  will  be  published  in  orders  from 
the  War  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  6.) 

1147.  Estimates  of  clothing  will  be  made  quarterly,  as  follows:  On  January 
1  for  the  quarter  ending  June  30 ;  on  April  1,  for  the  quarter  ending  September 


228  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

30 ;  on  July  1  for  the  quarter  ending  December  31 ;  on  October  1  for  the  quarter 
ending  March  31. 

1148.  Based  upon   the  minimum  and  maximum  quantities  of  the  various 
articles  of  clothing,  as  determined  between  which  limits  the  stock  of  clothing 
will  be  maintained,  and  upon  the  probable  necessities  of  the  command  to  be 
supplied,  as  shown  by  previous  issues,  the  quartermaster  will  prepare  the  quar- 
terly estimates  of  clothing  in  triplicate  and  submit  them  to  the  commanding 
officer  for  his  action. 

These  estimates  will  show  the  number  of  each  article  on  hand  (giving  size) 
and  the  number  probably  required  for  the  period  for  which  the  estimate  is 
made.  It  will  also  show  the  number  of  each  article  surplus  that  can  be  spared 
for  issue  at  other  posts.  When  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  two  copies 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  quartermaster. 

1149.  The  department  quartermaster,  upon  receipt  of  the  several  estimates, 
will  carefully  revise  the  same  and  note  the  articles  reported  as  surplus  and 
available  for  issue  at  other  posts.     He  will  then  submit  the  estimates  with  his 
recommendations  to  the  department  commander.     Surplus  articles  at  any  post 
in  the  department  should  be  recommended  for  transfer  to  other  posts  where  they 
are  required.     Articles  that  can  not  be  supplied  from  a  surplus  should  be  recom- 
mended for  supply  from  the  depot  designated  to  supply  these  articles. 

1150.  After  approval  by  the  department  commander,  the  estimates  amended 
to  show  the  number  of  each  article  not  filled  from  surplus  at  other  posts  will  be 
disposed  of  as  follows : 

One  copy  will  be  retained  in  the  office  of  the  department  quartermaster  and 
the  other  one  forwarded  directly  to  the  depot  designated  to  supply  these  articles, 
so  as  to  reach  it  not  later  than  February  1,  May  1,  August  1,  and  November  1, 
respectively. 

1151.  Should  the  quantity  of  clothing  and  equipage  supplied  upon  the  quar- 
terly estimates  prove  inadequate,  a  special  requisition  in  triplicate,  giving  rea- 
sons therefor,  should  be  made  and  forwarded  to  the  department  quartermaster, 
and  after  approval  by  the  department  commander  one  copy  will  be  retained 
for  record  in  the  office  of  the  department  quartermaster  and  the  remaining  two 
copies  forwarded  directly  to  the  supply  depot,  except  requisitions  for  band 
instruments  or  parts  thereof,  which  will  be  sent  to  the  Quartermaster  General 
directly.     In  case  of  absolute  necessity,  call  for  such  articles  as  are  urgently 
needed  may  be  made  by  telegraph.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1152.  Officers  of  the  recruiting  service  will  forward  special  requisitions  for 
such  articles  of  clothing  and  equipage  as  may  be  needed  directly  to  such  depots 
of   the   Quartermaster   Corps   as   may   be    designated   by    the    Quartermaster 
General.    Care  will  be  exercised  to  prevent  unnecessary  accumulations  of  cloth- 
ing and  equipage  and  other  supplies.     Lists  of  such  surplus  property  as  may 
be  on  hand  and  not  required  will  be  submitted  directly  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Quartermaster  Corps.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1153.  To  enable  post  quartermasters  to  form  an  approximate  basis  as  to 
the  sizes  required,  each  company  or  detachment  commander  will,   whenever 
called  upon,  furnish  that  officer  with  a  statement  of  the  sizes  of  the  various 
garments  worn  by  the  enlisted  men  composing  said  commands. 

1154.  All  officers  making  estimates  or  requisitions  for  clothing  and  equipage 
will  conform  to  regulations  and  orders  fixing  allowances.     The  sizes  furnished 
require  very  little,  if  any,  alteration,  and  estimates  should  be  made  as  near  the 
exact  requirements  of  the  men  as  possible. 

1155.  Should  any  of  the  sizes  of  clothing  supplied  prove  inadequate,  meas- 
urements stated  upon  prescribed  blanks  will  be  forwarded  with  the  estimate 


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for  the  garments.  A  certificate  that  the  enlisted  man  for  whom  such  cloth- 
ing is  intended  can  not  be  fitted  with  the  sizes  of  clothing  furnished  should 
accompany  each  requisition.  Additional  cost  of  manufacturing  these  special- 
ineasuremeiit  garments  will  not  be  charged  against  the  enlisted  man.  (C.  A. 
R.,  No.  4.) 

1156.  The  clothing  estimated  for  by  each  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander should,  as  a  rule,  be  held  subject  to  its  wants,  but  in  case  of  need  it 
m;iy  be  otherwise  issued,  and  the  quartermaster  will  then  call  for  a  sufficient 
quantity  to  replace  it  if  necessary. 

i  1  ">7.  When  clothing  is  required,  issue  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster 
either  to  the  individual  soldier  or  in  bulk  to  the  organization  commander,  or  an 
officer  representing  him,  for  issue  to  the  enlisted  men  of  his  command. 

In  either  case  the  soldier  will  make  request  (single  copy)  on  individual 
clothing  slip  to  his  organization  commander.  For  this  purpose  the  original  and 
duplicate  slips  will  be  detached  and  used  indiscriminately. 

When  the  issue  of  clothing  to  the  individual  soldier  is  desired  individual 
clothing  slips  in  duplicate,  numbered  serially  for  the  month  or  i>eriod  and 
enumerating  the  articles  needed,  will  be  prepared  by  the  organization  com- 
mander by  carbon  process.  The  quantities  and  sizes  desired  will  be  entered 
by  the  organization  commander,  except  that  for  men  not  yet  fitted  sizes  may 
be  filled  in  at  the  time  of  issue  after  proper  size  has  been  determined  by  try  on. 

Clothing  issued  to  the  individual  soldier  and  removed  from  the  quarter- 
master's storehouse  will  not  be  received  back  by  the  quartermaster. 

If  a  large  number  of  men  of  an  organization  are  to  draw  clothing,  individual 
clothing  slips  will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster  in  advance  to  permit-the  clothing 
to  be  prepared  for  issue. 

At  the  time  of  issue  the  quartermaster  or  his  representative  will  enter  by 
carbon  process  the  quantities,  sizes,  and  unit  prices  of  the  articles  issued, 
initial  the  slip  in  space  "  Issued  by,"  and  obtain  the  soldier's  receipt  on  both 
copies.  A  line  will  be  drawn  through  each  blank  space  in  column  "  Quantities 
issued  "  on  original  and  duplicate  by  the  quartermaster  or  his  representative 
before  the  soldier  signs  the  receipt.  The  "  original "  will  be  retained  by  the 
quartermaster  and  the  "  duplicate "  returned  to  the  organization  commander 
or  his  representative  at  the  time  of  issue  or  returned  at  the  close  of  the 
business  day  in  a  sealed  envelope  to  the  organization  commander.  The  original 
will  be  abstracted  daily  by  the  quartermaster  on  abstract  of  clothing  issued. 
The  duplicate,  after  havinp  been  returned  by  the  quartermaster,  will  be  re- 
tained by  the  organization  commander,  who  will  immediately  determine  the 
total  money  value  and  enter  the  transaction  on  abstract  of  clothing  drawn, 
statement  of  clothing  charged  to  enlisted  men,  and  service  record.  The  soldier's 
request  will  then  be  destroyed. 

At  the  end  of  the  month  or  whenever  an  organization  leaves  the  vicinity  of 
the  issuing  quartermaster  for  an  extended  period,  the  organization  commander 
will  compare  his  abstract  of  clothing  drawn  with  the  quartermaster's  abstract 
of  clothing  issued.  After  satisfactory  settlement  of  all  differences  an  additional 
copy  of  the  abstract  will  be  prepared  by  the  organization  commander  and 
delivered  to  the  quartermaster  not  later  than  the  fifth  of  the  succeeding  month. 
The  quartermaster  will  note  fact  of  signature  on  his  retained  copy.  The 
organization  commander  will  file  his  retained  copy  of  the  abstract  with  the 
corresponding  duplicate  individual  clothing  slips  and  statement  of  clothing 
charged  to  enlisted  men. 

The  quartermaster  will  forward  the  copy  of  abstract  signed  by  the  organiza- 
tion commander  to  the  Quartermaster  General  of  the  Army  as  a  voucher  to 
his  property  account  and  will  retain  the  other  copy. 


230  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

When  clothing  is  desired  in  bulk,  the  organization  commander  will  prepare 
a  requisition  in  triplicate  on  the  prescribed  form  enumerating  the  articles  and 
sizes  needed  and  showing  the  total  required.  The  three  copies  of  the  requisi- 
tion will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  prepare  the  items  for  issue, 
enter  in  columns  "  Issued  "  on  all  copies  the  quantities  which  can  be  actually 
supplied,  and  enter  the  unit  prices.  The  quartermaster  will  send  due  notice 
to  the  organization  commander  when  the  clothing  is  ready  for  issue.  After 
verifying  the  quantities  of  clothing  entered  in  columns  "  Issued,"  the  organiza- 
tion commander  or  an  officer  designated  by  him  will  sign  on  all  copies  a  receipt 
to  the  effect  that  he  has  received  the  articles  enumerated  in  columns  "  Issued." 
The  quartermaster  or  his  representative  issuing  the  clothing  will  sign  a  state- 
ment on  all  copies  to  that  effect.  The  articles  will  then  be  removed  from  the 
quartermaster's  storehouse.  One  copy  of  the  requisition  will  be  turned  over 
to  the  organization  commander  or  his  representative  at  the  time  of  issue  of 
clothing. 

The  organization  commander  or  an  officer  designated  by  him  will  at  once 
issue  the  clothing  to  the  enlisted  men.  The  issuing  officer  will  enter  on  the 
request  submitted  by  the  soldier  the  quantities  issued,  initial  the  slip,  and 
obtain  the  soldier's  receipt  at  the  time  of  issue. 

All  clothing  not  actually  issued  to  enlisted  men  will  be  returned  by  the 
organization  commander  or  an  officer  designated  by  him  to  the  quartermaster 
within  24  hours  after  the  clothing  was  drawn  and  the  quantities  so  returned 
entered  in  columns  "  Returned  to  quartermaster  "  on  the  three  copies  of  requi- 
sition. The  officer  will  sign  a  statement  on  all  copies  that  the  articles  enumer- 
ated in  columns  "  Returned  to  quartermaster "  were  so  returned,  and  the 
quartermaster  or  his  representative  will  sign  the  receipt  on  all  copies  to  the 
effect  that  the  articles  have  been  received.  A  line  will  be  drawn  through  each 
blank  space  on  all  copies  in  columns  "  Returned  to  quartermaster  "  before  sign- 
ing. The  difference  between  the  quantities  received  and  the  quantities  returned 
to  the  quartermaster  will  be  entered  in  columns  "  Net  issued  "  and  total  money 
value  determined.  The  organization  commander  or  his  representative  will  sign 
certificate  on  the  copy  of  the  requisition  retained  by  the  organization,  to  the 
effect  that  the  articles  enumerated  in  columns  v  Net  issued  "  have  been  duly 
issued,  stating  total  money  value  of  clothing  issued  to  the  enlisted  men. 

The  organization  commander  will  prepare  the  statement  of  clothing  charged 
to  enlisted  men  and  enter  the  date  and  money  value  of  clothing  issued  in  the 
clothing  account  on  the  soldier's  service  record.  The  soldiers'  requests,  requisi- 
tion, and  the  statement  of  clothing  charged  to  enlisted  men  will  be  kept  filed 
together  by  the  organization  commander. 

The  quartermaster  will  forward  one  copy  of  requisition  to  the  Quartermaster 
General  of  the  Army  as  a  voucher  to  his  property  account  and  will  retain  the 
other  copy.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  26  and  55.) 

1158.  In  the  case  of  a  soldier  serving  at  an  ungarrisoned  or  isolated  station 
the  officer  who  keeps  the  soldier's  service  record  will  prepare  the  requisition 
and  sign  the  receipt  for  the  clothing.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1159.  Each  soldier's  clothing  account  will  be  kept  by  the  company  or  de- 
tachment commander  on  the  blank  provided  for  that  purpose.    The  account  will 
show  the  money  value  of  the  clothing  received  by  the  soldier  at  each  issue  and 
his  receipt  therefor  will  be  taken  on  the  blank.     Gratuitous  issues  will  be 
entered  separately,  but  their  money  value  will  not  be  deducted  from  the  soldier's 
regular  clothing  allowance. 

1160.  Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  settle  the  clothing  account 
of  every  enlistd  man  of  their  commands  on  June  30  and  December  31  of  each 
year,  without  regard  to  date  of  individual  enlistment.    The  entire  amount  found 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  231 

due  the  United  States  will  be  charged  to  the  soldier  upon  the  pay  rolls  for  the 
period  embracing  the  date  of  settlement  and  on  subsequent  rolls  until  the  whole 
amount  is  deducted. 

1161.  The  clothing  money  .allowance  will  consist  of  an  initial  allowance  and 
a  yearly  allowance.    The  initial  allowance  is  intended  to  cover  the  cost  of  all 
clothing  required  between  date  of  enlistment  and  the  date  upon  which  the  re- 
cruit is  taken  up  for  full  duty,  but  will  not  be  considered  as  fully  earned  by  the 
soldier  until  he  shall  have  completed  six  months'  service.    The  yearly  allowance 
and  the  initial  allowance  will  be  determined  by  the  annual  estimated  value  of 
the  clothing.     One-sixth  of  the  initial  allowance  will  constitute  the  monthly 
share,  and  one-thirtieth  of  the  latter  the  daily  share  of  the  initial  allowance 
actually  accruing  to  the  soldier.     When  the  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  is 
opened  in  the  organization  to  which  he  has  been  assigned,  he  will  be  credited 
with  the  initial  allowance.    At  the  first  settlement  thereafter  he  will  be  credited 
with  the  portion  of  the  yearly  allowance  accruing  between  date  of  enlistment 
and  date  of  settlement  as  determined  by  the  monthly  and  daily  rates.    At  each 
succeeding  settlement  he  will  be  credited  with  half  the  yearly  allowance,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service  will  be  credited  with  the  amount  due  from 
last  settlement  as  determined  by  the  monthly  and  daily  rates. 

1162.  When  a  soldier  is  separated  from  the  service  during  the  first  six 
months  of  his  enlistment,  any  clothing  allowance  which  may  have  been  pre- 
viously credited  to  him  will  be  disregarded,  and  the  allowance  to  be  credited  in 
the  settlement  of  his  clothing  account  will  be  determined  from  date  of  enlist- 
ment to  date  of  separation  from  the  service,  the  initial  allowance  according 
to  the  table  of  allowances  in  force  at  the  date  of  enlistment,  and  the  yearly 
allowance  according  to  the  table  of  allowances  in  force  at  the  date  of  separation 
from  the  service;  if,  however1,  the  service  includes  a  June  30  settlement  date, 
that  part  of  the  yearly  allowance  applicable  to  the  service  terminating  on  June 
30  will  be  determined  according  to  the  table  of  allowances  in  force  on  that  date, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  service  by  the  table  of  allowances  in  force  at  the  date 
of  the  separation  from  the  service.    He  will  be  given  no  credit  for  clothing  not 
drawn  in  kind  unless  the  total  value  of  the  clothing  charged  to  his  account 
shall  be  less  than  the  amount  of  credit  accruing  between  date  of  enlistment  and 
date  of  separation  from  the  service.    This  will  be  determined  by  adding  to  the 
allowance  due  at  the  yearly  rate  the  portion  of  the  initial  allowance  correspond- 
ing to  the  number  of  months  and  days  of  service.    Thus,  if  such  soldier  has  had 
three  months  and  three  days'  service  the  allowance  to  be  credited  from  date  of 
enlistment  to  date  of  separation  from  the  service  would  be  the  sum  of  three 
times  the  monthly  allowance,  three  times  the  daily  allowance,  three  times  the 
monthly  share  of  the  initial  allowance,  and  three  times  the  daily  share  of  the 
initial  allowance.     No  deduction  will  be  made  from  the  initial  allowance  be- 
cause of  unauthorized  absence  prior  to  the  date  of  separation  from  the  service. 
Should  the  clothing  charged  to  the  soldier  amount  to  less  than  this  sum,  the 
difference  will  be  due  him;  but  the  final  account  of  such  soldier  shall  show 
no  indebtedness  to  the  United  States  for  clothing  overdrawn  unless  the  total 
amount  charged  for  clothing  shall  exceed  the  entire  initial  allowance  increased 
by  the  portion  of  the  yearly  allowance  accruing  between  date  of  enlistment  and 
date  of  separation  from  the  service,  in  which  case  the  excess  shall  be  charged 
as  due  the  United  States  for  clothing  overdrawn.     When  a  soldier  is  separated 
from  the  service  at  any  time  after  the  expiration  of  the  first  six  months  of  an 
enlistment,  he  will  be  credited  in  the  settlement  of  his  clothing  account  with 
the  allowance  accruing  between  date  of  last  settlement  and  date  of  separation 
from  the  service  as  determined  by  the  monthly  and  daily  rates.    When  for  the 
convenience  of  the  Government  a  soldier  is  retained  in  the  service  after  the 


232  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  his  clothing  money  allowance  at  the  regu- 
lar rate  will  be  credited  for  the  period  of  such  retention. 

1163.  The  balance  due  the  soldier  at  date  of  settlement  will  be  credited  to 
him  upon  his  clothing  account.    It  will  not  be  placed  upon  the  pay  rolls,  but  the 
final  balance  due  at  date  of  discharge  will  be  entered  in  words  and  figures  upon 
his  final  statements.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1164.  The  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  who  deserts  should  be  settled  in  full 
to  date  of  desertion.    The  balance  due  to  him  or  to  the  United  States  will  be 
entered  on   the  next  pay  roll  after  date  of  desertion.     In  determining  this 
balance,  where  the  desertion  occurs  within  the  first  six  months  of  enlistment, 
any  clothing  allowance  which  may  have  been  previously  credited  will  be  dis- 
regarded and  the  allowance  to  be  credited  will  be  the  portion  of  the  initial  and 
yearly  allowances  accruing  from  date  of  enlistment  to  date  preceding  date  of 
desertion  as  indicated  in  paragraph  1162.    Where  the  desertion  occurs  after  the 
first  six  months  of  enlistment,  the  settlement  to  last  regular  settlement  date, 
June  30  or  December  31,  will  not  be  disturbed,  and  in  settling  the  account  to 
date  of  desertion  additional  credit  will  be  given  for  the  portion  of  the  yearly 
allowance  accruing  from  date  of  last  settlement  to  date  preceding  date  of  deser- 
tion as  shown  by  the  monthly  and  daily  rates. 

1165.  A  soldier  in  desertion  or  absent  without  leave  is  entitled  to  clothing 
allowance  from  the  date  of  his  return  to  military  control  if  such  date  is  prior  to 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment;  if  subsequently  thereto,  no  clothing 
allowance  will  be  due  him  unless  he  is  retained  in  the  service,  in  which  case  he 
will  be  entitled  to  clothing  allowance  for  his  actual  service  in  making  good  the 
time  lost,  which,  under  paragraph  130,  commences  with  the  date  on  which  he  is 
restored  to  a  duty  status.     Should  the  term  of  enlistment  expire  while  the 
soldier  is  in  confinement  awaiting  trial  or  serving  sentence,  his  clothing  allow- 
ance ceases  on  date  of  expiration  of  term  of  service  and  will  not  again  accrue 
until  he  is  restored  to  a  duty  status.    In  the  foregoing  cases  the  amount  due  the 
soldier  will  be  obtained  from  the  tables  then  and  subsequently  in  force.    In  the 
case  of  a  soldier  against  whom  a  charge  of  desertion  is  sustained  by  action  of  a 
court-martial,  or  who  is  restored  to  duty  without  trial  on  admitted  desertion,  a 
new  clothing  account  will  be  opened  without  reference  to  the  account  of  the 
soldier  at  date  of  desertion,  but  no  portion  of  the  initial  allowance  will  be 
credited.    In  the  case  of  a  soldier  who  is  charged  with  desertion  and  the  charge 
is  not  sustained  by  the  action  of  a  court-martial,  or  in  whose  case  the  charge  is 
removed  as  having  been  erroneously  made,  the  clothing  settlement  made  at  com- 
mencement of  the  unauthorized  absence  will  be  ignored  and  his  clothing  account 
will  be  adjusted  by  simply  omitting  any  credit  for  the  annual  allowance,  as 
distinguished  from  the  initial  allowance,  for  the  period  of  unauthorized  absence 
and  for  any  period  subsequent  to  the  expiration  of  term  of  enlistment  during 
which  he  may  have  been  in  confinement. 

1166.  Clothing  allowance  accruing  to  a  soldier  after  return  to  the  service 
from  desertion  will  not  be  used  to  reduce  the  amount  of  the  soldier's  indebted- 
ness at  date  of  desertion ;  the  full  amount  of  the  soldier's  indebtedness  must  be 
charged  on  the  roll,  to  be  deducted  by  the  quartermaster  when  he  settles  the 
soldier's  account. 

1167.  Articles  of  band  uniforms,  including  music  pouches,  that  do  not  form 
part  of  the  annual  clothing  allowance  may  be  issued,  but  not  charged,  except 
in  case  of  loss  or  damage. 

These  articles  will  remain  the  property  of  the  United  States,  and  be  accounted 
for  upon  the  returns  of  the  accountable  officer.     ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  3. ) 

1168.  There  will  be  issued  to  troops  stationed   in  extremely  cold  regions, 
when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by  the  post  commander,  blanket- 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  233 

lined  overcoats,  winter  caps,  winter  gauntlets,  and  arctic  overshoes,  but  only  to 
men  performing  guard  duty  or  other  necessary  outdoor  duty  when  exposure  to 
weather  would  jeopardize  life  or  limb  by  freezing.  These  overcoats,  winter 
caps,  and  winter  gauntlets  will  not  be  charged  to  the  enlisted  men,  but  will 
remain  the  property  of  the  United  States.  In  case  of  loss  or  damage,  except  by 
fair  wear  and  tear  incident  to  the  service,  they  will  be  charged  to  the  enlisted 
men  at  regulation  prices.  The  arctic  overshoes,  however,  will  in  all  cases  be 
charged  at  regulation  price. 

1168$.  Gratuitous  issues  of  field  clothing  will  be  made  to  troops  whose  field 
service  has  been  of  such  a  nature  as  to  make  the  usual  clothing  allowances 
insufficient.  Gratuitous  issues  will  be  made  only  under  the  following  con- 
ditions : 

1.  Requests  for  gratuitous  issues  will  be  made  by  organization  commanders 
to  the  department  commander  throxigh  military  channels.     Intermediate  com- 
manders will  recommend  action  in  each  case. 

2.  Requests  for  gratuitous  issues  will  not  be  submitted  unless  the  clothing 
allowances,  accrued  from  the  beginning  of  the  enlistment  period  up  to  the 
time  of  the  request,  have  been  entirely  exhausted. 

3.  Requests  for  gratuitous  issues  will  be  accompanied  by  a  statement  as  to 
whether  or  not  previous  gratuitous  issues  have  been  made  to  the  same  indi- 
viduals.    If  such  have  been  made,  full  details  will  be  given  to  include  the 
time,  place,  and  amount  of  previous  gratuitous  issues. 

4.  Department  commanders   will   approve  gratuitous   issues  only   when  the 
evidence  submitted  clearly  indicates  that  unusually  severe  conditions  of  field 
service  have  made  the  ordinary  clothing  allowances  insufficient,  and  that  due 
economy  has  been  exercised  by  those  concerned. 

5.  On  receipt  of  requisitions  for  gratuitous  issues,  approved  under  the  pre- 
ceding regulations  by  department  commanders,   field  clothing  will  be  issued 
without  charge  to  enlisted  men.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  54-) 

1169.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  is  authorized  to  pay  from  the  appropriation 
for  clothing  and  equipage  a  sum  not  to  exceed  $1.50  per  month  for  the  laundry 
work  of  each  recruit  who  has  no  funds  of  his  own  at  recruiting  stations,  recruit 
depots,  and  recruit  depot  posts.    The  expenditure  will  be  charged  on  the  cloth- 
ing, account  of  the  recruit  and  so  noted  on  his  service  record.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1170.  General  prisoners  will  not  be  permitted  to  wear  as  an  outer  garment 
or  have  in  their  possession  any  clothing  which  is  a  distinctive  article  of  the 
uniform  worn  by  enlisted  men.    Commanding  officers  may  order  necessary  issues 
of  clothing  to  prisoners  who  have  no  clothing  allowance  from  clothing  specially 
provided  for  the  purpose.    The  receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  prisoners 
to  whom  the  issues  are  made  will  be  the  quartermaster's  voucher  for  such  issue. 
The  issue  of  articles  of  the  uniform  under  this  paragraph  will  be  avoided  if 
possible. 

Upon  the  release  of  a  general  prisoner  from  confinement  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  will  issue  to  him  a  suit  of  citizens'  outer  clothing  to  consist  of  hat,  or 
cap,  coat,  pair  trousers,  shirt,  necktie,  vest,  collar,  and  overcoat  (when  re- 
quired), cost  not  to  exceed  $10,  but  any  articles  of  outer  uniform  clothing 
(other  than  shoes)  issued  to  a  general  prisoner  while  in  the  service  or  during 
confinement  will  be  regarded  as  the  property  of  the  United  States  and  will  not 
be  taken  away  with  him  upon  his  release.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  27.) 

1171.  The  issue  to  general  prisoners  employed  at  outdoor  labor  in  severe 
weather  at  military  posts  of  such  overcoats,  .overshoes,  and  woolen  mittens  as, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  post  commander,  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  suffering 
is  authorized. 


234  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

1172.  Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  raay  be  made,  under  the  provisions  of 
section  1298,   Revised   Statutes,   to  replace  articles  destroyed  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  contagious  diseases,  upon  the  certificate  of  an  officer  that  the  clothing 
was  so  destroyed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  medical  officer  named. 

1173.  Should  it  become  necessary  to  issue  new  clothing  for  use  in  the  burial 
of  a  deceased  soldier,  as  in  the  case  of  a  man  who  dies  away  from  his  proper 
command  and  under  circumstances  rendering  such  issues  imperatively  neces- 
sary, the  expense  of  the  issue  will  be  borne  by  the  United   States,  and  the 
clothing  will  be  dropped  from  the  returns  of  the  issuing  officer  on  the  orders  of 
the  commanding  officer,  which  must  recite  the  necessity  for  the  issue. 

1174.  Officers  of  the  Army,  members  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  contract 
surgeons,  and  veterinarians  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps  such 
articles  of  uniform  clothing,  clothing  materials,  and  equipage  as  they  need, 
provided  the  property  is  available.    They  will  certify  that  the  articles  aro  for 
their  personal  use.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  49.) 

11744.  A  post  exchange  may  purchase,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  officer  in 
charge  that  they  are  for  sale  only  to  enlisted  men  of  his  post  in  such  quantities 
as  are  needed  by  them,  the  following  articles  of  uniform  clothing: 

Belts,  waist.  Laces   (all  kinds). 

Chevrons   (all  kinds).  Leggings,  canvas. 

Cords :  Ornaments,  cap  and  collar. 

Hat.  Stockings. 

Tying,  for  service  hats. 

Post  commanders  will  regulate  the  purchase  and  resale  of  such  articles. 
Selling  (except  by  the  post  exchange)  or  bartering  these  articles  purchased  or 
drawn  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps  is  forbidden. 

1175.  Officers'  servants  will  not  be  permitted  to  wear  clothing  intended  for 
troops,  except  underclothing  and  shoes,  which  may  be  purchased  in  limited 
quantities,  if  available,  upon  the  officer's  certificate  that  they  can  not  be  other- 
wise obtained. 

1176.  Quartermasters  are  authorized  to  drop  from  their  property  accounts 
tent  pins,  and  ax,  pickax,  and  hatchet  helves,  upon  officers'  certificates  that  the 
articles  have  been  worn  out  in  service. 

1177.  Estimates  for  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  will  be  prepared  and 
submitted  to  proper  authorities  not  later  than  30  days  in  advance  of  the  quarter 
for  which  required.    They  will  be  limited  to  such  articles  as,  with  those  on  hand 
at  the  time  an  estimate  is  submitted,  shall  not  exceed  in  kind  and  quantity  the 
mess  outfit  as  announced  in  the  general  orders  prescribed  in  paragraph  301. 
Special  estimates  may  be  made  when  necessary  to  meet  emergencies,  and  in 
such  cases  the  circumstances  constituting  the  emergencies  will  be  stated. 

1178.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  and  of  all  organizations  supplied  with 
tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  will  exercise  a  rigid  supervision  and  economy 
in  the  care  and  preservation  of  all  such  articles,  and  any  damaged,  broken, 
destroyed,  or  lost  through  the  carelessness  of  enlisted  men  will  be  charged 
'against  their  pay,  as  explained  in  paragraph  686,  and  a  "  statement  of  charges  " 
on  the  prescribed  form  will  be  filed  as  a  voucher  with  the  property  account 
from  which  the  articles  are  dropped.     Loss  through  breakage  of  china  and 
glass  ware,  not  due  to  carelessness,  may  be  replaced  at  public  expense  on  proper 
requisition,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  20  per  cent  per  annum,  or  5  per  cent 
per  quarter,  of  the  total  value  of  china  and  glass  ware  to  which  the  mess  is 
entitled   (value  to  be  determined  by  the  prices  given  in  the  annual  price  list), 
and  the  articles  so  replaced  will  be  destroyed  and  dropped  from  property  ac- 
counts in  the  manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  1176.     Any  excess  of  breakage 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  235 

will  be  replaced  only  under  extraordinary  circumstances,  or  when  values  have 
been  charged  as  herein  provided,  and  requisitions  calling  for  such  excess  must 
show  clearly  the  circumstances  or  the  fact  that  charge  has  been  made.  Esti- 
mates calling  for  articles  other  than  china  and  glass  ware  must  show  the  neces- 
sity for  them,  and  if  to  replace  articles  lost  or  stolen,  must  be  accompanied  by 
the  report  of  a  surveying  officer,  unless  values  have  been  charged  as  herein- 
before directed. 

1179.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  to  all  duly  author 
ized  bands  of  the  Army  the  following-named  musical  instruments,  viz  :  Db  piccolo, 
terz  and  concert  flutes,  Eb  and  Bb  cornets,  Eb  and  Bb  trumpets,  Eb  and  Bb  clari- 
nets, Eb  altos,  Bb  trombones  (valve  or  slide),  Bb  baritones,  Eb,  Bb,  and  BBb 
bassos,  bass  and  snare  drums ;  cymbols,  triangles,  music  stands,  and  extra  parts 
for  the  repair  of  the  instruments ;  also  batons  with  suitable  cords  and  tassels  for 
the  use  of  drum  majors  of  all  dismounted  bands.     Mounted  bands  may  be  sup- 
plied with  a  pair  of  kettledrums  in  lieu  of  the  bass  and  tenor  drums,  cymbals, 
and  triangles,  and  also  with  altos,  trombones,  and  bassos  of  helicon  shape.    A 
fliigelhorn  may  be  furnished  in  lieu  of  the  Eb  trumpet,  a  euphonium  in  lieu  of  one 
alto,  one  Eb  alto  saxophone  and  one  Eb  baritone  saxophone  in  lieu  of  two  cor- 
nets, and  one  tenor  saxophone  in  lieu  of  any  other  authorized  instrument ;  but 
under  no  circumstances  will  more  than  a  complete  .instrumentation  for  the  author- 
ized number  of  musicians  be  supplied  except  to  recruit  bands.    In  making  requisi- 
tion for  band  instruments  a  statement  showing  the  number  and  kind  on  hand  and 
their  condition  should  accompany  the  same.     The  commanding  officer  of  the 
band  will  be  responsible  for  all  the  property  specified.     When  any  instrument 
has  become  unserviceable  it  will  be  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer.    A  copy  of 
his  report  will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  commander  with  a  view  to 
having    the    instrument    repaired,    if    practicable,    or    otherwise    disposed    of. 
Instruments  not  worth  the  cost  of  repairs  will  be  submitted  for  the  action  of 
an   inspector.     When   an   instrument   needs  minor  repairs,   involving  only   a 
slight  expense,  and  the  work  can  be  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  post,  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  submit  the  instrument  to  a 
surveying  officer.     Such  repair  may  be  secured  upon  the  written  order  of  the 
commanding  officer.     Requisitions  for  band  instruments  will  be  submitted  to 
the  designated  supply  depots  through  the  department  headquarters.     (C.  A.  R., 
Nos.  26  and  30.) 

1180.  In  addition  to  the  B  flat  bugles  with  slings  prescribed  for  field  musi- 
cians  in  Equipment  Tables,   Quartermaster   Supplies,   published   in   War   De- 
partment general  orders,  foot  troops  may  use  drums,  or  drums  and  fifes,  if 
desired  by  regimental  or  district  commanders.     Bronze  whistles  with  suitable 
chains  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  for  sale  to  officers  at  cost 
price  and  for  issue  to  such  sergeants,  corporals,  or  musicians  as  are  required 
to  use  them.    The  foregoing  articles  will  conform  to  patterns  in  the  office  of  the 
Quartermaster  General  and  will  be  accounted  for  as  equipage.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
13  and  38.) 

1181.  The  allowance  of  corn  brooms,  scrubbing  brushes,  and  mops  will  be  as 
follows : 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  maximum  strength  of  100  en- 
listed men  or  over,  9  brooms,  6  brushes,  and  3  mops  a  month. 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  strength  of  less  than  100  enlisted 
men  and  over  60,  6  brooms,  4  brushes,  and  2  mops  a  month. 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  strength  of  60  men  or  less,  4 
brooms,  3  brushes,  and  2  mops  a  month. 

Three  brooms  and  2  brushes  per  annum  for  each  non-commissioned  officer 
entitled  to  a  room  as  quarters  and  for  each  room  occupied  as  quarters  by 


236  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

enlisted  men,  other  than  noncommissioned  officers,  entitled  to  a  room  as 
quarters. 

Six  brushes  and  4  mops  per  annum  to  each  post  bakery. 

Twelve  brooms  and  8  brushes  per  annum  to  each  city  recruiting  station. 

For  cleaning  casemates,  storerooms,  and  loading  rooms,  3  brooms  a  quarter. 

To  each  troop  of  Cavalry  for  cleaning  grain  und  saddle  rooms,  3  brooms  per 
quarter. 

To  each  battery  of  Field  Artillery  for  cleaning  grain  and  saddle  rooms  and 
gun  sheds,  9  brooms  per  quarter. 

To  each  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  band  (mounted)  for  cleaning  grain  and 
saddle  rooms,  1  broom  per  quarter. 

Commanding  officers  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue  of  not  to  exceed  6 
brooms  and  6  mops  per  annum  to  each  public  office  and  building  heated  by  the 
Government.  "  .,. 

The  necessity  for  and  the  fact  of  issue  will  in  all  cases  be  certified  to  by  the 
officer  commanding  the  organization  or  in  charge  of  the  office  or  building  and 
be  verified  by  the  commanding  officer. 

The  articles  mentioned  above  will  habitually  be  drawn  quarterly  but  may  be 
drawn  when  needed.  If  less  than  the  maximum  allowance  be  drawn  in  one 
quarter,  credit  can  not  be  given  in  another  quarter.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  S.) 

1182.  Commanding  officers  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue  of  4  cans 
of  concentrated  lye  and  6  cakes  of  sapolio  per  month  to  each  company,  and 
one-half  that  quantity  to  each  band,  and  the  necessary  quantity  for  buildings 
heated  by  the  Government  and  not  thus  provided  for.    The  use  of  concentrated 
lye  upon  the  floors  and  woodwork  hi  all  modern  barracks,  kitchens  excepted,  is 
forbidden. 

1183.  The  use  of  serviceable  tents  or  other  canvas  for  any  purpose  other 
than  that  for  which  such  articles  are  furnished  is  prohibited,  except  in  cases 
of  emergency  when  necessary  to  protect  public  property.     Any  tent  furnished 
for  recreation  purposes  will  be  available  for  religious  services  by  the  chaplain 
on  suitable  occasions. 

The  prescribed  allowance  of  tentage  and  equipage  will  habitually  be  kept  in 
the  hands  of  the  organizations  to  which  it  is  issued. 

After  use,  and  before  being  put  away,  teutage  and  equipage  will  be  thoroughly 
aired,  dried,  and  put  in  serviceable  condition,  so  as  to  be  ready  for  immediate 
use  when  again  required.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  23.) 

TELEGRAPHING. 

1184.  The  telegraph  and  cable  will  be  used  only  in  cases  of  urgent  and 
imperative  necessity,  in  which  the  delay  consequent  upon  transmission  by  mail 
would  be  prejudicial  to  the  public  interests.     Day  telegrams  will  not  be  sent 
when  night  telegrams  would  serve  the  purpose,  consideration  being  given  to  the 
difference  between  eastern  time  and  that  of  the  zone  to  which  the  message  is 
sent.    Except  in  cases  of  great  urgency,  night  telegrams  will  not  be  sent  when 
the  delivery  can  be  made  by  mail  the  following  morning.    Night  telegrams  will 
be  plainly  indicated  by  the  words  "  Night  telegram  "  stamped  thereon.    Wher- 
ever practicable  the  consolidation  into  one  message  of  several  telegrams  to  be 
sent  to  a  single  officer  in  course  of  a  day's  business  should  be  effected. 

1185.  The  War   Department  Telegraph  Code  and  all   instructions  relating 
thereto  are  issued  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

The  War  Department  Telegraph  Code  will  be  guarded  with  the  greatest  care 
and  will  never  be  out  of  the  immediate  possession  or  control  of  the  officer  to 
whom  issued  or  his  confidential  agent.  Care  will  be  taken  to  prevent  theft, 


TELEGRAPHING.  237 

loss,  use,  or  inspection,  except  by  those  whose  duties  require  them  to  employ 
the  code.  Special  pains  will  be  taken  to  prevent  the  code  from  falling  into  the 
hands  of  unauthorized  persons  or  of  the  enemy. 

When  issued,  receipt  of  the  code  will  be  acknowledged  by  the  officer  to  whom 
it  is  issued  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  All  officers  having 
the  code  in  their  possession  will  render  a  semiannual  return  therefor  on  Jan- 
uary 1  and  July  1  of  each  year  in  the  form  of  a  letter  to  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army. 

When  the  code  is  transferred  from  one  officer  to  another,  the  officer  to 
whom  it  is  transferred  will  receipt  in  duplicate  for  the  same  to  the  officer 
making  the  transfer.  Immediately  upon  the  completion  of  the  transfer  the 
officer  to  whom  it  is  transferred  will  notify  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
of  the  fact,  and  the  officer  making  the  transfer  will  forward  the  duplicate  copy 
of  the  receipt  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  When  military  necessity 
causes  it  to  be  destroyed,  it  should  be  burned  leaf  by  leaf.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  40.) 

1186.  Government  blanks  will  be  used  when  practicable  in  sending  official 
telegrams  by  those  in  the  service  of  the  War  Department  authorized  to  send 
such  telegrams,  except  in  the  Engineer  Department,  on  river  and  harbor,  or 
other   civil   business,   and   will   be   marked   "  Government   paid " ;    in   no   case 
"  Government  collect."     Commercial  blanks,   if  used   officially,  should  also  be 
marked  "  Government  paid."    Accounts  for  telegrams  on  military  business  pre- 
pared on  the  prescribed  form  in  the  name  of  the  telegraph  company  rendering 
the  service,  and  accompanied  by  the  original  telegrams,  will  be  paid  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps,  with  the  following  exceptions : 

1.  Accounts  for  reimbursement  of  amounts  paid  by  officers  for  telegraphic 
service,  which  will  be  prepared  upon  prescribed  forms. 

2.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  public  business  of  a  confidential  nature  when 
in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  receiving  or  sending  them  it  is  improper  that  copies 
should  accompany  the  accounts,  or  where  copies  can  not  be  procured.    When  it 
is  questionable  whether  the  telegrams  are  on  official  business  or  that  the  tele- 
graph should  have  been  used,  such  accounts  will  be  accompanied  by  full  ex- 
planations from  the  officer  who  sends  or  receives  the  telegrams. 

The  accounts  excepted  in  this  paragraph  except  in  the  Engineer  Depart- 
ment, on  river  and  harbor,  or  other  civil  business,  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Quartermaster  General  for  settlement. 

In  settling  accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  the  lines  of  more  than  one 
company  (bond-aided  excepted),  payment  may  be  made  on  the  original  tele- 
gram to  the  initial  company  for  the  entire  service.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  3.) 

1187.  Telegrams  making  application  for  leave  of  absence  or  extension  of 
leave,  or  of  inquiry  whether  leave  has  been  granted,  and  the  replies  made 
thereto  by  telegraph,  will  not  be  sent  or  paid  for  as  public  dispatches. 

1188.  In  framing  telegrams  and  cablegrams  all  words  not  important  to  the 
sense  will  be  omitted,  addresses  condensed,  and  the  official  title  of  the  sender 
omitted  or  reduced  to  the  minimum,  thus  bringing  the  message,  so  far  as  prac- 
ticable, within  the  limit  of  20  words.     The  last  name  of  the  officer  addressed, 
or  his  title,  and  the  last  name  of  the  sender  are  generally  sufficient.     Expres- 
sions such  as  "  The  Secretary  of  War  directs."  "  By  order  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,"  or  "  Reference  your  telegram  of  the  instant,"  and  kindred  expres- 
sions will  be  omitted.     Telegrams  sent  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States, 
except  those  of  an  extremely  confidential  character,  need  not  be  coded  or  en- 
ciphered. 

1189.  All  telegraph  accounts  pertaining  to  the  War  Department,  except  as 
may  be  otherwise  directed,  originating  in  the  United  States,  which  are  payable 


238  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

from  funds  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  will  be  paid  in  Washington,  D.  G., 
under  the  instructions  of  the  Quartermaster  General.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1190.  Blank  forms  for  official  telegrams  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quarter- 
master General.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1191.  Nothing  is  required  of  officers  sending  telegrams  beyond  the  delivery 
of  the  message  to  the  company.    The  proper  quartermaster  will  receive  from 
telegraph  companies  their  accounts,  with  proofs  of  service  (which  should  be 
original  telegrams  whenever  practicable),  and  will  prepare  and  certify  vouchers 
for  the  same  and  pay  them,  or  forward  them  for  settlement,  as  is  required  in 
paragraph   1186.     Information  desired  by  telegraph  companies  in  regard  to 
military  business  will  be  obtained  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

1192.  When  telegrams  are  sent  "  collect "  by  private  individuals,  the  nature 
of  the  telegrams  should  govern  the  action  of  the  disbursing  quartermaster.    If 
strictly  on  Government  business,  payment  will  be  made  by  the  United  States. 

1193.  Whenever  special  delivery  is  necessary  to  expedite  the  delivery  of  an 
official  telegram,  or  where  the  place  of  delivery  is  located  beyond  the  estab- 
lished free-delivery  limits,  the  officer  filing  the  telegram  for  transmission  should 
mark  it  "  special-delivery  charges  paid."     The  special-delivery  charges,  which 
should  be  included  in  the  bill  of  the  telegraph  company  for  the  transmission  of 
the  telegram,  will  be  paid  by  the  quartermaster  designated  to  pay  the  telegraph 
accounts  in  the  department  in  which  the  telegram  originated. 

If  the  addressee  lives  at  such  a  distance  from  the  telegraph  office  as  to  make 
the  special-delivery  charges  excessive,  and  the  delay  will  not  be  of  a  serious 
nature,  the  telegram  should  be  marked :  "  By  mail  from  —  — ,"  indicating  the 
name  of  the  telegraph  office  from  which  the  telegram  should  be  mailed. 

TELEPHONING. 

1194.  Where  telephoning  is  practicable,  accounts  for  the  same  may  be  paid 
from  the  appropriation  for  the  payment  of  telegraphic  service. 

SUBSISTENCE   STORES   IN   BULK. 

1195.  Subsistence  stores  consist  of  articles  composing  the  ration,  those  for 
other  authorized  issues,  and  those  furnished  for  sale  to  officers  and  enlisted 
men. 

1196.  Stores  longest  on  hand,  if  in  fit  condition,  will  be  first  issued,  sold,  or 
shipped. 

1197.  Subsistence  stores  in  good  condition,  but  not  required  for  use,  will 
be  disposed  of  under  the  direction  of  the  Quartermaster  General.     In  urgent 
cases,  such  as  sudden  abandonment  of  a  post,  liability  to  rapid  deterioration, 
etc.,  they  may  be  sold,  or  otherwise  properly  disposed  of,  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of  an  inspecting  officer,  approved  by  a  commanding  general.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  10.) 

1198.  Subsistence  stores  will  not  be  transferred  gratuitously  to  another  staff 
department,  nor  obtained,  issued,  sold,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  except  as  au- 
thorized by  regulations. 

1199.  Coal  oil,   gunpowder,   quicklime,   or  other  articles  of  like  dangerous 
nature  will  not  be  kept  in  or  near  storehouses  containing  other  public  property. 

FRESH    MEATS. 

1200.  Fresh  meats  from  the  block  will  usually  be  provided  for  troops  by 
contract.     Beef  cattle  will  ordinarily  be  purchased  only  when  necessary  for 
supplying  beef  to  troops  in  campaign  or  on  the  march. 


BAKERIES THE   RATION. 


239 


BAKERIES. 

1201.  Bakeries  are  operated  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  quartermaster.  All  accounts  and  supplies  pertaining  to  the  bakery 
are  reported  on  the  account  current  and  the  return  of  subsistence  stores  of  the 
quartermaster.  Bread  is  sold  at  cost  price  in  the  same  manner  and  subject  to 
the  same  regulations  as  are  other  articles  of  subsistence  stores. 

At  posts  or  stations  where  a  bakery  is  operated  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps 
the  baking  of  bread  by  companies  is  prohibited.  Enlisted  men  and  others  entitled 
to  a  ration  who  are  allowed  to  mess  separately  from  companies  or  organizations 
are  not  required  to  purchase  bread  from  the  Quartermaster. 

Cost  price. — The  cost  price  of  bread  is  determined  in  the  following  manner  on 
the  form  provided  for  the  purpose. 

The  cost  of  all  flour  and  other  ingredients  used  in  the  preparation  of  the 
bread  baked  as  shown  on  the  last  day  of  the  month,  increased  by  the  cost  of 
power  used  in  operating  the  bread-baking  machinery,  is  divided  by  the  total 
number  of  pounds  of  bread  baked,  and  the  result  is  the  cost  of  1  pound  of  bread. 

When  the  baking  of  bread  is  commenced  for  the  first  time  at  any  post  or 
station  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  the  price  of  1  pound  of  bread  is  fixed 
until  the  close  of  the  month  at  the  price  of  1  pound  of  flour,  provided,  however, 
that  the  price  of  bread  for  the  succeeding  month  is  fixed  at  the  cost  price  of  that 
baked  in  the  preceding  month  and  determined  on  the  last  day  thereof. 

Facilities  for  baking. — At  all  permanent  posts  a  suitable  building  for  baking 
bread,  and  in  the  field  the  tentage  prescribed  for  the  purpose,  is  provided  by 
the  Quartermaster  Corps.  Bake  ovens  and  apparatus  appertaining  to  the  baking 
of  bread  are  also  provided  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

Personnel. — The  necessary  number  of  bakers,  assistant  bakers,  and  baker  ap- 
prentices or  laborers,  not  in  excess  of  the  numbers  given  in  the  following  table,  is 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 


Average  daily  production  of  bread  (pounds). 

Bakers. 

Assistant 
bakers. 

Baker  ap- 
prentices 
(or  labor- 
ers). 

300  or  less  

1 

1 

300  to  500  .                                                                    

1 

1 

500  to  1.000  

1 

1 

1 

1,000  to  1,500      ...'                                        n  

1 

2 

1 

1,500  to  2,000  

1 

2 

2 

2,000  to  2,500                                                       

2 

2 

2 

2,500  to  3,000  

2 

2 

3 

3,000  to  3,500  .                                                                      

2 

2 

4 

When  the  daily  production  is  in  excess  of  3,500  pounds  the  number  of 
bakers,  assistant  bakers,  and  baker  apprentices  or  laborers  is  fixed  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  according  to  the  necessities  of  the  case. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  4.) 

,  THE  RATION. 

1202.  A  ration  is  the  allowance  for  the  subsistence  of  one  person  for  one 
day.  The  garrison  ration  is  intended  for  troops  in  garrison,  and,  in  time  of 
peace,  for  troops  in  maneuver  camps;  the  ration  to  be  issued  to  troops  on  the 
march  an  time  of  peace  will  be  prescribed  by  the  commander,  and  will  not 
exceed  the  allowances  prescribed  for  the  garrison  ration ;  the  travel  ration  is 
for  troops  traveling  otherwise  than  by  marching  and  separated  from  cooking 
facilities;  the  reserve  ration  is  carried  on  the  person  of  the  men  and  in  the 


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QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 


trains,  and  constitutes  the  reserve  for  field  service;  the  field  ration  is  the 
ration  prescribed  in  orders  by  the  commander  of  the  field  forces ;  the  Filipino 
ration  is  for  use  of  the  Philippine  Scouts ;  and  the  emergency  ration  for 
troops  in  active  campaign  for  use  on  occasions  of  emergency  or  in  the  field 
for  purposes  of  instruction. 

In  time  of  war  when  Philippine  Scouts  are  serving  in  the  field  they  will  be 
subsisted  the  same  as  are  regular  troops.  When  impracticable  for  Philippine 
Scouts  to  use  the  Filipino  ration  while  traveling  otherwise  than  by  marching,  on 
account  of  the  lack  of  cooking  facilities  or  for  other  reasons,  the  travel  ration 
may  be  prescribed.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  8.) 

1203.  Enlisted  men,  applicants  for  enlistment  while  held  under  observation, 
prisoners  of  war,  military  prisoners  at  posts,  hospital  matrons,   and   nurses 
in  the  Nurse  Corps  are  each  entitled  to  one  ration  a  day,  according  to  the 
station  or  the  nature  of  the  service;  and  when  the  rate  of  pay  of  a  civilian 
employed  with  the  Army  does  Hot  exceed  $60  a  month,  if  the  circumstances 
of  his  service  make  it  necessary  and  the  terms  of  his  engagement  provide  for 
it,  there  may  be  allowed  him  one  ration  a  day,  according  to  the  exigencies  of 
the  case.     Civilian  employees  traveling  with-  organizations  of  troops  will  be 
rationed  as  are  the  organizations. 

Members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  while  at  place  of  annual  field 
training  and  when  mobilized  in  the  event  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities, 
shall  be  allowed  one  ration  a  day,  based  on  the  allowances  as  fixed  by  orders 
and  regulations  for  troops  of  the  Army.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

1204.  Rations  will  be  furnished  to  officers  and  men  of  the  Marine  Corps  and 
to  officers  and  seamen  of  the  Navy  when  acting,   or  proceeding  to  act,   in 
cooperation  with  the  land  forces  of  the  United  States,  in  conformity  to  the 
requirements  of  section  1143  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

1205.  The  kinds  and  quantities  of  the  component  articles  of  the  Army  ration 
and  the  substitutive  equivalent  articles  which  may  be  issued  in  place  of  such 
components  shall  be  as  follows : 

1.    GARRISON   RATION. 


Component  articles  and  quantities. 


Beef,  fresh. 


Flour. 


Baking  powder. 
Beans. . . 


Potatoes*. 


20  dunces 


18  ounces 


0.08  ounce. . 
2.4  ounces.. 


Substitutive  articles  and  quantities. 


Mutton,  fresh . 
Bacon1. 


20  ounces. 
12  ounces. 
16  ounces. 

16  ounces. 

14  ounces. 

18  ounces. 

Fish,  canned I  16  ounces. 

Turkey,  dressed,  drawn,  on  Thanksgiving  !  16  ounces. 
Day  and  Christmas,  when  practicable. 


Canned  meat,  when  impracticable  to  furnish 

fresh  meat. 
Hash,  corned  beef,  when  impracticable  to 

furnish  fresh  meat. 

Fish,  dried 

Fish,  pickled 


Soft  bread. 

Hard  bread,  to  be  ordered  issued  only  when 
the  interests  of  the  Government  so  require . 
Corn  meal 


/Rice 1.6  ounces . 

\Hominy 1 .6  ounces . 

Potatoes,  canned 15  ounces. 

Onions,  in  lieu  of  an  equal  quantity  of  pota- 
toes, but  not  exceeding  20  per  cent  of  total 
issue. 

Tomatoes,  canned,  in  lieu  of  an  equal  quan- 
tity of  potatoes,  but  not  exceeding  20  per 

20  ounces {    cent  of  total  issue. 

Other  fresh  vegetables  (not  canned)  when 
they  can  be  obtained  in  the  vicinity  or 
transported  in  a  wholesome  condition 
from  a  distance,  in  lieu  of  an  equal  quan- 
tity of  potatoes,  but  not  exceeding  30  per 
cent  of  total  issue. 

1  In  Alaska,  16  ounces  bacon,  or,  when  desired,  16  ounces  salt  pork,  or  22  ounces  salt  beef. 
*  In  Alaska  the  allowance  of  fresh  vegetables  will  be  24  ounces  instead  of  20  ounces,  or  canned  potatoes, 
18  ounces  instead  of  15  ounces. 


18  ounces. 
16  ounces. 


20  ounces. 


GARRISON,   TRAVEL,   RESERVE,  AND   FIELD  RATION", 
l.  GARRISON  RATION— continued. 


241 


Component  articles  and  quantities. 

Substitutive  articles  and  quantities. 

Prunes  

1.28  ounces.  . 
1.12  ounces.. 

Apples,  dried  or  evaporated 

1.28  ounces. 
1.28  ounces. 

1.12  ounces. 
1.4  ounces. 
0.32  ounce. 

0.014  ounce. 
0.014  ounce. 
0.014  ounce. 
0.64  ounce. 
0.5  ounce. 

0.014  ounce. 

Peaches,  dried  or  evaporated  

Jam,  in  lieu  of  an  equal  quantity  of  prunes, 
but  not  exceeding  50  per  cent  of  total 
issue. 
[Coffee,  roasted,  not  ground  

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  
Sugar  

•[  Coffee',  green  .  .'  "  

3.2  ounces... 

[Tea,  black  or  green  

Milk,evaporated,unsweetened 
Vinegar  
Salt  

0.5  ounce  

0.16  gill  
0.64  ounce 

{Pickles,  cucumber,  in  lieu  of  an  equal  quan- 
tity of  vinegar,  but  not  exceeding  50  per 
cent  of  total  issue. 

I'epper,  black  

0.04  ounce 

Cinnamon  

0.014  ounce.. 

0.64  ounce.  .  . 
0.5  ounce  
0.32  gill  

{Cloves     .                             .                        

Ginger 

Lard  

Nutmeg 

Butter  '..  
Sirup  

Oleomargarine  

Flavoring  extract,  lemon  

0.014  ounce.. 

Vanilla  

NOTE. — Food  for  troops  traveling  on  United  States  Army  transports  will  be  prepared  from  the  articles 
of  subsistence  stores  which  compose  the  ration  for  troops  in  garrison,  varied  by  the  substitution  of  other 
articles  of  authorized  subsistence  stores,  the  total  daily  cost  per  man  of  the  food  consumed  not  to  exceed 
20  per  cent  more  than  the  current  cost  of  the  garrison  ration,  except  on  Thanksgiving  Day  and  Christmas; 
when  60  per  cent  increase  over  the  same  current  cost  is  authorized. 

2.    TRAVEL   RATIONS 


Componeat  articles  and  quantities. 


Substitutive  articles  and  quantities. 


Soft  bread  

18  ounces 

Hard  bread 

16  ounces. 

Beef,  corned  
Beans,  baked  

12  ounces  
4  ounces 

Hash,  corned  beef  

12  ounces. 

Tomatoes,  canned  

8  ounces  

Jam           .          .  .        .... 

1.4  ounces 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  

1.  12  ounces.  . 

Sugar.  "  

2.  4  ounces    . 

Milk,  evaporated,  un- 

0. 5  ounce 

sweetened. 

3.    RESERVE    RATION. 


Component  articles  and  quantities. 


Substitutive  articles  and  quantities. 


Bacon  

12  ounces  

or  meat  canned.  .  .  . 

16  ounces 

Hard  bread  

16  ounces  

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  

1.12  ounces 

Sugar  '.  ."  .      .  .  . 

2.4  ounces 

Salt           

0.16  ounce 

One  day  in  each  alternate  month  of  the  season  of  practical  instruction,  not 
exceeding  three  days  in  each  year,  the  use  of  the  reserve  ration  with  individual 
cooking  will  be  required  by  all  troops  in  the  field  for  purposes  of  instruction. 

4.    FIEU)   RATION. 

The  field  ration  is  the  ration  prescribed  in  orders  by  the  commander  of  the 
field  forces.  It  consists  of  the  reserve  ration  in  whole  or  in  part,  supplemented 
by  articles  of  food  requisitioned  or  purchased  locally,  or  shipped  from  the  rear, 
provided  such  supplement^  or  substitutes  correspond  generally  with  the  com- 
ponent articles  or  Substitutive  equivalents  of  the  garrison  ration, 
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5.    FILIPINO  RATION. 


Component  articles  and  quantities. 

Substitutive  articles  and  quantities. 

12  ounces  

8  ounces  
0.32  ounce. 

(Bacon 

8  ounces. 
8  ounces. 
12  ounces. 
12  ounces. 
8  ounces. 
8  ounces. 

8  ounces. 

Canned  meat  

Flour 

FiSh,  canned  
Fish,  fresh  ....              ..        ... 

/Hard  bread  

Baking  powder,  when  in  field 
and  ovens  are-  not  available. 
Rice,  unpolished  

\Soft  bread  

20  ounces  

Potatoes 

8  ounces... 

Onions  

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  — 
Sugar 

1  ounce  

2  ounces 

Vineffar 

0  08  gill... 

Salt...     .                     .... 

O.C4  ounce.  .  . 

0.02  ounce 

Scout  organizations  will  be  required  to  use  the  entire  allowance  of  the  meat 
component,  and  not  more  than  16  ounces  of  rice  per  day  to  be  used  for  each 
ration.  The  purchase  of  1.6  ounces  of  beans  per  ration  in  substitution  of  the 
portion  of  the  rice  ration  not  drawn  will  be  made,  and  use  of  as  large  an  extent 
as  possible  of  native  products,  such  as  camotes,  mongos,  and  squash  will  be 
required. 

6.    EMEBGENCY  RATION. 

The  emergency  ration  is  furnished,  in  addition  to  the  regular  ration,  as 
required  for  troops  on  active  campaign  or  in  the  field  for  purposes  of  instruction, 
and  will  not  be  opened  except  by  order  of  an  officer  or  in  extremity,  nor  used 
when  regular  rations  are  obtainable. 

Ration  returns  upon  which  emergency  rations  are  drawn  will  bear  the  certifi- 
cate of  the  organization  commander  that  such  rations  are  required  for  the 
enlisted  men  of  his  organization  and  that  the  money  value  of  any  rations  pre- 
viously drawn  by  him,  and  improperly  opened  or  lost,  has  been  charged  against 
the  person  responsible. 

Company  and  detachment  commanders  are  responsible  for  the  proper  care 
and  use  of  emergency  rations  carried  on  the  person  of  the  soldier.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  8.) 

1206.  When  it  is  contemplated  to  grow  vegetables  in  a  post  garden,  the  post 
quartermaster,  with  the  approval  of  the  post  commander,  will  notify  the  de- 
partment quartermaster  of  the  period  during  which  the  post  garden  may  be 
relied  upon  to  supply  vegetables,  and  that  period  will  be  excepted  from  the 
pperation  of  any  contract  that  may  be  made  for  supplying  vegetables  to  the  post 

1207.  In  adjusting  charges  to  be  made  against  enlisted  men  or  others  oil 
account  of  increased  expense  to  the  Government  for  their  subsistence,  the  value 
of  the  garrison  ration  will  be  estimated  at  30  cents,  the  Filipino  ration  at  20 
cents,  and  the  travel  ration  at  40  cents.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 


LIQUID   COFFEE. 

1208.  When  an  enlisted  man  or  an  applicant  for  enlistment,  supplied  with 
cooked  or  travel  rations,  travels  unaccompanied  by  an  officer,  and  it  is  imprac- 
ticable to  cook  coffee  en  route,  he  may  be  supplied  with  funds  for  the  purchase 
of  liquid  coffee  in  lieu  of  the  coffee,  milk,  and  sugar  components  of  the  travel 
ration,  at  the  rate  of  21  cents  a  day  for  the  number  of  days  that  the  travel  is 
expected  to  cover,  to  be  paid  to  each  man  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer 
who  directs  the  journey,  a  copy  of  the  order  being  filed  with  the  voucher  on 


RATION  RETURNS  AND  ACCOUNTS.  243 

which  payment  is  made.  When  an  enlisted  man  or  an  applicant  for  enlistment, 
supplied  with  cooked  or  travel  rations,  travels  under  the  command  of  an  officer, 
and  it  is  impracticable  to  cook  coffee  en  route,  funds  at  the  rate  of  21  cents  a 
day  for  a  similar  purpose  may  be  transferred  to  the  officer  to  be  disbursed  and 
accounted  for.  At  the  end  of  the  journey  all  money  in  excess  of  21  cents  a  day 
for  each  man  for  the  actual  number  of  days  traveled  will  be  transferred  to  the 
nearest  Quartermaster.  Should  any  part  of  the  21  cents  a  day  for  the  actual 
number  of  days  traveled  be  unexpended  it  will  be  transferred  to  company  com- 
manders pro  rata,  to  be  taken  up  by  them  as  part  of  the  company  fund.  When 
recruits  en  route  to  different  organizations  or  corps  serving  at  over-sea  stations 
arrive  at  a  recruit  depot,  however,  the  unexpended  funds  will  be  transferred  to 
the  mess  officer  and  taken  up  by  him  as  part  of  the  mess  fund.  (C.  A.  .R., 
No.  53.) 

RATION   RETURNS   AND  ACCOUNTS. 

1200.  Ration  returns  for  troops  and  applicants  for  enlistment  while  held 
under  observation  will  be  signed  by  the  immediate  commanders  of  the  organi- 
zations, and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer.  After  approval  they  will  be 
presented  at  the  quartermaster's  office  for  action.  Single  ration  returns  will  be 
submitted  for  organizations,  including  persons  permitted  to  mess  separately, 
and  will  embrace  all  persons  actually  present.  Individual  "  Ration  and  savings 
accounts  "  will  not  be  opened  for  enlisted  men  or  civilian  employees  permitted  to 
mess  separately.  Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  personally  verify 
the  additions  and  deductions  of  rations  on  the  returns  on  account  of  men  join- 
ing and  leaving  during  the  ration  periods  immediately  preceding,  and  the  proper 
authority  before  approving  such  returns  will  cause  them  to  be  verified. 

In  the  field,  during  active  operations,  company  officers,  upon  request,  will  be 
included  by  name  on  the  ration  returns  of  the  organization  to  which  they  be- 
long ;  field  and  staff  officers  who  do  not  belong  to  organizations  having  messes, 
upon  request,  will  be  included  by  name  on  the  ration  returns  of  such  organiza- 
tions as  may  be  designated  by  their  commanding  officer ;  the  cost  of  the  rations 
so  obtained  will  be  charged  against  the  officers  concerned.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  8^.) 

1210.  The  ration  for  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department,  hospital 
matrons,  and  others  attached  entitled  to  rations  will  be  the  same  as  that  for 
the  troops  with  which  they  serve.     Their  ration  returns  will  be  signed  by  the 
medical  officer  in  charge  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer.    .(C.  A.  R., 
No.  55.) 

1211.  The  ration  for  civilians  employed  with  the  Army  will  be  the  same 
as  that  for  the  troops  with  which  they  serve.     Their  ration  returns  will  be 
signed  by  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  employees  and  approved  by  the  com- 
manding officer. 

1212.  While  sick  in  hospital,  the  ration  of  enlisted  men,  of  applicants  for 
enlistment,  and  of  general  prisoners  will  be  commuted  at  the  rate  of  30  cents 
a  ration,  except  that  at  the  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  com- 
mutation at  the  rate  of  50  cents  a  ration,  and  at  other  general  hospitals  40 
cents  a  ration,  is  authorized  for  enlisted  patients  therein ;  the  ration  of  members 
of  the  Nurse  Corps  while  on  duty  in  hospital  will  be  commuted  at  the  rate  of 
40  cents  a  ration.    The  commutation  herein  referred  to  will  be  paid  to  the  sur- 
geon in  charge  by  the  post  quartermaster  or  such  officer  of  the  Quartermaster 
Corps  as  may  be  designated. 

1213.  When  any  considerable  detachment  of  enlisted  men  leaves  a  post  or 
command,  the  detachment  commander  will  be  furnished  by  the  quartermaster 


244  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

with  a  ration  certificate  giving  the  number  of  men  and  the  organization  to 
which  they  belong,  and  setting  forth  the  date  to  which,  and  by  whom,  their 
ration  and  savings  account  has  been  settled,  which  certificate  will  be  presented 
to  the  commanding  officer  at  the  station  where  rations  are  next  furnished. 
Civilian  employees  entitled  to  rations  are,  when  detached,  furnished  with  ration 
certificates. 

1214.  When  a  person  entitled  to  rations  leaves  an  organization  the  rations 
allowed  for  him  for  any  period  beyond  the  date  of  his  leaving  and  not  taken 
with  him  will  be  deducted  on  the  next  ration  return  of  the  organization. 

EXTRA  ISSUES. 

1215.  The  following  issues  are  authorized  when  necessary  for  the  public 
service  and,  with  the  exception  that  vinegar  and  rock  salt  for  public  animals 
will  be  included  in  requisitions  for  forage,  will  be  made  on  ration  returns  ap- 
proved by  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  determine  what  quantities,  within 
the  limits  prescribed  below,  shall  be  issued. 

1.  Soap : 

To  organizations  of  enlisted  men — 
For  each  ration,  0.64  ounce. 

For  use  in  bakeries,  and  for  use  of  prisoners  in  guardhouses  and 
military  prisons — 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary. 
For  each  ration  issued  to  troops  in  the  field,   in  active  campaign 
only,  in  addition  to  the  foregoing,  0.25  ounce  hand  soap  to  be  issued 
in  ounce  cakes. 

2.  Candles,  when  other  illuminants  are  not  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster 

Corps : 
To  organizations  of  enlisted  men — 

For  each  ration,  except  the  Filipino  ration,  0.24  ounce.     In  Alaska, 

0.32  ounce. 

For  each  Filipino  ration,  0.12  ounce. 

To  headquarters  in  the  field  of  organizations  larger  than  a  company, 
to  hospitals,  bakeries,  depots  of  supply,  guards,  and  telegraph 
stations — 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary. 

3.  Lantern  candles : 

For  use  in  lanterns  furnished  to  the  Army  by  the  Government  and  used 
in  the  public  service — 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary. 

4.  Matches : 

For  lighting  fires  and  lights,  for  which  fuel  and  the  illuminating  supplies 
are  issued — 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary. 

5.  Toilet  paper : 

For  use  of  enlisted  men  stationed  at  military  posts,  camps,  and  rendezvous 
provided  with  modern  water-closets,  with  sewer  connections,  or  where 
sanitary  conditions  require  its  use. 
To  organizations  of  enlisted  men — 

One  package  or  roll  of  1,000  sheets  for  every  60  rations. 
For  use  in  water-closets  of  offices,  post  gymnasiums,  guardhouses, 
bakeries,  and  post  exchanges — 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary. 


EXTEA   ISSUES.  245 

6.  Salt,  rock : 

For  each  public  animal,  a  day,  0.8  ounce. 

7.  Vinegar  : 

For  each  public  animal,  a  day,  0.1  gill. 

8.  Flour: 

For  paste  used  in  target  practice — 

For  each  troop  or  company,  50  pounds,  and  for  each  battery  of  field 
artillery,  100  pounds  during  the  practice  season. 

9.  Towels,  huck: 

For  use  in  the  offices  of  regimental  headquarters  when  adjuncts  of  post 

headquarters,  and  in  the  offices  of  post  and  coast  defense  staff  officers, 

in  bakeries,  and  in  offices  of  department  and  depot  quartermasters,  when 

the  necessity  for  the  issue  is  certified  to  by  the  commanding  officer — 

For  each  person  whose  employment  therein  is  authorized,   not  to 

exceed  two  towels  a  year. 

10.  Ice: 

To  organizations  of  enlisted  men,  when  practicable — 

For  each  ration,  4  pounds,  the  maximum  allowance  to  any  organi- 
zation or  detachment  of  less  than  100  men  to  be  100  pounds  a  day, 
and  to  organizations  of  100  men  or  more  to  be  1  pound  a  day  for 
each  man. 

To  troops  stationed  north  of  the  thirty-seventh  parallel  of  nortii 
latitude  and  where  from  any  cause  it  is  impracticable  to  cut  and 
store  ice  for  their  use,  the  allowance  will  be  for  seven  months  only, 
beginning  April  1  and  ending  October  31,  except  in  the  States  of 
Washington,  Oregon,  and  Idaho,  where  during  the  remainder  of  the 
year  one-half  of  such  allowance  may  be  issued,  and  in  the  State  of 
California,  where  the  full  allowance  may  be  issued  for  the  entire 
year. 
To  troops  stationed  south  of  the  thirty-seventh  parallel  of  north 

latitude  the  full  allowance  may  be  issued  for  the  entire  year. 
At  posts  where  it  is  practicable  during  the  cold  season  to  cut  and 
store  ice  required,  no  issues  of  ice  will  be  allowed  from  funds  of  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  as  long  as  such  stored  ice  is  available. 
For  the  preservation  of  subsistence  stores — 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary. 
When  ice  plants  are  in  operation  the  issue  of  ice  therefrom  will  be  made 
upon  requisition  approved  by  the  commanding  officer  and  not  supplied 
by  purchase. 

11.  Housewives : 

To  each  squad  annually,  when  the  necessity  for  the  issue  is  certified  by 
the  commanding  officer,  for  service  in  the  field,  1  housewife. 

Department  commanders  are  authorized  to  increase  or  decrease,  without  ref- 
erence to  the  War  Department,  but  with  due  regard  to  the  interests  of  the 
service  and  existing  law,  the  various  allowances  specified  in  this  paragraph. 

Whenever  such  action  is  taken  the  department  quartermaster  will  be  in- 
formed thereof  and  will  submit  a  copy  of  the  authority  directly  to  the  Quarter 
master  General.  When  issues  are  made  under  the  increased  or  decreased  allow- 
ances herein  referred  to,  the  issuing  quartermaster  will  note  on  his  return  the 
letter  of  authority  for  the  issue,  but  a  copy  of  the  authority  will  not  be  required 
with  the  return.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  12,  17,  35,  and  41.) 

1216.  Such  of  the  following-named  articles  as  may  be  necessary,  not  to 
exceed  in  value  50  cents  a  month  for  each  general  prisoner  confined  at  a  mili- 
tary post  or  in  the  United  States  Disciplinary  Barracks  or  n  branch  thereof 


246  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

without  pay  or  allowances,  will  be  issued  by  quartermasters  on  the  15th  day 
of  each  month  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  prisoners,  viz : 

Beeswax.  Handkerchiefs,  cotton,        Scissors. 

Brooms,  whisk.  blue.  Shoestrings,  linen. 

Brushes,  hair.  Mugs,  shaving.  Soap,  shaving. 

Brushes,  shaving.  Needles.  Soap,  toilet. 

Brushes,  shoe.  Polish,  shoe.  Thread. 

Brushes,  tooth.  Powder,  tooth.  Toweling,  unbleached. 

Buttons,  bone.  Razors. 

Combs,  medium.  Razor  strops. 

Requisitions  for  these  articles  will  set  forth  the  number  of  general  prisoners 
present  at  the  post  and  must  be  approved  by  the  post  commander.  The  receipt 
of  the  officer  in  charge  will  be  the  quartermaster's  voucher  for  dropping  the 
articles  from  his  property  account.  No  articles  issued  under  this  paragraph, 
except  toothbrushes,  tooth  powder,  combs,  one  needle,  one  towel,  toilet  ^oap, 
buttons,  shoestrings,  handkerchiefs,  and  thread,  will  be  carried  away  by  general 
prisoners  when  transferred  or  discharged.  •  Towels  used  by  general  prisoners 
will  be  laundered  by  those  who  use  them.  When  specially  authorized  by  the 
Secretary  of  War,  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  supply  to  posts  where  30  or 
more  general  prisoners  are  confined  a  sewing  machine  and  other  necessary 
tailors'  utensils  for  use  in  mending  their  clothing. 

When  necessary,  similar  issues,  in  value  not  to  exceed  50  cents  per  man  per 
month,  may  be  made,  on  requisitions  approved  by  the  post  commander,  to  other 
prisoners  without  funds ;  the  value  of  the  articles  so  issued  to  be  charged  on 
the  descriptive  lists  of  such  prisoners. 

Articles  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  paragraph  will  not  be  accounted  for  on 
property  accounts  by  officers  receiving  them,  but  will  be  continued  in  use  until 
worn  out.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  23  and  43.) 

1217.  The  following-named  articles  will  be  issued  gratuitously  to  each  re- 
cruit upon  his  first  enlistment  at  a  recruiting  depot  or  upon  his  arrival  at  his 
permanent  station : 

One  razor.  One  brush,  shoe.  Two  towels,  huckaback. 

One  brush,  shaving.  One  broom,  whisk.  One  package  polish,  shoe, 

One  brush,  hair.  One  brush,  tooth.  russett. 

One  comb,  medium.  One  housewife.  One  cake  soap,  toilet. 

These  articles  will  be  issued  by  the  quartermaster  on  requisitions  submitted 
by  the  company  commander  and  approved  by  the  post  commander  ,and  when  the 
issue  has  been  made  that  fact  will  be  entered  upon  the  service  record.  The 
receipt  of  the  company  commander  will  be  the  quartermaster's  voucher  for 
dropping  the  articles  from  his  property  account.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1218.  A  recruiting  officer  stationed  elsewhere  than  at  a   military  post  is 
authorized  to  purchase  such  of  the  following-named  articles  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  use  of  applicants  for  enlistment,  while  held  under  observation  at  a 
recruiting  station  or  a  station  subsidiary  thereto,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding 
70  cents  a  month  for  each  station : 

Brooms,  whisk.  Combs,  medium.  Towels,  huckaback. 

Brushes,  blacking.  Polish,  shoe,  russet.  Soap,  laundry,  white.  float- 

Brushes,  hair.  Toilet  paper.  ing. 

If  the  recruiting  officer  is  supplied  with  funds  under  proper  appropriation 
he  will  pay  the  vouchers.  If  not  supplied  with  funds,  he  will  send  the  duly 


ISSUES  OF   SUBSISTENCE   STORES.  247 

certified  vouchers  for  payment  to  the  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  desig- 
nated to  settle  his  accounts. 

At  a  recruiting  station  at  a  military  post  such  of  the  above-named  articles  as 
may  be  necessary  for  use  exclusively  by  applicants  for  enlistment  while  held 
under  observation,  and  newly  enlisted  men  awaiting  transfer  to  permanent 
stations,  will  be  issued  to  the  recruiting  officer  at  the  post  by  the  quarter- 
master upon  requisition,  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  at  an  expense 
not  exceeding  70  cents  a  month  for  each  station.  The  receipt  of  the  recruiting 
officer  will  be  the  quartermaster's  voucher  for  dropping  the  articles  from  his 
return. 

Articles  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  paragraph  will  be  accounted  for  on 
property  accounts  by  officers  receiving  them.  Shoe  polish,  toilet  paper,  and 
laundry  soap  will  be  expended  when  issued.  The  remaining  articles  will  be 
continued  in  use  until  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  public  service, 
when  they  will  be  dropped  upon  the  certificate  of  the  accountable  officer. 
The  towels  will  be  laundered  at  the  expense  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  2.) 

ISSUES    OF    SUBSISTENCE    STORES. 

1219.  Subsistence  will  not  be  issued  to  destitute  persons  except  when  the 
commanding  officer  assumes  the  responsibility  of  ordering  the  issue  to  relieve 
starvation  or  extreme  suffering.     In  such  cases  the  circumstances  will  be  fully 
stated  in  a  written  order,  specifying  the  articles  and  quantities  to  be  issued. 
This  order,  bearing  a  certificate  of  an  officer  that  the  stores  have  been  issued, 
will  be  filed  by  the  quartermaster,  with  his  return  of  subsistence  stores  as  his 
authority  for  dropping,  them. 

1220.  All  articles  of  the  garrison,  travel,  or  Filipino  ration  due  a  company, 
or  other  organization,  will  be  retained  by  the  quartermaster  and  credit  given 
to  the  organization  for  the  money  value  of  these  articles  at  the  current  price  of 
the  articles ;  and  the  quartermaster  will  pay  as  savings  to  the  organization  com- 
manders any  excess  in  value  of  the  stores  so  retained  over  those  purchased  by 
the  organization.    Such  savings  shall  be  used  solely  for  the  purchase  of  articles 
of  food. 

When  on  the  march  in  time  of  peace,  a  daily  issue  of  rations  will  be  made  in 
the  manner  prescribed  in  the  Field  Service  Regulations  for  time  of  war.  The 
ration  to  be  issued  to  troops  on  the  march  in  time  of  peace  will  be  prescribed 
by  the  commander,  and  will  not  exceed  the  allowances  prescribed  for  the  garri- 
son ration. 

In  time  of  peace  the  ration  savings  privilege  will  be  suspended  for  troops  on 
the  march,  except  that  when  so  ordered  by  the  commander,  the  savings  privi- 
lege will  be  allowed  on  certain  specified  articles  of  the  ration. 

Upon  arrival  of  troops  at  mobilization  or  concentration  camps  the  ration 
savings  privilege  will  be  suspended  and  entirely  replaced  by  issue  of  rations  in. 
kind.  This  same  restriction  also  applies  during  the  period  of  field  operations. 

The  commanding  officer  will  designate  the  periods  for  which  ration  re- 
turns are  to  be  submitted.  Immediately  upon 'the  receipt  of  a  ration  return  by 
the  quartermaster,  duly  signed  and  approved,  he  will  enter  it,  together  with  the 
ectual  cost  of  the  ration  as  computed  on  the  back  of  the  ration  and  savings  ac- 
count. The  stores  required  will  be  purchased  from  the  quartermaster  on 
charge  sales  slips,  in  the  name  of  the  organization,  against  their  credit  shown 
on  the  account.  At  the  end  of  the  month,  or  whenever  necessary,  the  organiza- 
tion commander  will  settle  the  account  with  the  quartermaster,  when  the  sav- 


248  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

ings  due  the  organization,  or  the  amount  due  the  quartermaster,  as  the  case 
may  be,  will  be  paid  and  the  account  certified  as  required. 

All  articles  of  the  ration  required  for  the  supply  of  troops  will  be  obtained" 
from  the  quartermaster  when  on  hand,  but  if  any  article  be  not  in  stock,  a 
temporary  supply  may  be  purchased  elsewhere. 

When  necessary  to  renew  reserve  rations,  or  to  avoid  loss  of  ration  articles 
that  have  accumulated,  the  quartermaster  will  report  the  facts  to  the  command- 
ing general  or  tlie  commanding  officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  who,  if  he  considers 
it  necessary  to  prevent  loss,  will  give  in  writing  the  necessary  orders  looking 
to  the  issue  of  such  supplies  to  troops.  Such  issues  will  not  exceed  the  ration 
allowance,  and  will  be  continued  until  the  surplus  is  exhausted,  or  until  such 
other  action  as  may  seem  advisable  can  be  taken  to  protect  the  interest  of  the 
Government.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  8.) 

1221.  On  the  first  of  each  month,  or  whenever  necessary,  the  quartermaster 
will  compute  on  the  back  of  the  ration  and  savings  account  the  actual  cost  of 
the  ration  in  use  at  his  post  at  the  following  rates : 

Garrison  ration. 

Per  cent. 
Beef,  fresh 70 

Bacon,  issue 30 

Flour,  issue 100 

Baking  powder 1 100 

Beans 50 

Rice 50 

Potatoes,  fresh 70 

Onions,  fresh 20 

Tomatoes,  canned 10 

Prunes  30 

Jam 50 

Apples,  evaporated 10 

Peaches,  evaporated 10 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground 100 

Sugar 100 

Milk,  evaporated,  unsweetened, 100 

Vinegar 50 

Pickles,  cucumber 50 

Salt 100 

Pepper,  black 100 

Cinnamon 100 

Lard 50 

Lard  substitute 50 

Butter '. 1 50 

Oleomargarine 50 

Sirup 100 

Flavoring  extract,  lemon 100 

For  Thanksgiving  Day  or  Christmas,  when  turkey  costs  more  than  the  regular 
meat  ration,  the  proper  allowance  will  be  made  on  the  ration  and  savings  ac- 
count by  adding  to  the  amount  due  the  organization  the  product  of  the  number 
of  men  present  on  the  holiday  multiplied  by  the  excess  cost  of  turkey  over  the 
regular  meat  ration.  Should  a  ration  of  turkey  cost  less  than  the  regular  meat 
ration  the  proper  deduction  will  be  wade. 


COMMUTATION   OF   RATIONS.  249 

Travel  ration. 

Per  cent. 

Soft  bread  or  hard  bread 100 

Beef,  corned  or  hash,  C.  B 100 

Beans,  baked 100 

Tomatoes,  canned 100 

Jam 100 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  1 , 100 

Sugar1 100 

Milk,  evaporated,  unsweetened  * 100 

Filipino  ration. 

Per  cent. 
Beef,  fresh 70 

Bacon,  issue , 20 

Fish 10 

Or— 

Canned  meat 70 

Bacon,  issue 20 

Fish 10 

Flour,  or  hard  bread,  or  soft  bread 100 

Baking  powder,  when  ovens  are  not  available 100 

Rice,  unpolished 100 

Potatoes 80 

Onions 20 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground 100 

Sugar _ 100 

Vinegar 100 

Salt 100 

Pepper,  black 100 

When  reserve  rations  or  surplus  ration  articles  are  ordered  used  under  para- 
graph 1220,  any  excess  cost  of  such  articles  over  that  of  the  articles  ordinarily 
used  in  computing  the  cost  of  the  ration  will  be  credited  to  the  organization  on 
the  ration  and  savings  account.  Should  any  article  so  ordered  be  cheaper  than 
that  ordinarily  used,  a  corresponding  deduction  will  be  made  from  the  organi- 
zation's credit.  The  manner  of  ascertaining  the  amount  of  the  credit  or  deduc- 
tion will  be  shown  on  the  back  of  the  ration  and  savings  account,  to  which  the 
order  of  the  commanding  officer  directing  the  issue  will  be  attached. 

1222.  If  ration  and  savings  accounts  are  not  paid  by  a  quartermaster  In 
the  month  during  which  they  accumulated,  the  proper  organization  will  be  fur- 
nished with  an  extract  of  the  account  showing  the  amount  due,  which  voucher, 
duly  certified  by  the  quartermaster  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer, 
will  be  presented  for  payment  to  any  quartermaster  having  funds  for  the  pur- 
pose. 

COMMUTATION    OF   RATIONS. 

1223.  Commutation  of  rations  may  be  allowed  at  the  following  rates,  under 
the  conditions  mentioned,  viz : 

1  When  21  cents  coffee  money  Is  paid,  the  coffee,  sugar,  aad  milk  components  will  not 
be  included  when  computing  the  travel  ration. 


250 


QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 
Commutation  of  rations. 


Conditions. 


Rate  per  day  each. 


Enlisted 
men  and 
nurses. 


Philippine 

Scouts. 


1.  To  enlisted  men,  Philippine  Scouts,  male  or  female  nurses  on  the  expiration  of 

their  furloughs  or  leaves,  provided  that  on  or  before  the  last  day  thereof  they 
have  reported  at  their  proper  stations  or  have  been  discharged 

2.  To  ordnance  sergeants,  quartermaster  sergeants,  senior  grade,  and  quartermas- 

ter sergeants,  Quartermaster  Corps  (and  enlisted  menacting  as  such)  on  duty 
at  forts  and  stations  where  there  are  no  other  troops 

3.  To  an  unlisted  man,  a  Philippine  Scout,  or  a  male  or  female  nurse  on  detached 

duty,  stationed  in  a  city  or  town  where  subsistence  is  not  furnished  by  the 
Government;  to  sergeants  detailed  for  duty  with  the  National  Guard,  and 
far  duty  with  disciplinary  organizations;  to  enlisted  men  detailed  for  duty  at 
institutions  where  one  or  more  units  of  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps 
are  maintained,  or  at  schools  or  colleges  pursuant  to  section  56,  act  of  Con- 
gress approved  June  3, 1916,  stationed  in  a  city  or  town  where  subsistence  is 
not  furnished  by  the  Government 

i.  To  an  enlisted  man  or  a  Philippine  Scout  traveling  under  orders  from  a  place 
or  station  at  which  his  rations  have  been  regularly  commuted 

6.  To  an  enlisted  man  or  a  Philippine  Scout  traveling  under  orders  alone,  when 
the  journey  can  not  be  performed  in  24  hours  and  it  is  impracticable  to 
carry  rations  of  any  kind  (which  fact  must  be  stated  in  the  order  directing 
the  journey);  to  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  upon  being  sum- 
moned for  field  training  and  when  mobilized  by  the  President  and  reporting 
for  duty,  while  traveling  from  their  homes  to  the  places  where  ordered  to 
report  for  duty;  to  members  of  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps  while 
traveling,  except  by  organization,  to  and  from  camps  of  instruction;  and  to 
members  of  the  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps  when  ordered  into  active  service, 
while  traveling,  except  by  organization,  to  and  from  the  place  to  which 
ordered 

6.  To  two  enlisted  men  or  Philippine  Scouts  traveling  under  orders  as  a  detach- 

ment, or  traveling  under  orders  as  a  guard  to  an  insane  patient  or  military 
prisoner,  when  the  journey  can  not  be  performed  in  24  hours  and  it  is  im- 
practicable to  carry  rations  of  any  kind  (which  fact  must  be  stated  in  the 
order  directing  the  journey ),  each 

7.  To  an  insane  patient  or  military  prisoner  traveling  under  orders  under  guard 

of  one  or  two  enlisted  men  or  Philippine  Scouts,  when  the  journey  can  not  be 
performed  in  24  hours  a'nd  it  is  impracticable  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind 
(which  fact  must  be  stated  in  the  order  directing  the  journey),  to  be  paid 
on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer  in  advance  to,  and  to  be  receipted 
for  by.  the  person  to  whose  charge  the  patient  or  military  prisoner  is  com- 
mitted by  the  order 

To  enlisted  men  or  Philippine  Scouts  selected  to  contest  for  places  or  prizes 
in  department  or  Army  rifle  competitions,  while  traveling  under  orders  to 
and  from  places  of  contest,  when  the  journey  can  not  be  performed  in  24 
hours  and  it  is  imoracticable  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind  (which  fact  must 
be  stated  in  the  order),  each 


$0.30 
1.00 


1.00 
1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


(0.30 


.50 

.75 


.78 


.75 


.78 


(  C.  A .  R.,  Nos.  4$,  51,  and  53.) 

1224.  Applicants  for  enlistment  and  recruits  forwarded  from  recruiting  sta- 
tions, recruiting  depots,  or  other  military  posts  will  be  furnished  the  following 
allowances  for  subsistence  while  traveling,  viz : 


When  I  or  2  men  are  forwarded. 


For  a  journey  0/24  hours  or  less. 

Travel  rations,  or  cooked  rations,  to  be  obtained 
from  the  contractor  for  meals  or  from  the  company 
or  general  mess. 


For  a  journey  of  more  than  14  hours. 

Commutation  of  rations  at  not  exceeding  50  cents  a 
meal  ($1.50  a  day)  for  each  man. 


When  more  than  2  men  are  forwarded. 


For  -a  journey  of  24  hours  or  less. 

For  a  detachment  of  3  or  more  men:  Travel  rations 
(or,  if  not  available,  cooked  rations,  to  be  obtained 
from  the  contractor  for  meals  or  from  the  company 
or  general  mess). 

For  a  journey  of  more  than  24  hours. 

For  a  detachment  of  3  or  more  men:  Travel  rations 
if  available,  or,  if  not  available,  commutation  of 
rations  at  not  exceeding  50  cents  a  meal  ($1.50  a 
day)  for  each  man. 


COMMUTATION   OF   RATIONS.  251 

1225.  Enlisted   men,   applicants   for   enlistment,   and   recruits  ordered   upon 
journeys  which  can  be  performed  within  24  hours  from  the  hour  of  start- 
ing must  be  subsisted  during  the  journey  upon  cooked  or  travel  rations  pro- 
cured for  the  purpose  from  the  company  kitchen,  the  contractor  for  meals, 
or  from  the  quartermaster. 

1226.  Enlisted  men  absent  under  orders  from  their  stations  upon  recruiting 
duty  for  not  exceeding  seven  days  will  be  deemed  to  be  traveling  under  orders 
during  the  entire  period,  notwithstanding  that  some  portion  of  the  period  may 
be  occupied  by  detentions  in  the  various  towns  which  they  visit  in  th*e  per- 
formance of  their  duty,  and  their  commutation  of  rations  will  be  at  the  rate  of 
$1.50  a  day. 

1227.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  18.) 

1228.  An  enlisted  man  not  a  recruit  ordered,  under  subhead  5,  paragraph 
1223,  will  be  allowed  commutation  of  rations  at  the 'rate  of  50  cents  a  meal 
($1.50  a  day)  for  the  time  actually  consumed  in  travel.    The  provisions  of  this 
paragraph  do  not  apply  to  travel  on  Army  transports. 

1229.  Commutation  of  rations  will  not  be  allowed  to  enlisted  men  serving 
where  subsistence  is  furnished  by  the  Government ;  or  traveling  under  orders 
when  they  can  carry  and  cook  their  rations,  or  can  carry  cooked  or  travel 
rations ;   or   traveling  under  orders  on  Army  transports  or  by  steamboat  or 
steamship  where  the  passage  rates  include  meals ;  or  failing  to  report  at  their 
proper  stations  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  furlough  unless  discharged ;   or 
recruiting  parties  at  their  stations;  nor  to  civil  employees.     Commutation  of 
rations  will  not  be  allowed  to  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  while  in 
field  training  or  after  reporting  when  mobilized  for  active  service  in  the  event 
of  actual   or  threatened  hostilities,  nor  to  members  of  the  Reserve  Officers' 
Training  Corps  while  in  camps  of  instruction,  nor  to  citizens  while  at  camps 
of  instruction  authorized  by  section  54  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3, 
1916,  nor  to  members  of 'the  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps  while  in  active  service  for 
purposes  of  instruction  or  training  or  after  reporting  when  ordered  to  active 
service  in  the  event  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities.      (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  18 
and  51.) 

1230.  An  order  directing  the  travel  of  an  enlisted  man  or  an  applicant  for 
enlistment  will  state  that  the  journey  is  necessary  for  the  public  service.    If  it 
be  impracticable  for  him  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind,  the  order  will  so  state 
and  will  direct  commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid ;  if  required  to  be  paid  in 
advance  the  number  of  days  will  be  stated. 

1231.  An  enlisted  man  traveling  on  duty  under  orders  on  a  vessel  of  the ' 
United   States  Army  Transport   Service  will  not  be  allowed  commutation  of 
rations  for  the  time  he  is  aboard.    He  will  be  quartered  with  the  enlisted  men 
aboard  and  will  mess  with  them,  and  the  proper  transport  officer  will  indorse 
upon  the  travel  order  in  the  possession  of  the  soldier  the  dates  between  which 
subsistence  was  so  furnished.    The  travel  order  so  indorsed  will  be  turned  over 
by  the  enlisted  man  at  the  end  of  the  journey  to  the  quartermaster  by  whom 
commutation  of  rations  for  any  portion  of  the  journey  is  paid,  who  will  file  it 
with  the  voucher  on  which  payment  is  made.     If  commutation  of  rations  is 
ordered  paid  in  advance,  the  probable  time  on  shipboard  must  be  taken  into 
account  in  determining  the  number  of  days'  commutation  to  be  allowed,  and 
the  paying  officer  will  indorse  the  original  order  and  make  payment  on  a  certi- 
fied copy  thereof  in  the  manner  directed  in  paragraph  1232  for  paying  commu- 
tation of  rations  in  advance. 

1232.  Commutation  of  rations  allowed  to  an  enlisted  man  or  an  applicant 
for  enlistment  while  traveling,  when  not  directed  to  be  paid  in  advance,  will  be 


252  QUARTERMASTER  COEPS. 

paid  to  him  at  the  end  of  his  journey,  upon  presentation  of  the  order  for  the 
journey,  with  the  certificate  of  his  commanding  officer  thereon  in  the  following 

form :    "  Last  rationed  to  include  —   — ,  19 — ;  will  leave  station  at  , 

,  19 — ;  the  rations  overdrawn  will  be  deducted  from  the  ration  return  of 

Company  -      — ,  -       -  Regiment  of  -     — ,  for  the  period  from ,  19 — , 

to  ,  19 — ,"  and  a  certificate  signed  by  a  commissioned  officer  in  the  fol- 
lowing form:  "Joined  station  at , ,  19 — ."  The  period  allowed  by 

the  paying  officer  will  be  the  time  required  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled 
route.*  If  ordered  paid  in  advance,  it  will  be  paid  upon  presentation  of  a  certi- 
fied copy  of  the  order  directing  the  payment,  having  thereon  the  certificate  in 
the  above  form  of  his  commanding  officer.  In  this  case  the  paying  officer  will 
indorse  the  date,  mode,  and  amount  of  payment,  over  his  signature,  on  the 
order  which  is  retained  by  the  soldier  or  applicant  for  enlistment,  and  certify 
on  the  copy  that  he  has  made  such  indorsement.  The  soldier  or  applicant  for 
enlistment  will  deliver  his  retained  order  to  the  commanding  officer  at,  the 
station  where  rations  are  next  furnished.  The  order,  or  copy  thereof,  on  which, 
commutation  has  been  paid  will  be  filed  as  a  subvoucher  to  the  receipt  roll, 
and  the  paying  officer  will  indorse  on  the  order,  or  copy  thereof,  the  date,  mode, 
and  amount  of  payment. 

1233.  The  furlough  of  an  enlisted  man  will  show  by  memorandum  of  his 
company  commander  to  what  day  he  was  last  rationed  and  the  number  of 
rations,  if  any,  drawn  for  him  previous  to  his  going  on  furlough,  for  the  time 
covered  by  the  furlough,  and  the  certificate  of  his  company  commander  on  the 
back  of  the  furlough  will  show  the  date  on  which  he  rejoined  his  proper  station 
or  was  discharged  and  that  the  rations  overdrawn  for  him  were  duly  deducted 
from  a  ration  return  of  his  company.     If  entitled  to  commutation  he  will  be 
paid  by  any  quartermaster  upon  the  presentation  of  the  furlough  containing  the 
above  memorandum  and  certificate.    The  paying  officer  will  file  the  furlough 
as  a  subvoucher  to  his  receipt  roll,  and  indorse  on  the^urlough  the  date,  mode, 
and  amount  of  payment.     The  authority  under  which  a  furlough  is  granted 
(whether  under  Army  Regulations  or  in  pursuance  of  the  orders  of  a  superior) 
should  be  cited  on  the  face  of  the  furlough  by  the  officer  granting  it.     If  the 
period  for  which  the  furlough  is  given  is  within  the  competency  of  the  author- 
ity cited,  no  copy  of  the  order  is  needed  to  accompany  the  furlough  when  pre- 
sented to  a  disbursing  officer  for  payment  of  commutation  of  rations ;  but  if  the 
period  is  manifestly  beyond  the  competency  of  the  authority  cited,  the  furlough 
should,  when  presented  for  payment  of  commutation  of  rations,  be  accompanied 
by  copies  of  all  orders  in  pursuance  of  which  it  was  given. 

1234.  An  enlisted  man  granted  a  furlough  with  permission  to  travel  on  a 
vessel  of  the  United  States  Army  Transport  Service  will  be  quartered  with  the 
enlisted  men  aboard  and  will  mess  with  them.     The  transport  officer  will  certify 
upon  the  enlisted  man's  furlough  the  dates  between  which  subsistence  was  so 
furnished.     In  paying  commutation  of  rations  on  the  furlough  thesa  days  will 
be  deducted. 

1235.  Enlisted  men  discharged  while  serving  in  places  outside  of  the  States 
composing  the  Union  will  be  provided  free  transportation  to  the  said  States  on 
Government  transports  upon  direction  of  the  commanding  officers  in  the  several 
localities,  and  will  be  subsisted  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  to  the  port  of  des- 
tination.    They  will  not  be  entitled  to  travel  pay  from  port  of  embarkation  to 
the  United  States,  nor  to  commutation  of  rations  for  the  time  so  subsisted  on 
the  transports.     The  fact  that  such  transportation  and  subsistence  have  been 
furnished  must  be  noted  on  the  final  statements.     In  view  of  the  provisions  of 
paragraph  1378,  the  foregoing  is  not  to  be  construed  as  precluding  the  furnish- 
ing of  transportation  at  Government  expense,  via  commercial  vessels  in  cases 


SALES.  253 

where  the  Government  maintains  no  regular  transport  service  between  the 
localities  of  discharge  and  the  United  States.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  20.) 

1236.  When  an  officer  orders  commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid,  or  rations 
furnished  to  a  soldier  on  furlough  to  enable  him  to  reach  his  proper  station,  the 
officer  paying  the  commutation  or  furnishing  the  rations  will  report  the  full 
amount  paid,  or  the  money  value  of  the  food  supplied,  to  the  soldier's  company 
commander.     Should  the  soldier  reach  his  station  on  or  before  the  last  day  of 
his  furlough  the  company  commander  will  charge  the  full  amount  of  the  pay- 
ment, or  value  of  the  rations,  against  his  pay  on  the  next  pay  roll.     Should  he 
reach  his  post  after  the  expiration  of  his  furlough,  and  the  delay  be  not  excused, 
the  full  amount  will  be  similarly  charged.     Should  the  overstaying  of  his  fur- 
lough be  excused,  the  full  amount,  diminished  by  the  value  of  the  ration,  at  25 
cents  a  day,  for  the  number  of  days  during  which  he  was  absent  after  the  fur- 
lough had  expired,  will  be  charged. 

1237.  When  a  furlough  is  lost,  a  certified  copy  prepared  by  his  company 
commander,  with  the  soldier's  affidavit  stating  when,  where,  and  the  circum- 
stances under  which  the  loss  occurred,  that  he  reported  at  his  station  on  or 
before  the  last  day  of  his  furlough  or  was  discharged,  and  that  no  rations  have 
been  furnished  nor  commutation  paid  him  for  any  portion  of  the  time  during 
which  he  was  on  furlough,  may  be  presented  within  six  months  after  the  loss, 
through  his  company  and  post  commanders,  to  the  department  quartermaster 
for  payment  or  other  disposition. 

1238.  An  enlisted  man  having  a  claim  for  commutation  of  rations  while 
traveling  or  on  furlough,  and  who  is  at  a  distance  from  a  paying  quartermaster, 
will  be  paid  upon  forwarding  to  a  paying  quartermaster  his  travel  orders  or 
furlough  properly  made  out.     An  enlisted  man  on  detached  duty  who  is  entitled 
to  commutation  of  rations  may  be  similarly  paid  upon  the  certificate  of  the 
officer  under  whom  he  may  be  serving,  or  if  not  serving  under  an  officer,  upon 
his  own  certificate,   setting  forth  the  period  for  which  commutation   is  due, 
accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  authority  for  its  allowance,  or  by  a  reference  to 
such  authority  if  previously  furnished. 

SALES. 

1239.  Sales  of  subsistence  stores  will  be  made  at  cost  prices  for  cash  to  an 
officer  on  his  certificate  that  the  stores  are  for  his  personal  or  family  use  or  for 
the  use  of  an  officers'  mess  of  which  he  is  the  caterer,  and  will  be  similarly  made 
on  a  certificate  that  they  are  for  his  or  her  personal  use  to  a  contract  surgeon, 
a  dental  surgeon,  a  veterinarian,  a  female  nurse,  or  a  hospital  matron  when 
stationed  within  a  military  post  or  serving  with  troops  in  the  field.     Sales  will 
also  be  made  at  cost  prices  for  cash  to  a  member  of  the  immediate  family  of  an 
officer,  during  his  absence,  upon  a  written  request  by  him  to  the  quartermaster, 

1240.  Sales  to  officers  paid  for  within  the  calendar  month  in  which  made 
will  be  regarded  as  cash  sales ;  if  not  paid  for  within  that  month,  the  quarter- 
master making  the  sale  will  forward  an  itemized  statement  of  each  account  to 
the  General  Quartermaster  for  the  action  prescribed  by  paragraph  1308. 

Thereafter,  until  evidence  is  furnished  by  the  delinquent,  showing  payment 
of  the  amount  so  reported  for  stoppage,  further  sales  will  not  be  made  to  him 
except  for  cash  upon  receipt  of  stores.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1241.  Sales  of  reasonable  quantities  of  stores  will  be  made  to  an  enlisted 
man  on  the  active  or  retired  list,  for  cash,  upon  his  declaration,  in  writing,  that 
they  are  intended  for  his  own  use.     A  post  exchange  may  purchase  stores  upon 
the  certificate  of  the  officer  in  charge,  and  such  purchases,  when  paid  for  within 
the  calendar  month  in  which  made,  are  regarded  as  cash  sales. 


254  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

1241^.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Navy  and  the  Marine  Corps  are  per- 
mitted to  purchase  subsistence  supplies  at  the  same  price  as  is  charged  the 
officers  and  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  and  the  officers  and  the  enlisted  men 
of  the  Army  are  permitted  to  purchase  subsistence  supplies  from  the  Navy  and 
Marine  Corps  at  the  same  price  as  is  charged  the  officers  and  the  enlisted  men 
of  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps. 

These  supplies  will  be  sold  at  cost  prices  for  cash  to  an  officer  of  the  Navy  or 
Marine  Corps  on  his  certificate  that  the  supplies  are  for  his  personal  use  or  for 
family  use  or  for  the  use  of  an  officer's  mess,  of  which  he  is  the  caterer,  and  to 
an  enlisted  man  of  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  on  the  active  or  retired  list  at 
cost  prices  for  cash  upon  his  declaration  in  writing  that  such  supplies  are  in- 
tended for  his  own  use.  When  an  enlisted  man  of  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps 
desires  to  make  a  purchase  and  is  not  serving  with  the  Army  he  should  make 
application  in  writing,  stating  that  the  supplies  are  intended  for  his  own  use, 
and  his  application  must  be  indorsed  by  the  officer  under  whom  he  is  serving, 
who  will  state  that  the  enlisted  man  concerned  is  entitled  to  purchase  sub- 
sistence supplies.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  12.) 

1242.  Sales  may  be  made  on  credit  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  have  not 
been  regularly  paid  or  who  are  in  the  field.     Officers  will  certify  that  the  stores 
are  for  their  own  use  and  will  receipt  for  them.     Enlisted  men  will  obtain  per- 
mits from  their  company  commanders,  approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 
Permits  will  not  be  given  to  a  soldier  in  excess  of  the  unencumbered  pay  due 
to  him  nor  in  any  month  in  excess  of  his  monthly  pay.     Such  of  the  following- 
named  articles  as  may  be  needed  by  him  may  be  furnished  to  a  recruit  on 
credit,  viz :  A  hand  basin,  a  pipe,  a  box  or  bottle  of  tooth  powder,  and  not  to 
exceed   1  pound  of  tobacco. 

1243.  An  officer  purchasing  subsistence  stores  on  credit  will  furnish  to  the 
quartermaster  making  the  sale  a  receipt  in  duplicate  setting  forth  the  place 
and  date  of  purchase,  the  name  of  the  quartermaster  who  made  the  sale,  and 
the  money  value  of  the  stores  so  purchased.     One  copy  of  the  receipt  will  be 
forwarded  by  the  quartermaster  to  the  quartermaster  whe  pays  the  officer,  or  to 
the  department  quartermaster,  and  will  be  filed  with  the  pay  voucher  on  which 
collection  is  made.     The  duplicate  receipt  will  be  filed  by  the  quartermaster 
with  his  retained  abstract  of  subsistence  stores  sold.     The  names  of  the  officers 
purchasing  subsistence  stores  on  credit,  the  organizations  to  which  they  belong, 
and  the  money  value  of  the  stores  so  purchased  will  be  entered  on  the  abstract 
of  subsistence  stores  sold. 

1244.  Exceptional  articles  of  subsistence  stores  called  for  by  officers  and 
enlisted  men,  to  be  paid  for  by  them  regardless  of  condition  upon  arrival  at 
posts,  may  be  purchased  under  such  instructions  as  to  purchase  and  accounta- 
bility  as  may  from  time  to   time  be  given  by   the   Quartermaster   General. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1245.  Civilians   employed   with   the   Army,    including   those   expressly    em- 
ployed for   their   services   as   tailors,   shoemakers,   and   laundrymen,    may   be 
allowed,  at  remote  places  or  in  the  field  where  food  can  not  otherwise  be  pro- 
cured,  to  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  in  limited  quantities  for 
their  own  use,  for  cash,  at  cost  prices,  such  articles  of  the  ration  or  of  stores 
kept  for  sales  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  as  can  be  spared  from  the  supplies  on 
hand. 

1246.  Articles  purchased  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  by   net  weight  will 
be  sold  at  net  weight  at  the  time  of  sale.     Where  the  weight  of  a  wrapper  or 
cover  at  the  time  of  purchase  was  included  in  the  weight  of  an  article  it  will 
be  included  in  the  weight  when  the  article  is  sold.     Articles  in  cartons,  packets, 
or  sealed  cans  will  be  sold  as  purchased. 


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1247.  Post  commanders  will  regulate  sales  and  delivery  of  supplies.     Selling 
(except  by  the  post  exchange)   or  bartering  of  supplies  purchased  or  drawn 

»from  the  quartermaster  is  forbidden. 

1248.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  at  or  near  which  the  immediate 
family  of  an  enlisted  man  who  is  absent  abroad  resides  may,  if  the  residence 
and  other  conditions  of  such  family  make  it  proper,  grant  to  the  head  thereof 
permits  to  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps  at  the  post,  for  cash,  at 
cost  prices,  such  quantities  of  subsistence  stores  as  in  his  opinion  may  be  rea- 
sonably needed  for  the  sole  use  of  the  soldier's  immediate  family.     The  total 
amount  of  subsistence  stores  so  sold  to  soldiers'  families  will  be  entered  by  the 
quartermaster  in  a  separate  item  on  the  abstract  of  sales  each  month. 

1249.  The  quartermaster  who  extends  credit  to  enlisted  men  will  forward  to 
the  proper  company  or  organization  commander  the  permit  on  which  the  sup- 
plies were  sold,  signed  by  the  purchasers,  which  then  becomes  a  statement  of 
credit  sales  and  of  amounts  due.    The  company  or  other  commander  will  charge 
the  amounts  due  on  the  next  pay   roll    (and   on  subsequent  rolls  until  the 
amounts  shall  have  been  collected)    and  return  the  permit-statement  to  the 
quartermaster,  with  notation  thereon  of  any  additional  subsistence  and  other 
authorized  quartermaster  charges  appearing  on  the  pay  rolls,  showing  in  each 
case  whether  the  charge  is  for  credit  sales,  refundment  of  commutation  of 
rations,  or  other  authorized  quartermaster  account,  and  the  place  where  and 
the  month  and  year  in  which  the  indebtedness  was  contracted.     The  quarter- 
master will  file  the  original  with  his  retained  papers  for  the  month  to  which 
the  credit  sales  pertain,  and  forward  the  carbon  copy  to  the  Quartermaster 
General  with  his  monthly  accounts.    If  a  member  of  an  organization  or  a  recruit 
leaves  his  organization  or  a  recruit  depot  before  the  money  value  of  the  articles 
furnished  to  him  on  credit  shall  have  been  collected,  the  amount  due  in  each, 
case,  the  place  where,  and  the  month  and  year  in  which  the  indebtedness  was 
contracted  will  be  noted  on  the  service  record.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10,  15,  and  55.) 

1250.  Sales  will  be  consolidated  monthly  on  an  abstract.     The  commanding 
officer  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  purchases  have  been  properly  authorized 
and  duly  made  and  will  so  certify  on  the  abstract.    The  abstract  accompanying 
the  quartermaster's  account  current  will  serve  as  a  voucher  to  the  account  cur- 
rent as  well  as  to  the  officer's  return. 

1251.  The  price  at  which  subsistence  stores  may  be  transferred,  or  sold  to 
officers  and  enlisted  men,  is  the  invoice  or  purchase  price  of  the  last  lot  of 
the  same  variety  of  subsistence  stores  received  by  the  officer  making  the  sale 
or  transfer  prior  to  the  first  day  of  the  month  in  which  the  sale  or  transfer 
is  made ;  but  (1)  the  prices  at  a  post  or  depot  or  at  the  office  of  a  quartermaster 
will  not  be  affected  by  transfers  thereto  from  military  posts,  except  where  the 
articles  are  purchased  at  one  post  for  shipment  to  another,  the  former  having 
been  regularly  designated  as  the  point  of  supply  for  the  particular  articles  for 
the  latter,  in  which  case  the  rule  laid  down  in  the  first  five  lines  of  this 
paragraph  will  obtain;   (2)  if  two  or  more  lots  of  the  same  variety  of  article 
are  received  on  one  invoice,  or  on  the  same  date  at  different  prices,  the  unit 
price  to  govern  will  be  determined  by  dividing  the  total  value  of  such  lots 
by  the  total  quantity  of  the  same;  (3)  the  equalization  of  prices  among  several 
varieties  of  the  same  article  is  not  authorized,  as  in  the  case  of  several  kinds 
of  smoking  tobacco,  cigars,  crackers,   etc.;    (4)   if  a   quartermaster  who  has 
received  an  invoice  of  stores  during  the  current  month  is  relieved  before  the 
end  of  that  month  he  will  invoice  to  his  successor  the  stores  so  received  at  their 
actual  invoice  price,  although  the  current  selling  price  of  such  stores  will  con- 
tinue until  the  beginning  of  the  next  month.     On  the  first  day  of  each  month 
a  price  list  will  be  prepared  at  each  station  where  sales  are  made,  one  copy 


256  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

to  be  furnished  to  the  commanding  officer  and  one  copy  to  be  posted  in  the 
salesroom. 

1252.  The   quartermaster   will   be   accountable  for   and   will   carry   on   his 
property  accounts  all  cooking  apparatus  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps, 
and  will  furnish  to  commanding  officers  of  organizations  and  detachments  the 
necessary  authorized  articles  of  the  same  on  approved  requisitions,  the  issues  to 
be  made  on  memorandum  receipts.    Bake  ovens  will  be  dropped  from  his  prop- 
erty accounts  when  permanently  installed  at  posts. 

BLANK    FOBMS. 

1253.  Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  to  quartermasters  on  periodical  requisi- 
tions sent  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General.     Officers  at  posts  will  obtain 
them  from  the  post  quartermasters.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10). 

PAYMENTS,   GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

1254.  The  senior  quartermaster  of  a  command,  under  the  direction  of  its 
commander,  will  be  responsible  for  the  payment  of  the  troops  of  the  command. 

1255.  In  payments  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  the  days  of  commencement 
and  expiration  of  service  will  be  included.    When  service  begins  on  the  31st  day 
of  a  month,  pay  will  not  be  allowed  for  that  day. 

PAYMENTS    TO    OFFICERS. 

1256.  Officers  on  the  active  list,  and  retired  officers  assigned  to  active  duty 
under  laws  entitling  them  to  active  pay  or  allowances,  will  be  paid  monthly  on 
accounts  certified  by  themselves  according  to  prescribed  forms.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  2.) 

1257.  An  officer  of  the  Army  will  be  paid  within  the  limits  of  his  depart- 
ment and,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  the  same  quartermaster,  unless  he  is  on 
leave  of  absence  or  detached  duty  beyond  the  limits  of  his  department,  or  shall 
have  transferred  or  disposed  of  his  accounts  as  provided  in  paragraphs  1258 
and  1259,  or  has  the  authority  of  the  Quartermaster  General  for  payment  else- 
where.   A  retired  officer,  except  when  assigned  to  active  duty  under  laws  en- 
titling him  to  active  pay  or  allowances,  will  be  paid  by  the  depot  quartermaster, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  unless  residing  in  the  Philippine  Islands  or  Hawaii,  in  which 
event  he  may,  if  he  so  desires,  be  paid  by  the  department  quartermaster  of  the 
Philippine  or  Hawaiian  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  2  and  10.) 

1258.  An  officer  may  forward  his  pay  account  to  a  quartermaster  before 
maturity,  the  amount  to  be  remitted. to  the  officer  when  due,  or  placed  to  his 
credit  with  a  bank  if  the  account  is  so  indorsed,  but  an  officer  will  not  hypothe- 
cate or  transfer  an  account  not  actually  due.    When  due  it  may  be  transferred, 
when  the  following  form  of  indorsement  will  be  strictly  observed : 

Transferred  this day  of ,  191__,  to ; 

and  the  department  quartermaster  at has  been  so  notified. 

(Signature)     , 


When  an  account  is  so  transferred,  the  officer  will  notify  the  department  quar- 
termaster of  the  department  in  which  he  is  stationed,  or  the  quartermaster  who 
has  been  authorized  by  the  Quartermaster  General  to  pay  his  accounts,  and  will 
instruct  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  account  may  be  transferred  to  for- 
ward it  to  such  quartermaster  for  payment.  A  transferred  account  will  not  be 
paid  outside  of  the  department  in  which  the  officer  is  regularly  paid  except 
when  it  is  transferred  for  the  benefit  of  his  family  residing  in  another  depart- 


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ment,  in  which  case  the  officer  will  send  the  notification  through  the  office  of  the 
department  quartermaster  of  the  department  in  which  he  is  usually  paid,  to  the 
department  quartermaster  of  the  department  in  which  the  payee  resides ;  the 
former  to  forward  with  the  notification  any  information  he  may  have  affecting 
the  validity  of  the  account.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1259.  An  officer  about  to  embark  for  service  beyond  the  sea  and  desiring  to 
make  provision  for  himself  or  his  family  in  the  United  States,  may  send  to  the 
Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C.,  such  full  monthly  accounts  as  he 

may  elect,  indorsing  them  as  follows :  "  When  due  pay  to  ,"  or  "  When 

due  place  to  the  credit  of with ,"  or  "  When  due  place  to  my  credit 

with  -      — ."    The  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C.,  will  immediately 
notify  the  department  quartermaster  of  the  department  where  the  officer  is  to 
serve  of  the  months  for  which  accounts  have  been  so  received,  and  will  then 
pay  them  as  they  become  due  if  the  casualty  list  and  stoppage  circular  show 
no  bar  to  payment.     If  the  officer  be  under  orders  to  proceed  to  Alaska  or  the 
Canal  Zone,  or  for  service  with  an  independent  brigade  or  division,  the  notifi- 
cation will  be  sent  directly  to  the  quartermaster  where  the  officer  is  to  serve. 
Should  an  officer  already  in  service  beyond  the  sea  desire  to  have  his  accounts 
paid  as  described,  he  will  forward  them,  through  the  department  quartermaster 
of  the  department  where  he  is  serving,  to  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  except  when  stationed  in  Alaska  or  the  Canal  Zone,  or  serving  with 
an  independent  brigade  or  division,  in  which  event  the  accounts  will  be  for- 
warded through  the  local  quartermaster.     Department  and  other  quartermas- 
ters, through  whom  accounts  are  sent  to  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  will  make  a  record  of  the  accounts  so  forwarded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  9.) 

1260.  A  person  appointed  to  the  Army,  or  receiving  an  appointment  to  a 
new  office  therein,  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  acceptance  only.     If  the  ap- 
pointment creates  vacancies  to  be  filled  by  promotion,  the  promoted  officers 
are  entitled  to  pay  of  the  new  grade  from  the  date  of  acceptance  of  the  ap- 
pointee.   In  all  other  cases  of  promotion  the  officer  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date 
of  the  occurrence  of  the  vacancy. 

1261.  An  officer  of  the  Army  appointed  to  a  grade  in  the  volunteers  or  mili- 
tia in  the  service  of  the  United  States  superior  to  that  held  by  him  in  the  Army 
will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  and  emoluments  of  the  grade  to  which  appointed  from 
date  of  acceptance  of  such  appointment  or  from  date  of  muster  in  thereunder. 

1262.  An  officer  who  resigns,  is  dismissed,  honorably  discharged,  or  wholly 
retired,  will  forward  his  pay  account    (War  Department  Form  336)    to  the 
Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C.,  who  will  cause  a  certificate  of  non- 
indebtedness  to  be  obtained  from  the  Treasury  Department  and  the  chief  of 
each  bureau  of  the  War  Department  and  will  inquire,  through  military  chan- 
nels, of  the  last  commanding  officer  under  whom  the  ex-officer  served,  whether 
he  is  properly  chargeable  with  responsibility  or  accountability  for  Government 
funds  or  property,  or  is  indebted  to  the  United  States  or  to  a  company  fund  or 
post  exchange.    The  account  will  not  be  settled  until  this  information  has  been 
received.     An  officer  who  has  served  in  the  Philippine  Islands  will  procure  a 
certificate  of  nonindebtedness  from  the  Insular  Auditor  prior  to  departure  from 
the  islands,  this  certificate  being  an  indispensable  prerequisite  to  the  settlement 
of  an  officers'  final  accounts  with  the  Government.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  51.) 

1263.  An  officer  whose  resignation  is  accepted  while  he  is  on  leave  of  absence 
will  receive  pay  to  include  the  date  of  acceptance;  if  accepted  while  he  is  on 
duty,  he  will  receive  pay  to  include  the  date  he  receives  notice  of  its  acceptance, 
or  if  sooner  relieved  from  duty,  to  include  the  date  of  relief.    An  officer  whose 
resignation  takes  effect  at  a  future  date  is  entitled  to  pay  to  include  that  date. 

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258  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

1264.  An  officer  placed  upon  the  retired  list  will  receive  active  pay  to  include 
the  date  of  retirement,  and  the  pay  of  a  retired  officer  thereafter.  If  on  duty, 
he  will  receive  active  pay  to  include  the  date  of  receipt  by  him  of  notice  of  his 
retirement. 

1266.  An  officer  dismissed  by  sentence  of  court-martial  will  be  paid  to  in- 
clude the  date  of  termination  of  service  as  specified  in  the  order  promulgating 
the  sentence. 

1266.  Contract  surgeons  must  present  their  contracts  to  quartermasters  when 
applying  for  payment  of  salaries,  and  quartermasters  will  indorse  thereon  date 
and  period  for  which  paid.     If  a  contract  surgeon  on  foreign  service  desires  to 
have  his  accounts  paid  in  the  United  States,  the  months  for  which  such  accounts 
have  been  transferred  will  be  indorsed  on  the  contract  by  a  quartermaster  or 
the  commanding  officer,  who  will  also  indorse  on  each  voucher  "  Transfer  noted 
on  contract  (signature),"  and  such  accounts  will  not  be  paid  unless  so  indorsed. 
(0.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

ADDITIONAL   PAY. 

1267.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  additional  pay  under  the  acts  of  April  26,  1898, 
and  May  26,  1900,  for  exercising  a  command  above  that  pertaining  to  his  grade, 
he  must  have  exercised  such  command  of  troops  operating  against  an  enemy 
for  a  period  of  three  months  or  more  continuously,  in  obedience  to  orders  issued 
by  superior  authority  which  he  was-  bound  to  obey,  and  no  pay  or  allowances 
as  of  a  higher  grade  than  that  actually  held  by  an  officer  will  be  paid  him  under 
this  regulation  unless  a  certified  copy,  in  duplicate,  of  such  order,  accompanied 
by  a  statement  of  service  thereunder,  is  filed  with  the  quartermaster. 

1268.  The  10  per  cent  allowed  by  law  to  officers  serving  beyond  the  limits 
of  the  United  States  and  territories  contiguous  thereto,  except  the  Canal  Zone, 
Panama,  or  Hawaii,  or  Porto  Rico,  will  be  paid  on  their  regular  monthly  pay 
vouchers,  which  will  be  made  up  to  include  the  entire  compensation,  of  what- 
ever character,  which  may  be  due  the  officer  for  the  calendar  month,  or  months, 
included  in  the  accounts.     There  will  be  noted  on  the  pay  accounts  the  numbers 
and  dates  of  orders  or  any  other  facts  which  affect  the  officer's  pay  status  for 
the  period  covered  by  the  accounts  presented  for  payment. 

1269.  From  time  to  time  there  will  be  announced  in  special  orders  of  the 
War  Department  the  names  of  military  aviators,  junior  military  aviators,  and 
aviation  officers  who  are  on  duty,  requiring  them  to  participate  regularly  and 
frequently  in  aerial  flights.     An  officer  announced  in  such  orders  as  aviation 
officer,  junior  military  aviator,  or  military  aviator,  under  the  terms  of  the  act 
of  Congress  approved  July  18,  1914,  and  the  national  defense  act  approved 
June  3,  1916,  is  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  authorized  by  the  act  named  in 
his  order,  under  the  following  conditions : 

The  order  will  specify  the  date  on  which  such  duty  was  commenced,  and  a 
subsequent  order  will  specify  the  date  on  which  such  duty  was  terminated.  A 
copy  of  the  order  announcing  the  date  on  which  such  duty  was  commenced  will 
he  filed  with  the  first  voucher  upon  which  pay  and  allowances  of  the  higher 
grade  or  additional  pay  is  charged,  and  the  order  will  be  cited  on  all  subse- 
quent vouchers  as  long  as  pay  and  allowances  or  higher  pay  is  charged.  Each 
officer  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  of  a  higher  grade  or  additional  pay  will 
certify  on  each  voucher,  during  the  time  pay  and  allowances  of  a  higher  grade 
or  additional  pay  is  charged,  that  he  has  been  throughout  the  period  covered 
by  the  voucher  on  duty  for  which  pay  and  allowances  of  a  higher  grade  or 
additional  pay  is  authorized  under  the  act  of  July  18,  1914,  or  under  the  act 
of  June  3,  1916  (citing  the  proper  act).  A  copy  of  the  order  announcing  the 


MOUNTED  PAY.  259 

date  when  such  duty  was  terminated  will  be  filed  with  the  voucher  for  the 
period  including  such  date. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  commander  of  an  aviation  station  or  aeronautical  organi- 
zation in  the  field  to  recommend  the  issue  of  orders  announcing  the  commence- 
ment and  termination  of  periods  of  higher  grades  or  additional  pay  of  officers 
of  his  command,  certifying,  where  the  right  to  additional  pay  depends  on  such 
duty,  that  the  officer's  duty  from  or  to  the  date  named  required  him  to  partici- 
pate regularly  and  frequently  in  aerial  flights. 

When  the  commander  of  an  aviation  station  or  aeronautical  organization  in 
the  field  is  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  of  a  higher  grade  or  to  additional 
pay  and  allowances  of  his  grade  under  either  of  the  acts  named,  it  is  the  duty 
of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  Aviation  Section,  Signal  Corps,  to  make  recom- 
mendations and  certificates  prescribed  in  the  foregoing  for  such  commanders, 
concerning  the  officers  under  their  command.  No  officer  will  be  continued  on 
such  duty  except  as  authorized  by  the  act  of  July  18,  1914,  or  the  act  of  June 
3,  1916.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

1270.  No  officer  shall  receive  pay  for  two  staff  appointments  for  the  same 
time. 

1271.  In  computing  longevity  pay,  service  performed  as  enlisted  men  of  the 
Army  or  Navy,  or  as  cadets  at  the  United  States  Military  or  Naval  Academy, 
by  those  appointed  prior  to  August  24,  1912,  will  be  counted.    Service  performed 
as  such  cadets  by  those  appointed  on  or  after  said  date  will  not  be  counted. 

MOUNTED  PAY. 

1272.  The  officers  on  the  active  list  hereinafter  designated  are  required  to 
be  mounted :  All  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps ;  officers  of  the  staff  corps 
and  departments,  whether  permanent  or  detailed;  officers  of  Cavalry;  officers 
of  Field  Artillery;  authorized  aids  duly  appointed;  regimental  and  battalion 
staff  officers ;  acting  judge  advocates  detailed  under  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved February  2,  1901 ;  all  officers  above  the  grade  of  captain,  whatever 
their  arm  or  corps;  chaplains  of  all  grades;  officers  temporarily  attached  to 
staff  corps  or  to  organizations  of  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  and  mounted  In- 
fantry ;  regularly  detailed  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery ;  the  author- 
ized staff  officers  of  Coast  Artillery  districts  and  of  coast  defense  commands; 
officer   serving   as   military   attaches   to   the   embassies   and   legations   of   the 
United  States  at  foreign  capitals;  instructors  and  student  officers  at  the  Army 
School  of  the  Line,  the  Army  Signal  School,  the  Army  Staff  College,  and  the 
Army  War  College;  officers  on  duty  in  the  department  of  tactics  and  in  the 
department  of  practical  military  engineering,  military  signaling  and  telegraphy 
at  the  United  States  Military  Academy.     All  field  officers  of  the  mobile  army 
serving  with  troops  are  required  to  own  and  provide  their  mounts.    The  private 
mounts,  owned  and  provided  by  officers  of  all  grades  in  the  Army,  for  which 
the  Government  expends  public  funds  in  the  matter  of  maintenance  and  care, 
shall  be  of  a  standard  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  from  time  to  time.     (C.  A. 
R.,  No.  6.) 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  officers  not  ordinarily  required  to  be  mounted 
may  be  temporarily  placed  upon  duty  that  shall  require  them  to  be  mounted. 
This  may  be  done  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  commander  of  an  army,  field 
army,  or  of  a  division  or  department ;  the  order  in  each  case  will  state  that  the 
duty  therein  assigned  to  the  officer  requires  him  to  be  mounted. 

1273.  Officers  below  the  grade  of  major,  required  to  be  mounted,  whether 
permanently  or  temporarily,  will  be  furnished  with  a  proper  mount  by  the  Quar- 


260  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

termaster  Corps.  Such  officers  may,  however,  provide  themselves  with  suit- 
able mounts  at  their  own  expense  and  of  their  exclusive  ownership,  and  any 
officer  of  the  grades  indicated  who  so  provides  himself  shall  receive  an  addition 
to  his  pay  of  $150  per  annum  if  he  provides  one  mount  and  $200  per  annum  if 
he  provides  two  mounts.  An  officer  claiming  additional  pay  for  providing  his 
own  mount  must  personally  certify  on  each  account  that  he  was  suitably 
mounted  at  his  own  expense,  and  is  the  actual  and  exclusive  owner  of  the 
mount  or  mounts  in  question,  specifying  the  place  at  which  maintained.  In  case 
an  officer  is  only  temporarily  upon  duty  requiring  him  to  be  mounted,  the 
authority  by  which  he  was  placed  upon  such  duty  must  accompany  his  first 
voucher  and  be  cited  upon  subsequent  vouchers  upon  which  additional  pay  is 
claimed  accompanied  by  a  certificate  that  he  has  continued  under  the  authority 
cited  upon  the  mounted  duty  in  question. 

The  officer's  certificate  upon  his  pay  accounts  will  be  the  evidence  upon  which 
quartermasters  will  base  their  payments  of  additional  pay  for  mounts,  until 
information  is  received  by  them  from  proper  authority  that  such  additional  pay 
is  to  be  stopped. 

1274:.  Officers  below  the  grade  of  major  providing  their  own  mounts  do  not 
forfeit  the  right  to  additional  pay  by  reason  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness 
or  on  ordinary  leave,  nor  will  the  mere  fact  that  such  officers  are  detached  for  a 
purely  temporary  period  from  the  stations  where  their  mounts  are  kept  deprive 
them  of  their  right  to  the  additional  pay  so  long  as  the  horses  are  actually 
and  exclusively  owned  and  kept  for  their  use  in  the  military  service  at  their 
regular  stations.  In  all  other  cases  the  right  to  the  additional  pay  accrues 
only  where  the  mounts  are  actually  available  for  use  at  the  station  where  the 
officer  is  serving. 

PAY   DURING   ABSENCE. 

1275.  In  determining  the  period  for  which  an  officer  is  entitled  to  full  pay 
on  leave,  time  within  four  successive  leave  years,  terminating  with  the  one  in 
which  absence  is  taken,  will  be  considered.    If  the  absence  does  not  cover  the 
entire  period  for  which  full  pay  is  allowed,  the  balance  thereof  will  be  placed 
to  the  officer's  credit  as  belonging  to  the  last  year  or  years  of  the  four  considered 
and  may  be  made  available  for  future  leave. 

1276.  The  leave  year  is  reckoned  from   July  1  to  the  following  June  30,  both 
inclusive.     In  computing  leave  of  absence  expressed  in  days  during  any  leave 
year,   every  day  of  such  absence  will  be  counted;   but  in   aggregating   such 
absence  30  days,   whether   consecutive   or   otherwise,   will   be   regarded   as   a 
month's  absence.    Leave  expressed  in  months  will  be  counted  in  months. 

1277.  Leave  of  absence  may  be  granted  by  the  Superintendent  of  the  United 
States  Military  Academy,  under  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
to  the  professors,  assistant  professors,   instructors,   and  other  officers  of  the 
academy   for  the  entire  period  of  the  suspension  of  the  ordinary  academic 
studies,  without  deduction  from  pay  or  allowances.     Similarly  officers  in  charge 
of  service  schools  may  grant  leaves  of  absence  to  officers  on  duty  exclusively  as 
instructors  at  such  schools. 

1278.  An  officer  ordered  to  temporary  duty  while  on  leave  will  be  regarded 
as  on  duty  from  the  day  on  which  he  receives  the  order.    When  the  duty  is  to 
be  performed  at  a  future  date  he  will  be  on  duty  from  the  date  on  which  he 
starts  to  obey  the  order.    The  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  in  the  first  case, 
and  the  date  of  departure  in  the  second,  will  be  promptly  reported  to  The  Adju- 
tant General  of  the  Army.    When  relieved  from  such  duty,  or  on  the  completion 
thereof,  he  reverts  to  the  status  of  leave  and  will  be  credited  with  the  time 
on  duty  under  such  order. 


MILEAGE.  261 

MILEAGE. 

1279.  When  an  officer  travels  under  competent  orders  he  will  be  entitled  to 
reimbursement  as  follows : 

1.  When  traveling  without  troops  by   land,  except  within  the  geographical 
limits  of  the  Territory   of  Alaska,   or  in  the  Philippine  Archipelago,   in   the 
Hawaiian  Archipelago,  in  the  home  waters  of  the  United  States,  or  between 
the  United  States  and  Alaska,  by  mileage  at  the  rate  of  7  cents  a  mile,  and  no 
more ;  distances  to  be  computed  and  mileage  to  be  paid  over  the  shortest  usually 
traveled  routes,  with  deductions  as  hereinafter  provided. 

2.  When  traveling  without  troops  within  the  geographical  limits  of  the  Terri- 
tory of  Alaska,  in  the  amount  of  actual  expenses  only,  not  to  exceed  $4.50  a 
day  and  cost  of  transportation  when  not  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps, 
to  be  paid  upon  proper  vouchers  duly  itemized  and  supported  by  receipts  where 
it  is  practicable  at  the  time  to  obtain  the  same. 

3.  When  traveling  with  or  without  troops,  by  sea,  in  the  amount  of  actual 
expenses. 

4.  Officers  who  so  desire  may  upon  application  to  the  Quartermaster  Corps 
be  furnished  under  their  orders  transportation  requests  for  the  entire  journey 
by  land,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor  car  accommodations,  or  by  water ; 
and  the  transportation  so  furnished  shall,  if  travel  was  performed  under  a 
mileage  status,  be  charged  against  the  officer's  mileage  account,  to  be  deducted 
at  the  rate  of  3  cents  a  mile  by  the  quartermaster  paying  the  account,  and  of 
the  amount  so  deducted  there  shall  be  turned  over  to  an  authorized  officer  of 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  3  cents  a  mile  for  transportation  furnished,  except 
over  any  railroad  which  is  a  free  or  50  per  cent  land-grant  railroad,  for  the 
credit  of  the  appropriation  for  the  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies. 

5.  When  the  established  route  of  travel  shall,  in  whole  or  in  part,  be  over  the 
line  of  any  railroad  on  which  the  troops  and  supplies  of  the  United  States  are 
entitled  to  be  transported  free  of  charge,  or  over  any  50  per  cent  land-grant 
railroad,  officers  traveling  as  herein  provided  for  shall,  for  the  travel  over  such 
roads,  be  furnished  With  transportation  requests  exclusive  of  sleeping  or  parlor 
car  accommodations  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.    When  transportation  is  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  or  when  the  established  route  of  travel  is 
over  any  of  the  railroads  above  specified,  there  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
officer's  mileage  account  by  the  quartermaster  paying  the  same  3  cents  a  mile 
for  the  distance  for  which  transportation  has  been  or  should  have  been  fur- 
nished.    Travel  in  the  Philippine  Archipelago,  the  Hawaiian  Archipelago,  and 
the  home  waters  of  the  United  States  is  confined  to  travel  in  which  both  termini 
of  the  journey  are  in  one  of  the  above  places. 

1280.  Actual  expenses  only  will  be  paid  to  officers  for  sea  travel  when  travel- 
ing under  competent  orders,  with  or  without  troops,  and  the  amount  so  paid 
shall  not  include  any  shore  expenses  at  port  of  embarkation  or  debarkation. 
Travel  in  the  Philippine  Archipelago,  the  Hawaiian  Archipelago,  in  the  home 
waters  of  the  United  States,  and  between  the  United  States  and  Alaska  is 
not  regarded  as  sea  travel. 

An  itemized  statement  of  such  expenses  will  be  filed  with  each  voucher  for 
payment,  using  the  following  as  a  basis  of  what  is  allowable: 

1.  Fares  upon  commercial  steamers  or  other  usual  modes  of  conveyance  by 
sea,  and  the  cost  of  transportation  for  self  and  baggage,  by  boat  or  lighter,  to 
and  from  vessels  when  voyages  are  not  begun  or  ended  at  docks  and  a  charge 
in  addition  to  the  cost  of  passage  is  made  therefor. 

2.  Cost  of  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on  commercial  steamers  when 
the  same  is  not  included  in  the  charge  for  passage. 


262  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

3.  Hire  of  special  water  transportation  when  there  are  no  regular  means  of' 
conveyance. 

4.  Actual  cost  of  meals  for  the  time  actually  and  unavoidably  consumed  in 
the  voyage  when  the  same  is  not  included  in  the  charge  for  passage,  provided 
that  under  such  conditions  the  total  charge  for  meals,  including  fees  to  dining- 
room  stewards,  does  not  exceed  $5  per  day.    Amount  of  rent  of  steamer  chair, 
not  exceeding  $1  for  trips  of  two  days  or  longer  on  each  commercial  steamer, 
and  fees  to  cabin  and  other  stewards  not  exceeding  the  following:  Six  days 
or  less  on  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  $1.50  a  day ;  7  to  10  days,  not  exceeding  $10 ; 
11  to  15  days  or  longer,  $1  a  day;  total,  not  exceeding  $15.     On  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  15  days  or  less,  $1  a  day ;  total  fees  for  15  days  or  longer,  not  exceeding 
$15.     To  the  West  Indies,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  Panama,  and  to  South  American 
ports,  $1  a  day ;  total  fees  for  15  days  or  longer,  not  exceeding  $15.    From  the 
Orient  to  the  United  States,  via  Suez,  not  exceeding  $25. 

5.  When  transshipping  at  an  intermediate  port,  as  a  necessary  incident  to  a 
continuous  voyage,  the  actual  cost  at  hotels  of  meals,  lodgings,  baths,  and  fees 
not  exceeding  50  cents  per  day  to  waiters  and  bellboys,  provided  the  total  charge 
for  these  items  does  not  exceed  $5  per  day ;  transfer  of  self  and  baggage  from 
dock  to  hotel  and  from  hotel  to  dock,  and  fees  to  porters  for  handling  baggage, 
not  exceeding  $2  for  each  transfer.    The  officer  will  certify  on  the  itemized  state- 
ment that  the  account  is  correct  and  just,  and  that  the  amounts  charged  therein 
were  actually  paid  by  him.    Subvouchers,  properly  receipted,  will  be  required  for 
items  of  board  and  lodging  at  hotels.    When  not  practicable  to  obtain  such  sub- 
vouchers,  the  officer  will  so  certify.    Charges  for  baths,  where  baths  are  not  in- 
cluded in  the  charge  for  lodging,  will  in  every  instance  be  supported  by  sub- 
vouchers.    The  payment  of  fees  to  cabin  or  other  stewards  or  the  rent  of  steamer 
chairs  when  traveling  on  Government  transports  is  not  authorized.     Accounts 
for  reimbursement  for  items  not  authorized  herein  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Quartermaster  General  of  the  Army,  to  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  his  consideration  and  approval  before  payment,  but  in  no  case  can  the  total 
of  such  expenses  as  are  reasonably  included  under  the  heads  board  and  lodg- 
ing be  lawfully  reimbursed  in  excess  of  $5  per  day.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  12.) 

1281.  "Traveling  with  troops"  will  be  regarded  as  covering  all  cases  of 
officers  included  (a)  in  orders  for  movement,  in  whatever  manner,  of  their  ap- 
propriate commands;  (6)  in  orders  for  movement  of  detachments,  escorts,  or 
stores,  which  proceed  by  marches  or  by  transportation  belonging  to  or  especially 
hired  for  the  purpose  by  the  United  States,  the  idea  being  that  in  marches  the 
officers  should  move  as  do  the  troops  and  that  where  transportation  is  specially 
devoted  to  the  movement  it  is  sufficient  for  all  included  therein ;  or  (c)  in  orders 
directing  officers  to  accompany  troops.     But  the  term  will  not  be  regarded  as 
covering  cases  of  officers  included  in  the  movement  by  railroad,  stage,  or  like 
established  lines  of  conveyances,  of  detachments  of  less  than  10  armed  or 
unarmed  men,  such  as  guards  and  nurses  for  disabled  or  insane  officers  or 
soldiers,  or  recruiting  parties  and  escorts  for  inspectors,  quartermasters,  and 
others,  or  the  public  funds  or  property  in  their  charge.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  53.) 

1282.  In  the  settlement  of  the  mileage  account  of  an  officer,  distances  will  be 
determined  and  deductions  computed  over  established  routes  and  from  mileage 
tables  prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quarter- 
master General ;  and  all  payments  made  by  quartermasters  on  account  of  mile- 
age will  be  determined  in  accordance  with  distance  tables  officially  promulgated 
and  in  use  at  the  date  of  beginning  of  the  journey.    Exception  to  this  rule  will 
be  made  only  when  the  terms  of  the  order  or  the  impracticability  of  the  short- 
est usually  traveled  route  compel  the  officer  to  take  a  longer  route,  in  which 


MILEAGE.  263 

case  mileage  will  be  computed  over  the  route  actually  traveled.     (C.  A.  U., 
No.  10.) 

1283.  Mileage  will  be  paid  in  the,  department  in  which  the  journey  is  com- 
pleted, but  this  will  not  apply  to  journeys  in  which  delays  at  intermediate  points 
occur  and  afford  opportunity  for  the  collection  of  mileage  for  travel  performed 
to  such  points. 

1284.  No  portion  of  the  appropriation  for  mileage  to  officers  shall  be  ex- 
pended for  inspections  or  investigations  except  such  as  are  especially  ordered 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  such  as  are  made  by  Army  and  department  com- 
manders in  visiting  their  commands,  and  those  made  by  the  Inspector  General's 
Department  in  pursuance  of  law,  Army  Regulations,  or  orders  issued  by  the 
Secretary  of  War ;  but  the  commanding  generals  of  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian 
Departments  may  issue  orders  in  the  name  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  involving 
travel  to  investigate  claims  for  property,  damages,  buildings,  and  other  property 
and  important  investigations  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  Hawaii  Territory. 

1285.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  mileage,  the  order  for  travel  must  be  issued 
previously  to  commencement  of  the  journey,  except  when  the  urgency  of  the 
duty  prevents  the  obtaining  of  previous  orders,  in  which  case  the  travel  must 
be  confirmed  in  orders.    Both  directory  and  confirmatory  orders  will  state  the 
specific  duty  enjoined,  recite  that  the  travel  is  necessary  in  the  military  service, 
and  direct  the  officer  to  return  to  his  station  upon  completion  of  the  duty  as- 
signed, if  such  return  is  contemplated.     Confirmatory  orders  should  recite  the 
authority,  oral  or  otherwise,  under  which  the  travel  was  performed,  or  state 
that  the  urgency  was  such  as  to  prevent  the  obtaining  of  orders  in  advance. 

1286.  Coast  defense  commanders  have  no  authority  to  issue  orders  to  officers 
carrying  mileage  to   and   from  posts  within   the  coast  defenses  under   their 
command. 

1287.  Orders  will  not  prescribe  lines  of  travel,  except  vrhen  necessary,  and 
then  the  reasons  will  be  set  forth  in  the  order. 

1288.  The    original    order,    or    certified    copy,    including    indorsements,    will 
accompany  each  voucher  for  mileage,  and  when  transportation  in  kind  has  been 
furnished  for  the  whole  or  for  any  part  of  the  distance  actually  traveled,  the 
order  must  be  indorsed  by  the  quartermaster  issuing  the  transportation,  show- 
ing  between    what   points    and    over    what    route    such    transportation    was 
furnished. 

1289.  When  an  officer  on  leave  of  absence  is  ordered  to  rejoin  his  station,  he 
will  not  be  entitled  to  mileage  unless  the  public  service  requires  the  perform- 
ance of  duty  en  route,   in  which  case  the  order  will  specify  the  duty,  the 
necessity  therefor,  and  the  points  at  which  the  duty  will  begin  and  end. 

1290.  When  an  officer  is  ordered,  while  on  leave  of  absence,  to  accompany  a 
detachment  of  recruits  and  on  the  completion  of  this  duty  to  join  his  station,  he 
returns  to  a  status  of  leave  as  soon  as  relieved  from  duty  with  the  recruits,  and 
will  proceed  to  join  his  station  without  expense  to  the  Government,  unless  the 
distance  he  may  have  to  travel  without  troops  should  be  in  excess  of  what  it 
would  have  been  had  he  not  received  the  order.    For  such  excess  distance  he  is 
entitled  to  mileage. 

1291.  An  officer  on  leave  of  absence,  ordered  to  temporary  duty,  involving 
travel  without  troops,  will  receive  mileage  from  place  of  receipt  of  order  to 
place  of  performance  of  duty,  and  also  for  the  return  journey  to  place  of  re- 
ceipt of  order,  provided  he  makes  such  return  journey  under  proper  .orders. 

1292.  When  the  station  of  an  officer  is  changed  while  he  is  on  leave  of 
absence,  he  will  on  joining  the  new  station  be  entitled  to  mileage  for  the  dis- 
tance to  the  new  station  from  the  place  where  he  received  the  order  directing 
the  change,  provided  the  distance  be  no  greater  than  from  the  old  to  the  new 


264  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

station ;  if  the  distance  be  greater,  he  will  be  entitled  to  mileage  for  a  distanec 
equal  to  that  from  the  old  to  the  new  station  only. 

1298.  An  officer  under  orders  to  change  station  without  troops  who  takes 
advantage  of  a  leave  of  absence  before  he  joins  his  new  station  is  not  deprived 
of  the  mileage  to  which  he  would  be  entitled  had  he  not  availed  himself  of  the 
leave.  The  leave  of  absence  merely  suspends  the  execution  of  the  order  for 
change  of  station,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  leave  the  officer  comes  under 
operation  of  the  order,  and  in  obeying  it  is  entitled  to  full  pay  for  the  time 
necessary  to  perform  the  journey  from  his  old  to  his  new  station. 

1294.  An  officer  -relieved  from  duty  at  a  station  and  granted  leave  of  absence 
before  assignment  to   another,   who  receives   an  order  of   assignment  before 
expiration  of  leave,  is  entitled  to  mileage  from  the  place  where  he  receives  the 
order  to  his  new  station. 

1295.  An  officer  traveling  on  duty  in   connection   with   public   works    (not 
arsenals,  military  surveys,  or  explorations)  will  receive  travel  allowances  from 
the  appropriation  for  the  work,  but  if  there  be  no  appropriation  he  will  receive 
mileage  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps.    An  officer  traveling  on  duty  in  connec- 
tion with  the  National  Guard  will  receive  his  travel  allowances  from  the  appro- 
priation for  the  National  Guard.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

1296.  The  following  are  entitled  to  mileage  to  their  first  stations :  Officers 
of  the  Medical  Corps,  officers  of  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps,  contract  surgeons, 
and  acting  dental  surgeons,  from  place  of  appointment ;  graduates  of  the  United 
States  Military  Academy,  from  their  homes ;  officers  appointed  from  the  ranks, 
from  place  of  discharge  as  enlisted  men. 

1297.  In  the  following  cases  mileage  is  not  allowed:   In  joining  for  duty 
upon  first  appointment  to  the  military  service  from  civil  life;  or  under  the  first 
order  after  a  reinstatment  or  reappointment ;  or  under  an  order  to  effect  a 
transfer  from  one  company  or  regiment  to  another,  made  at  the  request  of  the 
officers  transferred ;   or  insane  officers  sent  under  escort  to  the  Government 
Hospital   for   the   Insane ;   or   sick  officers   transferred   from   one  hospital   to 
another. 

1298.  Allowances  for  travel  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  summoned  to  appear 
and  testify  before  committees  of  Congress,  or  before  the  courts  of  a  State  or 
Territory,  are  not  proper  charges  against  the  appropriations  for  the  support  of 
the  Army.     Military  persons  so  summoned  must  seek  reimbursement  for  their 
expenses  of  travel  from  the  committee  or  court  which  summoned  them. 

COMMUTATIONS   OF    QUARTERS. 

1299.  A  commissioned  officer  on  duty  at  a  place  where  there  are  no  public 
quarters  available  is  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  28 
and  51.) 

1300.  Public  quarters  at  a  post  or  station  will  be  considered  as  not  being 
available  only  when  all  of  the  quarters  at  the  post  or  station  are  assigned 
to  officers,  noncommissioned  officers,  or  others  authorized  to  occupy  the  same. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

1301.  An  officer  on  duty  at  a  station  where  he  is  properly  in  receipt  of  com- 
mutation of  quarters  is  entitled  to  the  allowance  during  ordinary  le'ave  on  full 
pay,  but  not  during  sick  leave.    If  he  is  relieved  from  duty  at  the  station  and 
then  avails  himself  of  a  leave,  his  commutation  ceases. 

1302.  An  officer  does  not  lose  his  right  to  quarters  or  commutation  at  his 
permanent  station  by  a  temporary  absence  on  duty.     While  he  continues  to 


STOPPAGES.  265 

claim  and  exercise  that  right,  he  can  not  legally  demand  quarters  or  commu- 
tation thereof  at  any  other  station.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  4.) 

1303.  When  the  command  to  which  an  officer  belongs  changes  stations  during 
his  temporary  absence  on  duty  he  loses  his  right  to  quarters  from  the  time  his 
command  leaves  its  old  station  and  does  not  acquire  a  right  at  the  new  station 
until  he  has  reported  for  duty  thereat.    He  is  entitled  in  the  meantime  to  quar- 
ters or  commutation  therefor  at  the  station  where  he  is  temporarily  serving. 

1304.  An  officer  upon  being  relieved  from  duty  at  one  station  where  he  was 
entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters,  and  assigned  to  another  station,  is  not 
entitled  to  such  allowance  from  the  date  of  departure  from  the  old  station,  in 
accordance  with  his  relief  orders,  to  the  date  on  which  he  reports  in  person  at 
the  new  station. 

1305.  Officers  who,  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  are  directed  to 
await  orders  for  a  limited  period  at  a  point  where  there  are  no  public  quarters 
are  entitled  to  commutation ;  but  an  officer  ordered  to  his  home  to  await  orders 
is  not  entitled  to  this  allowance.     An  officer  ordered  to  report  by  letter  to  a 
superior  does  not  become  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters  until  he  receives 
a  specific  order  of  assignment  and  reports  in  person  at  the  station  to  which 
assigned. 

1306.  Officers  on  duty  at  colleges  where  no  public  quarters  are  furnished  by 
the  United  States  are  entitled  to  commutation,  subject,  in  respect  to  retired 
officers,  to  such  limitations  and  restrictions  as  are  prescribed  by  law. 

1307.  The  first  voucher  for  commutation  of  quarters,  heat,  and  light  at  any 
station  must  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  assigning  the  officer  to  duty 
there'at.     In  subsequent  vouchers  the  quartermaster  will  refer  by  number,  etc., 
to  the  voucher  with  which  the  order  is  filed,  and  the  final  voucher  must  be  ac- 
companied by  the  authority  for,  and  must  show  the  date  of  relief  from,  such 
duty. 

130  7  i.  An  enlisted  man  on  duty  at  a  place  where  there  are  no  public  quarters 
available  may,  when  specifically  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  paid 
commutation  of  quarters  at  the  rate  of  $15  per  month,  in  lieu  of  hiring  quarters 
for  him  at  Government  expense.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  28.) 

STOPPAGES. 

1308.  When  an  officer  has  been  overpaid,  or  is  indebted  to  the  United  States 
for  money  or  property,  or  has  failed  properly  to  account  for  the  same,   the 
chief  of  the  bureau  concerned  will  promptly  notify  him  of  the  amount  of  his 
indebtedness  or  his  failure  to  account.    If  after  such  notice  he  does  not  refund, 
or  make  satisfactory  explanation,  or  take  proper  action  within  a   reasonable 
time,  the  matter  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1309.  On  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  stoppages  may  be  made  against 
the  pay  of  officers  for  overpayments,  illegal  disbursement,  or  loss  through  fraud 
or  neglect  of  the  public  funds,  and  for  deficiencies  in,  loss  of,  or  damage  to 
military  supplies,  unless  proof  be  furnished  that  the  deficiency,  loss,  or  damage 
was  not  occasioned  by  any  fault  on  their  part. 

1310.  The  notice  of  stoppage  of  officers'  pay  will  be  prepared'  in  the  form  of 
a  monthly  circular  to  quartermasters,  advising  them  of  stoppages  outstanding  at 
its  date.     This  circular  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  his  ap- 
proval prior  to  its  publication.     When  an  officer's  name  is  borne  thereon  no 
payment  of  salary  will  be  made  to  him  which  is  not  in  accordance  with  the 
stoppage  entry  made  against  his  name. 


266  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

1811.  Overpayments  to  an  officer  will  be  deducted  on  the  first  payment  after 
a  notice  of  stoppage  against  him  is  received,  even  if  the  pay  accounts  have  been 
assigned ;  the  assignee  takes  the  account  subject  to  all  risks  of  stoppage. 

PAYMENT   OF   CADETS. 

1312.  Payment  on  pay  rolls  and  final  accounts  will  be  made  to  the  cadets  at 
the  United  States  Military  Academy  by  a  quartermaster,  who  will  turn  over  the 
net  amount  of  the  rolls  and  accounts  to  the  treasurer  of  the  academy. 

1318.  Cadets  upon  being  discharged  from  the  service  are  not  entitled  to 
mileage,  but  to  actual  expenses  to  their  homes,  paid  by  the  quartermaster  of 
the  United  States  Military  Academy. 

1314.  Graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy  are  entitled  to  full 
pay  from  the  date  of  graduation  to  the  date  of  their  acceptance  of  and  qualifica- 
tion under  their  commissions,  and  during  their  graduation  leave. 

Should  a  graduated  cadet  be  discharged  after  graduation  but  before  being 
commissioned,  he  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  of  a  cadet  after  graduation  until 
date  of  discharge. 

PAYMENT  OF  ENLISTED   MEN. 

1315.  Troops   will   be   paid   every   month   unless   circumstances   prevent,    in 
which  case  the  quartermaster  charged  with  the  payment  will  immediately  report 
the  facts,  through  his  department  quartermaster,  to  the  Quartermaster  General. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1316.  Payments   will   be  made  as   soon   after  the  close  of  each  month  as 
practicable. 

The  troops  at  posts  where  quartermasters  are  stationed  and  others  in  their  im- 
mediate vicinity,  to  be  designated  in  instructions  issued  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment, will  be  paid  by  quartermasters  in  person. 

For  posts  at  which  payments  are  not  required  to  be  made  in  person,  the 
quartermaster  will  transmit  by  registered  mail  or  express  the  pay  due  in  one  or 
more  of  the  following  ways : 

1.  By  individual  check,  payable  to  the  order  of  each  man,  for  the  exact  amount 
due. 

2.  By  inclosing  in  a  separate  sealed  envelope  the  exact  amount  in  currency 
due  each  soldier,  with  his  name  and  the  amount  inclosed  marked  thereon. 

Troops  in  the  field  will  be  paid  by  quartermasters  in  person,  unless  instruc- 
tions to  the  contrary  are  given  by  proper  authority. 

1317.  So  far  as  relates  to  disbursements  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  other 
places,   including  Alaska,  beyond  the  boundary  of  the   States  composing  the 
Union,  and  for  the  convenience  of  the  quartermaster  in  obtaining  ready  money, 
as  well  as  for  the  accommodation  of  both  officers  and  men  at  such  distant  places, 
a  check  may  be  drawn  for  a  portion  of  the  pay  due  the  soldier  (or  officer),  in 
which  case  it  will  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  soldier,  (or  officer),  and  the  object  or 
purpose  will  be  stated  as  "  part  pay  for  month  of  —      — ;"  if  for  any  sum  which 
the  soldier  (or  officer)  may  desire  in  exchange  for  money  after  he  has  been  paid, 
the  check  will  be  drawn  by  the  quartermaster  in  favor  of  himself  and  indorsed 
by  him  payable  to  the  order  of  the  soldier  (or  officer),  and  the  object  or  purpose 
will  be  stated  as  "  to  obtain  cash  to  make  payments  at  a  distance  from  a  de- 
positary."   In  this  case  the  data  on  the  check  stub  will  be  the  same  as  on  the 
check  to  which  it  relates,  including  the  name  of  the  soldier  (or  officer)  to  whom 
the  check  is  indorsed  by  the  quartermaster. 


PAYMENT  OF   ENLISTED   MEN.  267 

1318.  Calculations  on  the  pay  rolls  are  made  by  the  quartermaster  and  copied 
on  the  retained  roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander,  who  will  certify 
that  he  witnessed  the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the  name  of  the  quarter- 
master and  date  of  payment. 

1319.  All  enlisted  men  present  will  receipt  one  of  the  triplicate  rolls  for  the 
amount  due  to  them,  except  when  it  is  known  that  payment  will  be  made  by 
check,  in  which  case  signatures  will  not  be  required.     Witnessing  officers  will 
see  that  the  soldiers'  signatures  correspond  with  their  names  as  borne  on  the 
roll,  and  when  a  soldier  can  not  write  he  will  receipt  by  his  mark,  which  will 
be  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer,  or,  in  the  absence  of  a  commissioned 
officer,  by  a  contract  surgeon.     Duplicate  copies  of  the  rolls  will  then  be  for- 
warded by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  quartermaster  designated  to  pay  the 
command. 

1320.  If  the  payment  is  not  to  be  made  by  the  quartermaster  in  person, 
the  commanding  officer,  when  forwarding  the  rolls,  will  furnish  the  quarter- 
master with  the  name,  rank,  etc.,  of  the  officer  designated  to  see  that  the  men  of 
the  command  are  paid,  and  at  the  same  time  will  state  what  part  of  the  pay 
can  conveniently  be  received  by  the  men  in  individual  checks  and  cashed  at  or 
near  the  post  without  discount,  and  whether  it  is  desired  that  the  checks  be 
sent   by   mail   or  by  express.     The  remainder  of  the  pay   will  be   sent   in 
envelopes. 

1321.  The  checks,  when  not  sent  by  mail,  and  the  money  for  each  organiza- 
tion will  be  inclosed  in  separate  packages  properly  marked,  and  the  whole  will 
be  consolidated  into  one  package  and  forwarded  by  express  to  the  post  com- 
mander.   One  of  each  of  the  company  or  detachment  rolls,  extended  to  show 
the  amounts  to  be  paid,  will  be  returned  to  the  commanding  officer  and  by  him 
sent  to  the  proper  company  commanders. 

1322.  The  quartermaster,  in  the  presence  of  at  least  one  witness,  will  per- 
sonally place  in  each  envelope  the  exact  amount  of  money  due  the  soldier,  seal 
the  same,  see  that  the  name  of  the  soldier  and  amount  inclosed  are  marked  on 
the  envelope,  and  that  the  individual  checks  and  the  sealed  envelopes  are  in- 
closed in  one  sealed  package,  upon  the  outside  of  which  will  be  indorsed — 

1.  Name  of  the  organization. 

2.  Number  of  checks  inclosed. 

3.  Number  of  sealed  envelopes  inclosed. 

4.  Total  amount  of  pay  due  and  remitted,  less  deposits,  $ —    — . 

a.  By  check $ —    — . 

&.  By   currency $ . 

5.  Signature  of  the  quartermaster. 

All  the  packages  containing  checks  and  sealed  envelopes  for  the  several  or- 
ganizations, completed  and  indorsed  as  above,  will  be  made  up  into  one  parcel 
and  sealed  by  the  quartermaster.  Upon  the  outside  will  be  marked  the  name 
and  address  of  the  post  or  other  command  and  the  names  of  the  subordinate 
organizations  for  which  pay  is  therein  remitted,  and  the  quartermaster  will 
append  thereto  his  signature. 

1323.  The  consolidated  package  thus  marked   and   addressed  to  the   com- 
manding officer  will  be  forwarded  by  express  to  its  destination. 


268  QUARTEBMASTEB   COBPS. 

The  following  are  specimen  indorsements : 

FOE  THE  COMMANDING  OFFICER,  POET 
LEAVBNWORTH,  KANS. 

Contents  of  this  package. 

The  pay,  less  deposits,  due  for  month  of 
September,  1896,  for — 

N.  C.  O.  and  band,  20th  Infantry. 

Co.  A, 

"    B, 

"    C, 

"    D, 

"    E, 

"    F, 

"    G, 

"    H, 

Troop  A,  6th  Cavalry. 

B, 

"        C, 
13, 

Hospital  Corps  Detachment. 
Post   N.   C.   Staff. 

In  making  up  the  contents  of  this  pack- 
age the  provisions  of  paragraph  1322  of  the 
Army  Regulations  have  been  complied  with. 

JOHN  SMITH, 
Major,  Quartermaster  Corps. 

Pay  for  Troop  F,  8th  Cavalry,  September, 
1896. 

Contents. 

43  sealed  envelops $1,  000.  00 

17  checks  _.  563. 18 


60  remittances 1,  563.  18 

JOHN   SMITH, 
Major,  Quartermaster  Corps. 


Private   Joseph    Thompson,    Co.    A,    20th 
Infantry. 

Contents. 
$14.75  in  currency. 

1324.  At  places  beyond  express  delivery  the  post  commander,  when  notified 
by  the  quartermaster  that  funds  sent  by  express  are  to  be  expected,  will  send 
an  officer  with  a  suitable  escort  to  receipt  for  the  express  package  and  convey 
the  funds  to  the  post.     The  name  of  the  officer  authorized  to  receipt  for  the 
package  will  previously  have  been  reported  to  the  quartermaster.  . 

1325.  When  the  express  package  is  received  at  the  post  it  will  be  opened  in 
the  presence  of  witnesses  by  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  observe  the  con- 
dition of  the  seals,  verify  the  number  of  company  and  detachment  packages, 
and  see  that  the  marking  upon  them  conforms  to  these  instructions.    The  sepa- 
rate sealed  packages  containing  the  pay  for  the  several  companies  and  detach- 
ments will  then  be  delivered  to  the  officer  designated  to  pay  the  command,  for 
distribution,  which  will  be  made  as  soon  as  practicable  thereafter ;  but  in  no 
case  will  such  distribution  be  deferred  more  than  24  hours.    The  commanding 
officer  will  be  responsible  for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  packages  of  funds  from 
the  time  of  their  receipt  at  the  post  until  they  have  been  thus  turned  over  for 
distribution. 

1326.  When  a  company  or  detachment  is  paraded  for  pay,  the  officer  desig- 
nated to  pay  the  command  will  open  the  package  containing  the  pay  for  that 


PAYMENT   OF   ENLISTED   MEN.  269 

company  or  detachment  in  the  presence  of  at  least  one  witness,  who  shall  be  a 
commissioned  officer;  or,  in  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  officer,  the  verifica- 
tion and  delivery  may  be  witnessed  by  a  contract  surgeon.  The  number  of 
checks  in  the  package  and  the  number  of  sealed  envelopes  purporting  to  con- 
tain the  pay  of  individual  soldiers  will  be  counted,  and  the  agreement  of  this 
number  with  the  record  made  by  the  quartermaster  upon  the  wrapper  will  be 
verified  by  both  officers,  and  the  amount  marked  on  the  sealed  envelope  as  the 
pay  due  each  man  will  be  verified  by  comparison  with  the  pay  roll  before  the 
distribution  begins.  As  each  man's  name  is  called  the  check  drawn  to  his  order 
will  be  given  to  him,  or  the  envelope  bearing  the  man's  name  will  be  opened, 
its  contents  verified  by  comparison  with  the  marks  on  the  envelope  or  with  the 
pay  roll,  and  the  money  handed  to  the  soldier  by  said  officer,  all  in  presence 
and  under  the  personal  observation  of  the  officer  designated  to  witness  the 
payment. 

1827.  Should  there  be  a  deficiency  it  will  be  so  certified  on  the  roll  by  the 
paying  and  verifying  officers,  and  the  envelope  will  be  resealed  without  taking 
anything  from  it,  and  returned  to  the  quartermaster  unless  the  amount  should 
be  offset  by  finding  a  surplus  in  another  envelope.     Should  there  be  an  excess 
the  surplus  will  be  returned  to  the  quartermaster.    In  each  case  a  statement  of 
the  facts,  with  appropriate  certificates,  will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster  by 
the  commanding  officer. 

1828.  In  case  of  error  or  informality  a  statement  of  the  facts  as  found  to 
exist  will  be  immediately  indorsed  upon  the  envelope  or  wrapper,-  as  the  case 
may  be,  and  the  officers  present  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  statement 
and  lay  the  same  before  the  commanding  officer. 

1829.  The  copy  of  the  pay  roll  of  each  organization,  which  the  quartermaster 
is  required  by  paragraph  1321  to  return  to  the  post,Xwill  be  reforwarded  to  the 
quartermaster  by  the  commanding  officer  without  delay  after  the  payment  is 
completed. 

1880.  Should  any  error  or  informality  be  discovered  in  a  check  it  will  be 
returned  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  correct  the  same  and  return  it  with  the 
least  practicable  delay.  The  roll  will  be  returned  to  the  quartermaster  after 
payment  of  the  company  with  a  note  thereon,  verified  by  the  witnessing  officer, 
stating  the  facts  as  to  the  erroneous  check.  The  receipt  of  the  corrected  check 
will  be  certified  by  the  company  commander  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  file 
such  certificate  with  the  pay  rolls. 

1381.  Should  the  bank  or  person  who  cashes  the  individual  check  so  desire, 
the  company  commander  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  indorsements 
made  by  his  men  upon  their  respective  checks. 

1882.  An  officer  commanding  a  company  or  detachment  at  the  time  of  pay- 
ment will  sign  the  prescribed  certificate  as  to  witnessing  the  payment,  printed 
on  the  pay  roll,  and,  when  requested  to  do  so  by  the  quartermaster,  will  certify 
that  the  quartermaster's  retained  roll  is  a  true  copy  of  the  roll  upon  which 
payment  was  made. 

1888.  Should  a  soldier  die  or  desert  in  the  interval  between  the  signing  of 
the  pay  roll  and  the  receipt  of  the  money  at  the  post  from  the  quartermaster, 
the  check  or  cash  will  be  returned  immediately  to  the  quartermaster  by  the  com- 
pany or  detachment  commander,  the  cash  by  express,  through  the  Quartermaster 
Corps,  the  check  by  registered  mail ;  and  a  note  of  explanation  stating  the 
fact  of  nonpayment  and  return  of  the  check  or  money  will  be  made  on  the 
roll,  and  verified  by  the  signature  of  the  witnessing  officer.  The  same  course 
will  be  pursued  should  a  soldier  decline  to  receive  his  pay,  or  if  for  any  reason 
it  should  be  impracticable  to  deliver  it  to  him  in  person.  When  a  quartermaster 


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has  had  money  returned  to  him  in  such  cases  he  will  not  cancel  the  signature 
of  the  soldier  on  the  roll,  but  will  mark  "  Not  paid  "  opposite  the  signature. 

Should  it  appear  from  the  pay  rolls  submitted  to  the  quartermaster  that  the 
term  of  any  soldier  thereon  will  expire  and  he  be  discharged  before  the  pay 
rolls  and  money  can  be  received  back  at  the  post,  the  quartermaster  will  ignore 
the  man's  account  and  mark  "  Not  paid  "  in  the  "  Total  paid  "  column,  and  the 
company  commander  in  preparing  such  soldier's  final  statement  will  note 
thereon  the  date  of  the  last  actual  payment  and  not  the  date  of  expiration  of 
the  muster  period  for  which  he  has  signed  the  roll. 

1334.  When  companies  or  detachments  of  troops  are  absent  from  their  sta- 
tions for  an  indefinite  period,  and  funds  for  their  payment  can  not  be  sent  by 
express,  the  rolls  will  be  held  and  not  sent  to  the  quartermaster  until  the 
troops  reach  some  point  to  which  it  is  practicable  to  send  funds.    When  a  com- 
mand can  be  mustered  and  the  rolls  completed  and  duly  signed  by  the  men,  they 
can  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster  to  be  made  out  and  held  by  him  until  notified 
where  and  when  the  command  can  be  paid.    In  cases  where  the  rolls  have  been 
sent  to  the  quartermaster  and  the  troops  are  sent  away  from  their  station  before 
the  receipt  of  funds  for  their  payment,  post  commanders  will  not  hold  the 
money  at  their  discretion,  but  will  return  the  rolls  and  the  money  to  the  quarter- 
master unless  payment  can  be  made  within  a  reasonable  time,  not  exceeding 
three  days. 

1335.  Deposits  may  be  made  in  the  usual  manner,  the  amount  to  be  depos- 
ited being  reported  to  the  quartermaster  by  letter  forwarded  with  the  rolls,  the 
soldier's  deposit  book  being  also  forwarded  therewith.    When  it  is  known  that 
the  payment  will  be  made  by  check  and  the  rolls  are  forwarded  without  signa- 
tures, an  order  directing  deposit  of  the  desired  amount  of  pay,  signed  by  the 
soldier   and   witnessed  by   the  company  or  detachment  commander,   will  ac- 
company the  rolls.    Should  a  man  desire  to  deposit  a  sum  greater  than  his  pay 
his  company  commander  will  see  that  a  proper  check,  postal  order,  or  express 
order  accompanies  his  deposit  book ;  if  neither  check  nor  order  can  be  obtained 
the  company  commander  will  send  the  money  by  registered  mail  at  public  ex- 
pense, verifying  the  amount  and  reporting  it  in  a  separate  communication  to 
the  quartermaster.    Deposit  books  will  be  returned  to  the  company  commander 
properly  filled  in  for  attestation. 

1336.  When  a  quartermaster  has  made  an  incorrect  payment  to  an  enlisted 
man,  he  will  report  the  fact  to  the  commander  of  the  company  in  which  the  man 
is  mustered,  who  will  note  the  same  on  the  next  pay  roll,  that  it  may  be  cor- 
rected. 

1337.  Payments  to  enlisted  men  will  be  made  on  pay  rolls  except  in  those 
cases  where  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters  or  commutation  of  heat  and 
light  when  payment  will  be  made  on  service  records.    This  method  of  payment 
may  also  be  used  in  the  cases  of  enlisted  men  on  detached  duty  away  from  their 
commands  at  places  where  there  is  no  commissioned  officer  available  to  make  the 
muster  for  pay,  irrespective  of  whether  they  are  entitled  to  commutation  of 
quarters,  or  of  heat  and  light.    War  Department  Form  No.  369  will  be  used  in 
making  payment  to  those  enlisted  men  who  are  authorized  to  be  paid  on  their 
service  records.    Payments  to  discharged  soldiers  will  be  made  by  quartermasters 
under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  1375-1383.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  28  and  55.) 

BEENLISTED  AND  CONTINUOUS-SERVICE  PAT. 

1338.  Any  enlisted  man  honorably  discharged  at  the  termination  of  his  first 
or  any  succeeding  enlistment 'period  who  reenlists  after  the  expiration  of  three 
months  shall  be  regarded  as  in  his  second  enlistment;  and  an  enlistment  shall 


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not  be  regarded  as  complete  until  the  soldier  shall  have  made  good  any  time 
lost  during  an  enlistment  period  by  desertion  or,  in  the  case  of  enlistments 
made  on  or  since  May  11,  1908,  by  unauthorized  absences  exceeding  one  day, 
but  any  soldier  who  receives  an  honorable  discharge  for  the  convenience  of  the 
Government  after  having  served  more  than  half  of  his  enlistment  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  having  served  an  enlistment  period  within  the  meaning  of  the  act  of 
May  11,  1908.  Any  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  in  active  service  on  May  11,  1908, 
who  had  a  prior  service  entitling  him  to  reenlisted  pay  is  entitled  to  credit  for 
one  enlistment  period  on  account  of  such  service  regardless  of  whether  on  that 
date  he  was  on  a  status  of  "  entitled  to  reenlisted  pay  "  or  on  a  status  of  a  certain 
year  of  continuous  service. 

1339.  Any  enlisted   man  honorably   discharged   at   the  termination  of  an 
enlistment  period  who  reenlists  within  three  months  thereafter  shall  be  entitled 
to  continuous-service  pay  in  addition  to  the  initial  pay  provided  by  the  act  of 
May  11,  1908,  as  follows :  Where  the  initial  pay  is  $36  or  more  a  month,  an  in- 
crease of  $4  monthly  pay  for  and  during  the  second  enlistment,  and  a  further 
monthly  increase  of  $4  for  and  during  each  subsequent  enlistment  up  to  and  in- 
cluding the  seventh  enlistment.    Where  the  initial  pay  is  $18,  $21,  $24,  or  $30, 
an  increase  of  $3  monthly  pay  for  and  during  the  second  enlistment,  and  a  fur- 
ther monthly  increase  of  $3  for  and  during  each  subsequent  enlistment  up  to 
and  including  the  seventh.    Where  the  initial  pay  is  $15  and  $16,  an  increase  of 
$3  monthly  pay  for  and  during  the  second  and  third  enlistments  each,  and  a  fur- 
ther monthly  increase  of  $1  for  and  during  each  subsequent  enlistment  up  to  and 
including  the  seventh.    After  the  seventh  enlistment  the  pay  shall  remain  as  in 
the  seventh  enlistment. 

1340.  Any  private,  first  class,  of  engineers,  ordnance,  Quartermaster  Corps, 
Signal  Corps,  and  Medical  Department,  trumpeters,  musicians  of  Infantry,  Artil- 
lery, and  engineers,  or  private  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  Medical  Department, 
Cavalry,  Artillery,  Infantry,  and  Signal  Corps,  or  private,  second  class,  engineers 
and  ordnance,  honorably  discharged  at  the  termination  of  his  first  enlistment 
period  who  reenlists  within  three  months  of  the  date  of  such  discharge,  shall, 
upon  reenlistment,  receive  an  amount  equal  to  three  months'  pay  at  the  rate  he 
was  receiving  at  the  time  of  his  discharge.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

CERTIFICATE    OF    MERIT. 

1341.  A  certificate  of  merit  granted  to  an  enlisted  man  for  distinguished 
service  entitles  him,  from  the  date  of  such  service,  to  additional  pay  at  the  rate 
of  $2  a  month  during  military  service,  whether  as  an  enlisted  man  or  as  an 
officer,  although  such  service  may  not  be  continuous,  and  is  payable  in  full  to  a 
retired  enlisted  man. 

ADDITIONAL  PAY  TO  ENLISTED  MEN. 

1342.  The  20  per  cent  allowed  by  law  to  enlisted  men  serving  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  United  States  and  Territories  contiguous  thereto,  except  the  Canal 
Zone,  Panama,  or  Hawaii  or  Porto  Rico,  is  payable  from  date  of  departure  from 
the  United  States  until  date  of  return  thereto ;  but  enlisted  men  entitled  to  this 
increase  are  not  entitled  to  receive  extra-duty  pay. 

1342£.  An  enlisted  man  of  the  Aviation  Section  of  the  Signal  Corps  an- 
nounced in  special  orders  with  the  rating  of  aviation  mechanician,  or  as  on 
duty  requiring  him  to  participate  regularly  and  frequently  in  aerial  flights, 
under  the  terms  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  July  18,  1914,  is  entitled  to  the 


272  QUAETERM ASTER  CORPS. 

additional  pay  authorized  by  such  act.  For  troops,  serving  in  the  Hawaiian 
and  Philippine  Departments,  such  special  orders  will  be  issued  by  department 
commanders;  for  those  serving  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  by  the  commanding 
general  of  the  troops  there;  for  all  others,  by  the  War  Department.  The  fol- 
lowing conditions  will  govern : 

The  order  will  specify  the  date  on  which  the  rating  became  effective  or  the 
duty  to  participate  regularly  and  frequently  in  aerial  flights  commenced,  and 
a  subsequent  order  the  date  on  which  such  rating  or  duty  terminated. 

The  following  notations  will  be  made  on  the  first  pay  rolls  on  which  the 

names  of  such  men  appear :  "  Due  soldier  50  per  cent  increase  from  , 

191- ;  rated  as  aviation  mechanician  — ; ,  191-,  per  paragraph  — ,  S.  O, 

No.  — ,  W.  D.,  191-  "  ;  or,  "  Due  soldier  50  per  cent  increase  from ,  191- ; 

on  duty  requiring  him  to  participate  regularly  and  frequently  in  aerial  flights 
per  paragraph  — ,  S.  O.  No.  — ,  W.  D.,  191-." 

The  following  notations  will  be  made  on  subsequent  pay  rolls  as  long  as  such 
rating  and  additional  pay  are  authorized:  "Due  soldier  50  per  cent  increase, 
aviation  mechanician  " ;  or  "  Due  soldier  50  per  cent  increase,  aerial  flyer." 

When  an  enlisted  man  ceases  to  be  entitled  to  rating  or  additional  pay,  nota- 
tion of  the  date  when  such  rating  or  additional  pay  terminated  and  of  the  num- 
ber, source,  and  date  of  the  order  announcing  such  termination  will  be  made  on 
the  proper  pay  roll. 

When  an  enlisted  man  reenlists  on  the  day  following  the  day  of  his  discharge 
his  rating  or  additional  pay  will  be  continued  in  force  as  long  as  his  duty  war- 
rants such  rating,  or  additional  pay  under  the  terms  of  the  act  of  July  18,  1914. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  commander  of  an  aviation  station  or  aeronautical  or- 
ganization in  the  field  to  recommend  the  issue  of  orders  announcing  the  com- 
mencement and  termination  of  rating  or  additional  pay  of  enlisted  men  of  his 
command.  No  enlisted  man  will  be  continued  on  such  duty  except  as  authorized 
by  the  act  of  July  18.  1914.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  51.) 

1348.  An  enlisted  man  who  qualifies  hereafter  as  gunner  in  the  Coast  Artil- 
lery Corps  is  entitled  to  $3  a  month  if  he  be  a  first-class  gunner,  and  $2  a 
month  if  he  be  a  second-class  gunner,  in  addition  to  his  pay,  from  the  date  of 
qualification  until  the  next  opportunity  to  requalify,  or  for  one  year  if  no 
opportunity  for  requalification  is  presented  within  that  year,  provided  that 
during  that  time  he  does  not  attain  a  higher  qualification  and  that  he  con- 
tinues to  be  a  member  of  the  -Coast  Artillery  Corps,  or  reenlists  in  that  branch 
of  the  service  within  three  months  from  date  of  discharge  therefrom. 

The  fact  of  qualification  will  be  published  in  coast  defense  command  orders, 
which  will  give  the  date  of  actual  qualification  from  which  the  soldier  is 
entitled  to  the  additional  pay.  The  fact  of  the  qualification  of  Coast  Artillery 
enlisted  men  not  assigned  to  coast  defense  commands  will  be  published  in 
department  orders. 

Notation  will  be  made  on  the  pay  rolls  as  follows:  The  first  roll  on  which 
the  soldier  is  mustered  for  and  paid  the  additional  pay  will  give  the  date  of 
actual  qualification,  and  the  number,  date,  and  source  of  the  order  in  which 
such  qualification  is  announced.  Subsequent  rolls  will  set  forth  the  date  of 
original  qualification,  thus :  "  First-class  gunner,  May  15,  1915."  In  case  of 
failure  to  requalify  during  the  next  regular  annual  gunners'  examination, 
or  within  one  year,  the  last  roll  on  which  an  enlisted  man  is  entitled  to 
additional  pay  should  show  the  date  on  which  qualification  ceases. 

In  case  the  soldier  is  discharged  before  his  qualification  has  been  published 
in  orders,  notation  will  be  made  on  the  final  statement  of  the  fact  and  date  of 
qualification  and  that  orders  announcing  such  qualification  have  not  been 
received.  Such  notation  will  authorize  the  payment  of  the  amount  due  the 


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soldier  as  additional  pay ;  arid  if  such  additional  pay  is  due  for  a  period  prior 
to  the  date  to  which  last  paid  that  fact  must  be  shown. 

Except  in  case  of  urgent  necessity,  a  furlough  will  not  be  granted  to  a 
soldier  when  his  absence  would  prevent  him  from  being  examined  at  the 
regular  gunners'  examination. 

An  enlisted  man  of  the  Coast  Artillery  qualified  and  rated  as  a  plotter,  an 
observer,  first  class,  a  casemate  electrician,  or  a  coxswain  is  entitled  to  $9  a 
month,  and  as  a  gun  pointer,  gun  commander,  observer,  second  class,  chief 
planter  or  chief  loader,  to  $7  a  month,  in  addition  to  his  pay. 

The  first  pay  roll  on  which  a  soldier  is  mustered  for  additional  pay  by  reason 
of  having  been  appointed  to  a  rated  position  will  set  forth  the  date  of  such 
appointment,  and  the  number,  date,  and  source  of  the  order  announcing  the 
same.  Subsequent  rolls  will  simply  show  the  rated  position  held,  as  "  planter," 
"  chief  loader,"  and  when  disrated  the  date  thereof  will  be  given.  If  disrated 
before  his  appointment  expires  by  limitation,  he  reverts  to  a  status  of  being 
entitled  to  pay  as  first-class  gunner,  and  remarks  should  be  entered  on  the  pay 
roll  as  herein  provided  for  first-class  gunners. 

No  enlisted  man  shall  receive  at  the  same  time  additional  pay  for  more  than 
one  of  the  classifications  named  in  this  paragraph  and  in  paragraphs  1344  and 
1345.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  1,  48,  and  54.) 

1344.  An  enlisted  man  who  qualifies  hereafter  as  gunner  in  the  Field  Artil- 
lery is  entitled  to  $3  a  month  if  he  be  a  first-class  gunner,  and  $2  a  month  if  he 
be  a  second-class  gunner,  in  addition  to  his  pay,  from  the  date  of  qualification 
until  the  next  opportunity  to  requalify,  or  for  one  year  if  no  opportunity 
for  requalification  is  presented  within  that  year,  provided  that  during  that 
time  he  does  not  attain  a  higher  qualification  and  that  he  continues  to  be  a 
member  of  the  Field  Artillery  or  reenlists  in  that  branch  of  the  service  within 
three  months  from  date  of  discharge  therefrom. 

The  fact  of  qualification  will  be  published  in  orders  issued  by  commanders 
empowered  by  regulations  to  issue  orders  for  the  appointment  and  pro- 
motion of  noncommissioned  officers.  Such  orders  will  give  the  date  of 
actual  qualification  from  which  the  soldier  is  entitled  to  the  additional  pay. 

Notation  will  be  made  on  the  pay  rolls  as  follows :  The  first  roll  on  which 
the  soldier  is  mustered  for  and  paid  the  additional  pay  will  give  the  date  of 
actual  qualification  and  the  number,  date,  and  source  of  the  order  in  which 
such  qualification  is  announced.  Subsequent  rolls  will  set  forth  the  date  of 
original  qualification,  thus :  "  First-class  gunner,  May  15,  1915."  In  case  of 
failure  to  requalify  during  the  next  regular  annual  gunners'  examination, 
or  within  one  year,  the  last  roll  on  which  an  enlisted  man  is  entitled  to 
additional  pay  should  show  the  date  on  which  qualification  ceases. 

In  case  the  soldier  is  discharged  before  his  qualification  has  been  published 
in  orders,  notation  will  be  made  on  the  final  statement  of  the  fact  and  date  of 
qualification,  and  that  orders  announcing  such  qualification  have  not  been  re- 
ceived. Such  notation  will  authorize  the  payment  of  the  amount  due  the 
soldier  as  additional  pay ;  and  if  such  additional  pay  is  due  for  a  period  prior 
to  the  date  to  which  last  paid  that  fact  must  be  shown. 

Except  in  case  of  urgent  necessity,  a  furlough  will  not  be  granted  to  a  soldier 
when  his  absence  would  prevent  him  from  being  examined  at  the  regular 
gunners'  examination.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  43  and  53.) 

1345.  An  enlisted  man  who  qualifies  hereafter  as  an  expert  rifleman  is 
entitled  to  $5  a  month,  as  a  sharpshooter  to  $3  a  month,  and  as  a  marksman 
to  $2  a  month,  in  addition  to  his  pay,  from  the  date  of  qualification  until 
the  next  opportunity  to  requalify,  or  for  one  year  if  no  opportunity  for  re- 
qualification  is  presented  within  that  year,  provided   that  during  that  time 

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274  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 

he  does  not  attain  a  higher  qualification  and  that  he  continues  to  be  a 
member  of  an  organization  armed  with  the  rifle,  in  which  qualification  is 
authorized,  or  reenlists  in  such  organization  within  three  months  from  date 
of  discharge  therefrom.  This  provision  applies  also  to  a  soldier  who  reenlists 
within  three  months  after  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  from  the  Marine 
Corps  while  holding  a  qualification  as  expert  rifleman,  sharpshooter,  or 
marksman  therein. 

All  enlisted  men  of  a  regiment  of  Infantry,  Cavalry,  or  Engineers  and  of  a 
mounted  batallion  of  Engineers,  who  are  required  or  authorized  to  fire  the 
known-distance  practice  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  89,  Small  Arms 
Firing  Manual,  1913,  are  members  of  an  organization  armed  with  the  rifle 
within  the  meaning  of  this  paragraph. 

The  fact  of  qualification  will  be  published  in  orders  issued  by  commanders 
empowered  by  regulations  to  issue  orders  for  the  appointment  and  promotion 
of  noncommissioned  officer's,  or  in  exceptional  cases  by  higher  commanders, 
upon  receipt  of  properly  authenticated  evidence  as  to  qualification ;  such  'orders 
will  give  the  date  of  actual  qualification  from  which  the  soldier  is  entitled  to 
the  additional  pay. 

Notation  will  be  made  on  the  pay  rolls  as  follows :  The  first  roll  on  which 
the  soldier  is  mustered  for  and  paid  the  additional  pay  will  give  the  date  of 
actual  qualification  and  the  number,  date,  and  source  of  the  order  in  which 
such  qualification  is  announced.  Subsequent  rolls  will  set  forth  the  date  of 
original  qualification,  thus :  "  Expert  rifleman,  May  15,  1915."  In  case  of 
failure  to  requalify  during  the  next  regular  season  or  within  one  year,  the 
last  roll  on  which  an  enlisted  man  is  entitled  to  additional  pay  should  show 
the  date  on  which  qualification  ceases. 

Qualification  can  not  be  made  in  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  nor  in  bands  of 
any  arm. 

In  case  the  soldier  is  discharged  before  his  qualification  has  been  published 
in  orders,  notation  will  be  made  on  the  final  statement  of  the  fact  and  date  of 
qualification  and  that  orders  announcing  such  qualification  have  not  been  re- 
ceived. Such  notation  will  authorize  the  payment  of  the  amount  due  the  soldier 
as  additional  pay ;  and  if  such  additional  pay  is  due  for  a  period  prior  to  the 
date  to  which  last  paid,  that  fact  must  be  shown. 

Except  in  case  of  urgent  necessity,  a  furlough  will  not  be  granted  to  a 
soldier  during  the  regular  season  of  target  practice.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  20,  1$, 
and  47.) 

1345$.  Enlisted  men,  Philippine  Scouts,  qualifying  as  expert  riflemen,  are 
entitled  to  $1.50  a  month,  those  qualifying  as  sharpshooters  to  $1  a  month, 
and  those  qualifying  as  marksmen  to  $0.50  a  month,  in  addition  to  their  pay, 
for  the  same  periods  and  subject  to  the  same  conditions  prescribed  in  para- 
graph 1345  for  additional  pay  of  enlisted  members  of  other  organizations 
armed  with  the  rifle  in  which  qualification  is  authorized.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  37.) 

1346.  In  organizations  in  which  the  grade  of  mess  sergeant  is  created  by  the 
act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  the  men  holding  the  grade  of  mess 
sergeant  are  entitled  only  to  pay  established  for  that  grade.  The  arms  of  the 
service  for  which  the  act  cited  makes  provision  for  mess  sergeants  are  not 
entitled  to  have  additional  mess  sergeants  assigned  or  detailed  thereto. 

In  the  arms  of  the  service  for  which  the  grade  of  mess  sergeant  is  not  pro- 
vided men  detailed  as  mess  sergeants  are  entitled  to  the  pay  of  the  grades 
actually  held  and  $6  per  month  additional  pay  under  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved May  11,  1908.  Detail  of  a  mess  sergeant  is  authorized,  in  addition,  for 
each  regularly  established  separate  detachment  mess  of  enlisted  men,  whether 


ALLOTMENTS.  275 

of  the  line  or  staff  corps,  but  no  rness  sergeant  will  be  detailed  for  a  detach- 
ment when  the  number  of  men  habitually  messed  is  less  than  25,  except  upon 
special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  in  each  case.  When  the  pay  roll  on 
which  a  soldier  is  mustered  for  additional  pay  as  mess  sergeant  for  a  separate 
detachment  mess  does  not  on  its  face  show  that  the  number  messed  is  25  or 
more,  no  payment  will  be  made  of  additional  pay  as  mess  sergeant  unless  the 
roll  contains  notation  that  the  number  of  men  habitually  messed  is  not  less 
than  25  or  that  the  mess  sergeant  has  been  specially  authorized  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  Mess  sergeants  in  organizations  not  having  the  grade  of  mess 
sergeant  will  be  detailed  by  the  officer  in  immediate  command  of  the  company 
or  detachment.  Mess  sergeants  may  be  detailed  from  the  grade  of  sergeant, 
first  class,  Medical  Department,  but  only  by  special  authority  of  the  Surgeon 
General  in  each  individual  case,  granted  after  consideration  of  evidence  show- 
ing that  such  detail  is  necessary  and  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service. 
When  organizations  not  having  the  grade  of  mess  sergeant  or  detachments  are 
merged  into  a  general  mess,  mess  sergeants  will  not  be  detailed.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  51.) 

ALLOTMENTS. 

1347.  Every  enlisted  man  absent  on  distant  duty  shall  be  allowed  to  allot 
such  portion  of  his  pay  as  he  may  desire  for  the  support  of  his  family  or  rela- 
tives, for  his  own  savings,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  excepting  that  of  obtain- 
ing an  advance  on  his  pay ;  but  the  allotment  privileges  to  soldiers  serving 
within  the  boundaries  of  the  United  States  will  be  limited  to  the  support  of 
their  families  and  relatives. 

1348.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  an  order  for  distant  duty  the 
commanding  officers  of  troops,  batteries,   companies,  bands,   noncommissioned 
staff,  Signal  Corps,  or  Medical  Department,  or  any  other  detachments  affected 
by  such  order  will  prepare  allotments  on  the  prescribed  blanks  for  all  men 
'of  their  organizations  who  desire  to  make  the  same.     When  executed  these 
allotments  will  be  forwarded  by  registered  mail  to  the  Quartermaster  General, 
who  will  make  acknowledgment  thereof  to  the  respective  commanding  officers, 
stating  the  names  of  the  grantors  and  the  amounts  and  periods  of  the  allot- 
ments.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1349.  All  allotments  shall  be  executed  in  duplicate  and  witnessed  by  the 
respective  commanding  officers  specified  in  paragraph  1348,  one  copy  to  be  re- 
tained by  said  commanding  officers  and  the  other  to  be  forwarded  immediately 
to  the   Quartermaster   General.     Before   witnessing   an   allotment   such   com- 
manding  officer    shall,    however,    satisfy    himself    that    the    allotment    is    not 
made  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  an  advance  on  the  soldier's  pay.     When  a 
bank  is  designated  as  allottee,  the  immediate  commanding  officer  of  the  grantor 
shall  furnish  the  bank,  at  the  same  time  that  he  furnishes  the  allotment  roll 
to  the  Quartermaster  General,  with  the  signature  of  the  grantor,   and  also 
inform  the  bank  of  the  amount  and  period  of  allotment.     Such  commanding 
officer  shall  also,   if  possible,   satisfy   himself   that   the  bank   named   has   an 
existence.    An  allotment  shall  be  made  payable  on  the  last  day  of  each  month 
and  for  a  stated  period.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1350.  On  the  death,  discharge,  or  desertion  of  a  soldier  who  has  an  allot- 
ment running,  the  allotment  ceases.     In  such  cases  the  immediate  commanding 
officer  will  report  as  expeditiously  as  possible  to  the  Quartermaster  General, 
or  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments  to  the  department  adjutants 
of  those   departments,   the  names  of  grantors   whose   allotments  thus  cease. 
In  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  except  in  the  case  of  deaths 


276  QUABTERMASTEB   CORPS. 

which  are  otherwise  reported,  the  department  commanders  will  send  by  cable 
notification  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  at  once  notify  the 
Quartermaster  General.  In  case  of  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial 
the  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment,  being  a  reimbursement  to  the 
United  States  of  the  amount  paid  the  allottee,  will  take  precedence  of  the 
forfeiture;  when,  however,  the  forfeiture  is  such  that  possibly  it  can  not  be 
stopped  in  full  prior  to  the  discharge  of  the  soldier  if  the  allotment  is  con- 
tinued, the  immediate  commanding  officer  will  report  at  once  by  mail  to  the 
Quartermaster  General  requesting  a  discontinuance  of  the  allotment.  Similar 
action  will  be  taken  when,  due  to  reduction,  to  stoppages  for  clothing  over- 
drawn, to  continued  misconduct,  or  to  any  reason,  the  soldier's  available  pay 
will  not  warrant  the  continuance  of  the  allotment.  The  Quartermaster  General 
will  notify  a  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer  of  the  fact  of  discontinu- 
ance of  payment  to  the  allottee  and  the  last  month's  allotment  paid.  The 
stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment  will  be  continued  until  this  notice  is 
received,  and  the  soldier  will  be  credited  on  the  next  roll  with  any  amount 
withheld  in  excess  of  amount  paid  the  allottee.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1851.  When  the  grantor  of  an  allotment  desires  it  discontinued  prior  to  the 
expiration  of  the  period  for  which  it  was  granted,  the  commanding  officers 
specified  in  paragraph  1348  will  prepare  and  transmit  to  the  Quartermaster 
General,  on  the  prescribed  blank,  the  soldier's  request  for  such  discontinuance. 
This  request  must  specify  the  month  for  which  the  last  payment  is  to  be 
made,  but  the  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment  should  be  continued 
until  receipt  from  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster  General  of  acknowledgment 
of  request  for  discontinuance.  If  on  receipt  of  the  request  for  discontinuance 
of  an  allotment  payment  thereon  has  been  made  beyond  the  month  specified,  the 
Quartermaster  General,  in  making  acknowledgment,  will  state  the  date  to 
which  the  allotment  has  been  paid  and  direct  the  repayment  to  the  soldier 
of  any  pay  deducted  in  excess  of  the  payments  on  the  allotment. 

When  an  allotment  is  to  run  for  the  full  period  for  which  granted,  no  request 
for  discontinuance  or  notice  of  the  expiration  is  necessary.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1352.  Payment  to  allottees  shall  be  made  by  one  or  more  quartermasters,  to 
be  designated  by  the  Quartermaster  General.     Said  disbursing  officer   shall, 
before   making   payment   of   such   allotment,    use   due   diligence   in   obtaining 
and  making  use  of  all  information  that  may  have  been  received  in  the  War 
Department  relative  to  the  grantors  of  the  allotments.     ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  10. ) 

1353.  If  an  erroneous  payment  is  made  because  of  the  failure  of  an  officer 
responsible  for  such  report  to  report,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  the  death  of  the  grantor,  or  any  fact  which  renders  the  allotment 
not  payable,  then  the  amount  of  such  erroneous  payment  shall  be  collected  by 
the  Quartermaster  General  from  the  officer  who  fails  to  make  such  report,  if 
such  collection  is  practicable.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1354.  All  allotments  of  pay  of  enlisted  men  that  have  been  or  shall  be  paid 
to  the  designated  allottees,  after  the  expiration  of  one  month  subsequent  to  the 
month  in  which  said  allotments  accrued,  shall  pass  to  the  credit  of  the  disburs- 
ing officer  who  has  made  or  shall  make  such  payment. 

1355.  In  case  of  the  capture  by  the  enemy  of  soldiers  who  have  made  allot- 
ments which  may  expire  after  their  capture,  the  monthly  payments  of  the  same 
shall  be  continued  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1356.  In  case  of  the  transfer  of  a  soldier  whose  period  of  allotment  still 
continues,  all  the  data  respecting  said  allotments  shall  be  entered  on  his  serv- 
ice record,  and  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  from 
which  he  is  transferred  shall  at  once  report  such  transfer  to  the  Quartermas- 
ter General.    (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  55.) 


DEPOSITS.  277 

1867.  The  date,  period,  and  amount  of  allotment  shall  be  entered  as  a  part 
of  the  soldier's  record  and  also  noted  on  each  pay  roll  during  the  period  of 
allotment.  The  discontinuance  of  an  allotment  shall  be  similarly  entered  and 
noted. 

1358.  When  the  grantor  of  an  allotment  is  soon  entitled  to  discharge  and  is 
so  much  in  debt  to  the  United  States  that  it  will  require  the  whole  or  a  part 
of  his  allotted  pay  to  cancel  his  obligation,  this  allotment  shall  be  terminated 
in  the  prescribed  manner. 

1359.  Upon  receiving  information  of  the  death  of  any  person  to  whom  an 
allotment  is  payable  by  him,  the  quartermaster  properly  designated  to  pay  this 
allotment  shall  at  once  report  this  fact  to  the  Quartermaster  General,  who  shall 
forthwith   inform  the  grantor's   immediate  commanding  officer.      (C.  A.   R., 
No.  10.) 

1360.  When  an  allotment  is  discontinued,  at  the  request  of  the  person  mak- 
ing it,  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  it  is  granted,  it"  shall  not  be 
renewed  within  that  term  except  by  permission  of  the  regimental  or  post  com- 
mander, on  satisfactory  reasons  being  given  for  such  discontinuance  and  re- 
newal. 

DEPOSITS. 

1361.  An  enlisted  man,  not  on  the  retired  list,  may  deposit  his  savings  with 
any  quartermaster  in  sums  of  not  less  than  $5 ;  the  same  to  remain  so  deposited 
until  final  payment  on  discharge  or  until  furloughed  to  the  reserve.    The  quar- 
termaster will  furnish  to  each  depositor  a  book  in  which  each  deposit,  with  the 
name  of  the  depositor,  date,  place,  and  amount,  in  words  and  figures,  will  be 
entered  in  the  form  of  a  certificate,  signed  by  the  quartermaster  and  company 
commander.    The  transfer,  pledge,  or  sale  of  a  deposit  book  is  prohibited. 

Each  company  or  detachment  commander  will  keep  in  the  soldier's  service 
record  an  account  of  every  deposit  made  by  the  soldier,  and  after  each  regular 
payment  he  will  forward  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General  a  list  of  the 
names  of  the  depositors,  showing  in  each  case  the  date,  place,  and  amount  of 
deposit  and  the  name  of  the  quartermaster  who  received  it.  Each  report  will 
be  restricted  to  and  will  include  only  deposits  with  one  quartermaster  on  a  given 
date.  These  lists  before  transmittal  will  be  examined  and  compared  with  the 
service  record  and  the  deposit  book  of  the  soldier,  and  attesting  officers  will  see 
that  the  names  are  identical  with  the  names  as  borne  on  the  rolls. 

Should  a  soldier  who  has  made  a  deposit  be  transferred  or  desert,  the  fact  will 
be  promptly  reported  directly  to  the  Quartermaster  General  by  the  officer  in 
command  of  the  company  or  detachment  to  which  he  belongs.  There  is  no  objec- 
tion to  deposits  being  made  by  Indian  and  Philippine  scouts  and  by  enlisted  men 
of  the  Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  55.) 

1362.  On  the  discharge  of  a  soldier  or  on  his  being  furloughed  to  the  reserve, 
the  date  and  amount,  in  words  and  figures,  of  each  of  his  deposits  will  be  entered 
upon  his  final  statement,  and  his  deposit  book  will  be  taken  up  by  the  quarter- 
master who  pays  him  and  filed  with  the  voucher  of  payment.    In  case  deposits 
are  forfeited  by  desertion,  the  amounts  of  the  same  will  be  entered  on  the  final 
statements  under  the  head  "Remarks,"  and  the  facts  and  authority  for  such 
forfeiture  given. 

1363.  Before  delivering  final  statements  upon  which  deposits  are  credited, 
the  officer  signing  them  will  ascertain  whether  the  soldier  has  the  deposit  book ; 
and,  if  so,  instruct  him  to  present  it  to  the  quartermaster.     Should  he  claim  to 
have  lost  it,  the  officer  will  cause  his  affidavit  to  that  effect  to  be  taken  before 
he  leaves  the  post  and  attached  to  the  statement.     The  affidavit  will  clearly 


278  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

state  the  circumstances  attending  loss  of  the  book  and  show  that  the  soldier  has 
not  sold  or  assigned  it.  Upon  this  evidence  the  quartermaster  may  pay  and 
the  responsibility  for  the  correctness  of  amounts  credited  on  the  statement 
will  rest  with  the  officer  certifying  them. 

1364.  Quartermasters    will    not   pay    deposits    except    on   final    statements. 
When  they  are  not  paid  the  soldier  should  forward  his  deposit  book  or  the 
evidence  referred  to  in  the  preceding  paragraph  to  the  Quartermaster  General. 
Enlisted  men  should  be  informed  of  the  importance  of  preserving  deposit  books 
as  the  only  certain  means  of  insuring  prompt  repayment.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1365.  A  soldier  must  draw  his  deposit  when  he  is  discharged  or  furloughed 
to  the  reserve.    He  can  then  renew  it  after  reenlistment,  and  will  be  entitled 
to  interest  thereon  from  the  date  of  such  renewal.    Failure  to  present  the  final 
statements  leaves  the  money  without   interest  until  it   is   drawn  and   again 
deposited.    A  discharged  soldier  who  desires,  after  reenlistment,  to  have  all  or 
a  part  of  the  money  due  to  him  on  discharge  deposited  under  the  provisions 
of  paragraph  1361,  must  furnish  to  the  quartermaster  who  makes  payment  on 
his  final  statement  a  written  order  requesting  that  such  part  of  the  amount 
due  thereon,  as  he  may  desire  so  deposited,  be  transferred  to  his  new  account. 
The  quartermaster  will  file  this  order  with  the  paid  final  statement  as  authority 
for  this  disposition  of  the  money  due  to  the  soldier. 

1366.  For  any   sum  of  not  less  than  $5  deposited  for  the  period   of  six 
months  or  longer  the  soldier,  when  discharged  or  furloughed  to  the  reserve, 
will  be  paid  interest  at  the  rate  of  4  per  cent  per  annum  to  date  of  discharge. 

1367.  On  the  death  of  a  soldier  each  deposit,  with  amount,  date,  place,  and 
quartermaster  with  whom   deposited,  will  be  noted   in  the   inventory  of  his 
effects  and  on  the  accompanying  final  statement  with  which  his  deposit  book 
will  be  filed. 

1368.  Both  deposits   and  interest  will  be  forfeited  by  desertion,   but  for- 
feiture of  them  can  not  be  imposed  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

They  are  exempt  from  liability  (a)  for  debts  due  to  individuals  within  the 
meaning  of  section  2,  paragraph  1370,  (6)  to  meet  a  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial  imposing  forfeiture  of  pay  or  allowances,  and  (c)  for  the  soldier's 
private  debts. 

Deposits  and  interest  are  not  exempt  from  liability  for  debts  due  to  the 
United  States.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  41.) 

1369.  If  an  enlisted  man  deposits  money  with  the  company  or  post  com- 
mander, the  same  to  be  applied  for  purchase  of  his  discharge,  the  officer  will 
immediately  upon  receipt  of  order  for  discharge  of  the  man  forward  the  money 
to  a  quartermaster  for  deposit  and  send  to  the  Quartermaster  General  the  usual 
notification  of  deposit.    On  the  return  of  the  deposit  book  by  the  quartermaster 
the  soldier  will  be  discharged  and  a  final  statement  furnished  to  him,  with 
notation  of  the  deposit  thereon,  thus  showing  on  its  face  the  total  credit  of 
the  soldier,  which  must  in  every  case  be  sufficient  to  cover  all  indebtedness  to 
the  United  States.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

FORFEITURES   AND  DEDUCTIONS. 

1370.  Authorized  stoppages  will  be  entered  on  the  pay  rolls  and  deducted 
at  times  of  payment  in  the  following  order : 

1.  Reimbursements  to  the  United  States. 

2.  Reimbursements  to  individuals,  as  the  quartermaster  or  post  exchange,  for 
instance. 

3.  Forfeitures  for  desertion  and  fines. 


PAY  OF   DESERTERS.  279 

Articles  of  camp  and  garrison  equipage  must  be  charged  on  the  pay  rolls  as 
such,  and  other  articles  of  quartermaster  stores  or  property  must  be  enumer- 
ated and  the  price  stated  in  the  column  of  "  Remarks  "  in  order  that  the  proper 
appropriation  may  be  credited  therewith. 

Notwithstanding  a  sentence  contemplates  payment  of  a  stated  sum  to  a 
soldier  upon  his  release  from  confinement,  it  can  not  be  made  unless  there  is 
a  sufficient  balance  to  his  credit  after  all  authorized  stoppages  are  deducted. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

137<H.  A  sentence  imposing  forfeiture  of  a  part  of  pay  for  a  month  or 
number  of  months  means  the  forfeiture  of  the  part  of  the  pay,  as  specified,  for 
each  month.  If  the  sentence  does  not  indicate  any  particular  date  when  the 
forfeiture  shall  commence,  it  will  begin  with  the  date  from  which  pay  has 
accrued  since  last  payment ;  except  that  when  stoppages  of  the  nature  specified 
in  sections  1  and  2  of  paragraph  1370  stand  against  the  soldier,  the  forfeiture 
will  not  begin  until  such  stoppages  have  been  satisfied.  The  rate  of  soldier's 
pay  during  the  period  over  which  the  forfeiture  is  actually  applied  will  govern 
the  rate  of  the  forfeiture.  ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  55. ) 

1371.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  arrest  and  confinement  by  the  civil  au- 
thorities will  receive  no  pay  for  the  time  of  such  absence ;  if  released  without 
trial,  or  after  trial  and  acquittal,  their  right  to  pay  for  the  time  of  such  absence 
is  restored. 

A  soldier  awaiting  result  of  trial  will  not  be  paid  before  the  result  is  known. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

FAT    OF    DESERTERS. 

(See  Article  XIX.)  V 

1372.  An  enlisted  man  charged  with  desertion  will  not  receive  pay  until 
his  offense  has  been  investigated  by  a  eourt-martial,  or  he  has  been  restored  to 
duty  without  trial,  or  the  charge  has  been  set  aside  as  having  been  erroneously 
made. 

1373.  Every  deserter  forfeits  all  pay  and  allowances  due  at  the  date  of 
desertion.     Such  forfeited  pay  and  allowances  will  be  used  to  satisfy  authorized 
stoppages  due  the  United  States  at  the  date  of  desertion,  and  only  the  amount 
of  such  stoppages  in  excess  of  such  forfeited  pay  and  allowances  will  be  col- 
lected from  pay  accruing  after  date  of  return  to  military  control.     The  organ- 
ization commander  will  enter  the  following  data  on  the  first  pay  roll  after  the 
return  of  a  soldier  to  military  control :  A  statement  of  his  account  at  date  of 
desertion,  a  statement  of  his  new  account  opened  after  return  to  military  con- 
trol (the  account  at  date  of  desertion  and  the  account  since  return  to  military 
control  being  stated  separately),  the  place  and  date  of  return  to  military  con- 
trol, and  whether  he  surrendered  or  was  apprehended.     On  subsequent  rolls, 
until  the  result  of  the  trial  has  been  published  or  the  case  otherwise  disposed 
of,  will  appear  the  remark,  "Awaiting  trial  (or  result  of  trial)  for  desertion; 
for  statement  of  account  see  pay  roll  for  —      — ,  191 — ."     On  the  next  roll  fol- 
lowing the  final  disposition  of  the  case,  and  on  subsequent  rolls  until  paid,  will 
appear  a  complete  statement  of  the  soldier's  account,  as  indicated  above,  includ- 
ing the  number,  date,  and  source  of  the  order  announcing  his  return  to  duty,  or 
the  result  of  the  trial.     If,  while  absent  in  desertion,  he  fraudulently  enlisted  in 
another  organization,  the  date  to  which  last  paid  in  such  fraudulent  enlistment 
and  all  stoppages  due  the  United  States  at  date  of  surrender  or  apprehension 
will  be  stated. 


280  QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

1374.  No  settlement  of  the  pay  account  of  any  enlisted  man  will  be  made 
on  the  pay  rolls  until  sufficient  pay  shall  have  accrued  to  satisfy  nil  authorized 
stoppages  and  pay  a  balance  to  the  soldier. 

PAYMENT    OF    DISCHARGED    SOLDIERS. 

(See  Article  XXI.) 

1376.  Discharged  soldiers  and  those  furloughed  to  the  reserve  will  be  paid 
on  final  statements  prepared  in  duplicate  and  furnished  to  them  by  their  com- 
pany or  detachment  commanders.  Payment  will  be  made  only  on  presentation 
of  both  copies.  Except  when  notified  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  155  quarter- 
masters will  not  pay  discharged  soldiers  and  those  furloughed  to  the  reserve 
unless  otherwise  satisfied  of  the  genuineness  of  the  discharge  papers  and  the 
identity  of  the  claimants. 

1376.  Upon  payment  of  the  final  statement  of  a  soldier  discharged  or  fur- 
loughed to  the  reserve,  the  quartermaster  over  his  signature  will  indorse  on 
the  discharge  or  on  the  certificate  of  furlough  to  the  reserve  the  amount  paid, 
and  will  specify  in  the  indorsement  any  item  for  which  payment  has  not  been 
made  in  full.     This  action  will  not  be  required  when  the  final  statement  has 
been  transferred  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1383.    The  day 
of  enlistment  and  the  day  of  discharge  or  of  furlough  to  the  reserve  will  both 
be  included  in  reckoning  pay.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  40  and  55.) 

1377.  Quartermasters  or   other   officers   to   whom   a   soldier   who   has   been 
discharged  or  furloughed  to  the  reserve  reports  the  loss  or  nonreceipt  by  him 
of  final  statement  to  which  he  is  entitled  will  report  the  fact  to  the  Quarter- 
master General,  with  any  evidence  the  soldier  furnishes  them  in  the  matter. 
The  Quartermaster  General  will  transmit  the  evidence  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1378.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  from  the  service,  except  by  way 
of  punishment  for  an  offense,  or  is  furloughed  to  the  reserve,  he  shall  receive 
3i  cents  a  mile  from  the  place  of  his  discharge  or  furlough  to  the  place  of  his 
acceptance  for  enlistment :  Provided,  That  for  sea  travel  on  discharge  or  fur- 
lough, transportation  and  subsistence  only  shall  be  furnished  to  enlisted  men : 
And  provided  further,  That  for  the  purpose  of  determining  allowances  for  all 
travel  of  enlisted  men  on  discharge  or  furlough,  travel  in  the  Philippine  Archi- 
pelago, the  Hawaiian  Archipelago,  the  home  waters  of  the  United  States,  and 
between  the  United   States  and  Alaska  shall  not  be  regarded  as  sea  travel, 
but  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  rates  established  by  law  for  land  travel  within 
the  boundaries  of  the  United  States. 

When  an  enlisted  man  who  was  enrolled  or  mustered  into  the  service  of  the 
United  States  is  discharged,  except  by  way  of  punishment  for  an  offense, 
he  shall  receive  the  travel  allowances  stated  above  from  the  place  of  his  dis- 
charge to  the  place  of  his  enrollment  or  original  muster  into  the  service,  at  his 
option.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  89  and  51.) 

1379.  Quartermasters  when  paying  final  statements  of  soldiers  discharged 
or  furloughed  to  the  reserve  under  foregoing  conditions  will  include  in  such 
payments  travel  allowances  from  station  to  port  of  embarkation  and  from  port 
of  arrival  in  the  United  States  to  place  of  acceptance  for  enlistment  or  enroll- 
ment.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

1380.  An  enlisted  man  discharged  for  minority  concealed  at  enlistment,  or 
for  other  cause  involving  fraud  on  his  part  in  the  enlistment,  is  not  entitled  to 
pay  and  allowances,  including  those  for  travel,  and  will  not  receive  a  final 


MISCELLANEOUS.  281 

statement  unless  deposits  are  due  him,  in  which  case  a  final  statement,  con- 
taining a  full  statement  of  the  soldier's  accounts  at  date  of  discharge  will  be 
furnished. 

1381.  A  soldier  held   in  military   custody  under   sentence  of  court-martial 
beyond  his  term  of  enlistment    (except  where  dishonorable  discharge  is  im- 
posed) will  be  furnished  with  a  final  statement  showing  the  actual  date  of  dis- 
charge and  the  cause  of  detention.     A  soldier  in  the  hands  of  civil  authorities 
awaiting  trial  should,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  be  furnished  with 
his  discharge  certificate  and  a  final  statement  containing  all  necessary  data 
for  the  quartermaster,  giving  date  and  cause  of  arrest  and  remarks  "  Not  en- 
titled to  pay  or  clothing  since  date  of  arrest  nor  to  travel  pay  unless  acquitted 
or  released  without  trial." 

1382.  Recruits  are  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  when  discharged  on  cer- 
tificates of  disability.    When  discharged  for  any  cause  involving  fraud  on  their 
part  at  enlistment,  paragraph  1380  will  govern. 

1383.  The  transfer  by  an  enlisted  man  of  a. claim  for  pay  due  on  his  final 
statement  will  be  recognized  only  when  made  after  discharge,  or  on  being  fur- 
loughed  to  the  reserve,  in  writing,  indorsed  on  the  final  statement,  signed  by 
the  soldier,  and  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer  or  by  some  other  reputable 
person  known  to  the  quartermaster.    The  person  witnessing  the  transfer  must 
indorse  on  the  discharge  or  on  the  certificate  of  furlough  to  the  reserve  the 
fact  of  transfer  of  the  final  statement,  and  on  the  final  statement  the  fact  that 
such  indorsement   has   been  made  on  the   discharge  or   on   the   certificate  of 
furlough  to  the  reserve.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  40  and  55.) 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1384.  An  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  not  give  a  receipt,  except  in 
the  following  cases: 

1.  For  the  transfer  of  money  when  the  transfer  is  of  cash. 

2.  For  the  money  of  a  deceased  soldier,  deserter,   or  an   escaped  military 
prisoner. 

3.  For  a  stoppage  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  which  the  Quar- 
termaster General  may  direct  a  receipt  to  be  given. 

4.  For  a  refundment  made  by  an  officer  on  account  of  an  overpayment  made 
by  a  quartermaster. 

A  separate  receipt  will  be  given  in  each  individual  case. 

In  all  other  cases  the  person  turning  over  or  refunding  money  will  deposit  it 
in  some  authorized  public  depositary  or  transfer  it  to  a  disbursing  officer  of  the 
department  to  which  the  money  belongs.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1385.  When  any  officer  or  enlisted  man  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army  dies 
from  wounds  or  disease  not  the  result  of  his  own  misconduct,  his  widow,  or 
some  other  person  duly  designated  by  him,  is  entitled  to  receive,  through  the 
Quartermaster  Corps,  an  amount  equal  to  six  months'  pay  at  the  rate  such 
officer  or  enlisted  man  was  receiving  pay  at  the  date  of  his  death,  less  $75  in 
the  case  of  each  officer  and  $35  in  the  case  of  each  enlisted  man.     Any  residue 
of  the  sums  thus  reserved,  after  the  expenses  of  interment  have  been  met  there- 
from,  will  be  paid   subsequently   to  the  same  beneficiary-     Each   officer  and 
enlisted  man  in  service  on  the  active  list  will  file  on  the  form  furnished  for 
that  purpose  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  the  full  name  and  address 
of  the  person  to  whom  he  wishes  the  half  year's  salary  paid  in  the  event  of 
death,  and  he  may  also  file  on  the  said  form  the  full  name  and  address  of  the 
person  to  whom  he  wishes  the  half  year's  salary  paid  in  the  event  of  the  death 


282  MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

of  the  first  named  beneficiary  prior  to  the  date  of  payment  of  the  gratuity.  The 
signature  in  every  case  will  be  witnessed  and  attested  as  required  by  the 
printed  notes  on  the  form.  Should  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  desire  to  change 
a  beneficiary  previously  designated  by  him  and  to  make  a  new  designation,  he 
may  do  this  by  filling  up  and  forwarding  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
another  blank  of  the  prescribed  form,  properly  signed,  witnessed,  and  attested. 
All  officers  when  first  appointed  and  all  recruits,  at  the  time  of  their  enlist- 
ment, will  make  the  prescribed  designation  which,  for  an  officer,  will  be  for- 
warded to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  with  the  officer's  letter  accepting 
his  commission,  and  for  a  recruit  will  be  forwarded  together  with  the  recruit's 
enlistment  paper  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  transmit  all 
designations  thus  received  to  the.  Quartermaster  General,  in  whose  office  all 
designations  of  beneficiaries  under  this  regulation  will  be  filed  permanently. 
Designations  duly  made  and  filed  will  continue  to  be  valid  and  sufficient,  unless 
revoked  as  herein  provided,  as  long  as  the  officers  or  enlisted  men  making  the 
designations  continue  upon  the  active  list  of  the  Army.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

ARTICLE   LXXIV. 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Medical  Department,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Surgeon  General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

1386.  The  Medical  Department  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  the 
sanitary   condition   of  the  Army   and   making  recommendations   in   reference 
thereto,  of  advising  with  reference  to  the  location  of  permanent  camps  and 
posts,  the  adoption  of  systems  of  water  supply  and  purification,  and  the  dis- 
posal of  wastes,  with  the  duty  of  caring  for  the  sick  and  wounded,  making 
physical  examinations  of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  the  management  and  control 
of  military  hospitals,  the  recruitment,  instruction,  and  control  of  the  enlisted 
force  of  the  Medical  Department  and  of  the  Nurse  Corps,  and  furnishing  all 
medical  and  hospital  supplies  except  for  public  animals.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1387.  The  surgeon  of  every  post  or  command,  under  the  direction  of  the 
commanding  officer,  will  supervise  its  hygiene  and  recommend  such  measures 
as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  prevent  or  diminish  disease.     He  will  examine,  at 
least  once  a  month,  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  public  buildings  and  grounds, 
the  drainage,  the  sewerage,  the  condition  of  all  sanitary  appliances,  including 
incinerators,  sterilizers,  filters,  and  odorless  excavators,  the  amount  and  pota- 
bility of  the  water  supply,  the  character  and  cooking  of  the  food,  including 
the  quality  of  the  milk  and  the  condition  of  the  dairies  from  which  it  is  obtained, 
and  the  character  and  causes  of  prevailing  diseases  and  measures  taken  to  pre- 
vent them.     Immediately   after  such  examination  he  will   report  thereon  in 
writing  to  the  commanding  officer,  noting  also  in  the  report  the  dates  on  which 
the  prescribed  physical  inspections  of  the  various  organizations  of  the  command 
were  made,  the  number  of  new  cases  of  venereal  disease  which  appeared  in  the 
command,  the  ratio  of  the  same  per  1,000  of  strength,  and  the  number  of  venereal 
phophylactic  treatments  given,  with  such  recommendations  as  he  may  deem 
proper.     The  commanding  officer  will  forward  the  report,  through  military  chan- 
nels, to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  noting  thereon  his  views  and  the 
action  taken  by  him ;  and  should  he  have  deemed  the  action  recommended  by  the 
surgeon  impracticable  or  undesirable,  he  will  state  fully  his  objections.    The 


APPOINTMENTS.  283 

commanding  officer  will  furnish  the  surgeon  with  a  copy  of  his  indorsement  for- 
warding the  report.  Special  sanitary  reports  will  take  the  same  course  as  the 
regular  monthly  sanitary  reports.  As  far  as  practicable,  intermediate  com- 
manders will  correct  sanitary  defects,  noting  their  action  by  indorsement. 

Sanitary  inspections  of  a  general  hospital  or  other  establishment  or  organiza- 
tion of  the  Medical  Department  will  be  made  under  the  direction  of  the  medical 
officer  in  command,  by  a  junior  medical  officer  assigned  to  that  duty,  who  will 
report  in  writing  to  the  commanding  officer.  The  latter  will  forward  the  reports 
through  military  channels  to  the  Surgeon  General,  indicating  his  action  by 
indorsement  thereon.  The  commanding  officer  will  keep  an  appropriate  record 
of  the  reports  and  his  indorsements.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  25.) 

APPOINTMENTS. 

1388.  No  person  shall   receive   an   appointment  as   first   lieutenant   in   the 
Medical  Corps  unless  he  shall  have  been  examined  and  approved  by  an  Army 
medical  board  consisting  of  not  less  than  three  officers  of  the  Medical  Corps 
designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War;   and  no  officer  of  the  Medical  Corps 
below  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel  shall  be  promoted  therein  until  he  shall 
have  passed  an  examination  before  an  Army  medical  board  consisting  of  not 
less  than  three  officers  of  the  Medical  Corps  designated  as  aforesaid,  unless  in 
case  of  an  officer  below  the  rank  of  major  a  board  of  review  shall  have  pro- 
nounced him  qualified  for  promotion  after  an  adverse  finding  by  an  examining 
board.     Any  major  of  the  Medical  Corps  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army  who, 
at  his  first  examination  for  promotion  to  the  grade  of  lieutenant  colonel  in  said 
corps,   is   found   disqualified  for   such  promotion   for   any   reason   other  than 
physical  disability  incurred  in  the  line  of  duty,  will  be  suspended  from  pro- 
motion, and  his  right  thereto  will  pass  successively  to  such  officers  next  below 
him  in  rank  in  said  corps  as  may  become  eligible  to  promotion  under  existing 
law  during  the  period  of  his  suspension ;  and  any  major  of  the  Medical  Corps 
suspended  from  promotion,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  will  be  reexamined  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  the  expiration  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  com- 
pletion of  the  examination  that  resulted  in  his  suspension ;  and  if  on  such  reex- 
amination  he  is  found  qualified  for  promotion,  he  will  again  become  eligible 
thereto ;  but  if  he  is  found  disqualified  by  reason  of  physical  disability  incurred 
in  the  line  of  duty,  he  will  be  retired  with  the  rank  to  which  his  seniority  entitles 
him  to  be  promoted ;  and  if  he  is  not  found  disqualified  by  reason  of  such  physical 
disability,  but  is  found  disqualified  for  promotion  for  any  other  reason,  he  will 
be  retired  without  promotion. 

1389.  Officers  of  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  who  apply  for  appointment  in 
the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Army  may,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon 
General,  be  placed  on  active  duty  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  ordered  to  the 
Army  Medical  School  for  instruction  and  further  examination  to  determine  their 
fitness  for  commission  in  the  Medical  Corps,  but  this  will  apply  only  to  officers 
who   have  passed   the  preliminary   examination  for   the   Medical   Corps.     An 
officer  of  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  ordered  to  active  duty  in  the  service  of  the 
United   States  for  purposes  other  than   that  of  attending  the  Army  Medical 
School  with  a  view  to  appointment  in  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Army  will  be 
subjected  to  a  critical  physical  examination  at  the  beginning  of  such  active  duty 
and  again  at  the  termination  thereof.    A  complete  record  of  both  examinations 
will  be  filed  in  the  Surgeon  General's  office  as  a  part  of  the  active  service  record 
of  the  officer.    These  examinations  may  be  waived  by  the  Surgeon  General  in 
the  case  of  officers  of  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  called  into  active  service  for 
temporary  duty.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  31.) 


284  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

CONTRACT   SURGEONS,   ACTING   DENTAL   SURGEONS. 

1390.  In  emergencies  civilian  physicians  may  be  employed  as  contract  sur- 
geons under  contracts  entered  into  by  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army  with 
the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.     They  are  entitled  to  mileage,  and  when 
on  duty  at  a  post  or  station  where  quarters  in  kind  are  provided  by  the  United 
States  they  will  be  entitled  to  the  quarters  allowed  by  regulation  to  a  first 
lieutenant,  including  heat  and  light  in  kind.     They  are  not  entitled  to  the  10 
per  cent  increase  of  pay  for  foreign  service,  nor  to  commutation  of  quarters, 
heat,  or  light.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  12  and  51.) 

1391.  Contract  surgeons  and  acting  dental  surgeons  are  entitled  to  the  same 
protection  in  their  positions  and  the  same  respect  and  obedience  from  enlisted 
men  as  commissioned  officers. 

1392.  Whenever  the  contract  of  a  physician  or  dentist  is  annulled,  the  fact 
and  date  of  annulment  will  be  noted  in  writing  on  his  contract,  and  when 
ordered  to  his  home  for  annulment  of  contract,  such  fact  will  also  be  noted 
thereon  by  the  officer  under  whose  orders  he  may  at  the  time  be  serving. 

1393.  Contract  surgeons,  on  availing  themselves  of  leaves  of  absence,  must 
submit  their  contracts  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station  where 
serving,  who  will  indorse  thereon  the  date  of  commencement  and  duration  of 
leave.     The  actual  date  of  their  rejoining  from  leave  should  also  be  noted  on 
contract  on  return  to  post  or  station. 

1394.  The  services  rendered  by  a  contract  surgeon  are  not  restricted  to  those 
of  a  purely  professional  character;  on  the  contrary,  his  eligibility  for  duty  is 
the  same  as  that  of  a  first  lieutenant  of  the  Medical  Corps,  except  in  so  far 
as  it  is  limited  by  the  fact  that  he  is  not  a  commissioned  officer.     A  contract 
surgeon,  though  not  eligible  for  detail  on  courts-martial,  may  prefer  charges 
against  enlisted  men  and  may  be  detailed  on  councils  of  administration,  and  as 
post  treasurer,  etc. ;  he  may  also  witness  payments  to  enlisted  men  under  the 
provisions  of  paragraphs  1315  to  1337. 

THE    DENTAL    CORPS. 

1395.  Contracts  with  acting  dental  surgeons  will  be  made  for  three  years, 
but  may  be  annulled  at  any  time  by  the  commanding  general  of  a  department, 
or  of  a  mobilized  division  after  official  investigation,  for  conduct  to  the  preju- 
dice of  good  order  and  military  discipline,  or  by  the  Surgeon  General  when  in 
his  opinion  a  termination  of  the  contract  would  be  in  the  interests  of  the 
service. 

1396.  Dental  surgeons  and  acting  dental  surgeons  are  a  part  of  the  Medical 
Department,  and  will  be  assigned  to  duty  in  accordance  with  the  recommenda- 
tions of  the  Surgeon  General  or  the  department  or  division  surgeon. 

A  dental  surgeon  or  an  acting  dental  surgeon  on  duty  with  a  military  com- 
mand is  subordinate  to  the  senior  medical  officer  of  the  command  and  under 
his  immediate  control. 

1397.  When  a  dental  surgeon  or  an  acting  dental  surgeon  reports  for  duty 
at  a  post  the  surgeon  will  assign  a  room  in  the  hospital  to  him  for  use  as  an 
operating  room,  if  one  is  available.     If  no  room  in  the  hospital  is  available,  the 
post  commander  will  provide  a  suitable  operating  room  in  one  of  the  other  post 
buildings. 

Each  dental  surgeon  or  acting  dental  surgeon  will  ordinarily  be  allowed  one 
enlisted  man  as  an  assistant,  who  will  be  detailed  from  the  Medical  Department, 
and  whose  duty  it  will  be  to  assist  the  dentist  in  his  operations,  in  caring  for 


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the  instruments  and  other  public  property,  in  keeping  the  records,  and  in  the 
performance  of  such  other  official  work  pertaining  to  this  position  as  he  may 
be  directed  by  the  proper  authority  to  do.  An  enlisted  man  of  the  Medical 
Department  detailed  as  dentist's  assistant  and  stationed  in  a  city  or  town  will 
be  provided  with  a  suitable  room  as  quarters  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps, 
but  when  stationed  at  a  post,  in  camp,  or  in  the  field  he  will  be  attached  to 
the  detachment  of  the  Medical  Department.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1398.  Members  of  the  Dental  Corps  will  serve  free  of  charge  all  those  enti- 
tled to  free  medical  treatment  by  medical  officers. 

1399.  Members  of  the  Dental  Corps  will  operate  upon  those  entitled  to  their 
services.     Materials  issued  by  the  Government  will  be  expended  only  in  opera- 
tions upon  those  entitled  to  free  services.    Emergency  work  for  officers  and  en- 
listed men  will  have  precedence  at  all  times  over  other  work. 

1400.  Members  of  the  Dental  Corps  will  not  perform  any  operation  upon 
officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  or  prescribe  medicines  for  them,  other  than 
those  necessary  for  the  treatment  of  the  teeth  and  gums.    This  prohibition  does 
not  apply  to  cases  of  emergency,  where  no  medical  officer  is  within  reach,  and 
where  a  dental  surgeon  or  an  acting  dental  surgeon  is  able  to  render  necessary 
surgical  assistance  to  meet  the  immediate  emergency. 

1401.  For  plate  work  or  for  the  filling  of  teeth  of  enlisted  men  the  materials 
supplied  by  the  Government  will  be  used  and  no  other,  and  members  of  the 
Dental  Corps  are  forbidden  to  enter  into  any  financial  agreement  with  enlisted 
men  involving  an  obligation  for  payment  for  silver,  platinum,  or  gold  used  for 
filling  cavities  in  teeth,  for  the  construction  of  bridge  work,  for  the  fitting  of 
crowns,  the  making  of  artificial  dentures,  or  other  dental  work.     Beyond  the 
territorial  limits  of  the  United  States,  post  commanders,  upon  receipt  of  written 
application  by  enlisted  men,  may  authorize  such  enlisted  men  to  receive  from 
members  of  the  Dental  Corps  any  class  of  dental  treatment  which  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  service  may  require.     In  such  cases  a  deposit  sufficient  to  cover 
the  proper  expenses  involved  will  be  made  with  the  post  commander  by  an 
enlisted  man  concerned  when  the  application  is  made. 

1402.  Enlisted  men  requiring  the  services  of  the  dentist  at  an  hour  pre- 
scribed by  the  commanding  officer  will  be  conducted  to  the  designated  place 
under  a   noncommissioned  officer,  who  will  take  with   him   and   hand  to  the 
dentist  a  list  of  those  reporting  for  treatment. 

1403.  All  cases  requiring  treatment  involving  future  appointment  will  be  so 
noted,  and  the  others  will  be  marked  according  to  the  circumstances,  as  "  Treat- 
ment   unnecessary,"    "  Further    treatment   unnecessary,"   "  Should    be    sent   to 
surgeon,"  etc.    When  future  treatment  is  necessary,  the  dentist  will,  in  writing, 
using  the  form  provided  therefor,  request  the  adjutant  to  direct  the  soldier  to 
report  for  treatment  at  a  time  designated. 

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1404.  The  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department  will  perform  all  necessary 
hospital   services   in   garrison,   camp,   or  field    (including   ambulance   service) 
under  such  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  and  assistants  as  may  be  de- 
tailed for  that  duty.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1406.  Master  hospital  sergeants  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  on 
the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon  General,  and  hospital  sergeants,  sergeants 
first  class,  and  sergeants  are  appointed  by  the  Surgeon  General,  all  after  having 
passed  a  satisfactory  examination  as  hereinafter  prescribed.  Corporals,  lance 
corporals  and  privates  first  class  are  appointed  on  the  recommendation  of 


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their  detachment  or  organization  commanders — (1)  by  the  Surgeon  General, 
if  serving  with  troops  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment; (2)  by  the  department  surgeon,  or  by  the  division  surgeon  of  a  mobilized 
division,  if  serving  with  departmental  or  divisional  troops.  Cooks  are  ap- 
pointed by  the  commanding  officer  of  a  company  or  detachment  of  the  Medical 
Department  in  such  numbers  as  are  allotted  to  the  company  or  detachment  by 
the  Surgeon  General  or  by  the  department  or  division  surgeon  by  authority  of 
the  Surgeon  General. 

Master  hospital  sergeants,  hospital  sergeants,  sergeants,  first  class,  and  ser- 
geants are  given  warrants  signed  by  the  Surgeon  General.  Corporals  are  given 
warrants  signed  by  the  officer  who  appoints  them.  Ordinarily  a  warrant 
issued  to  a  noncommissioned  officer  of  the  Medical  Department  confers  grade 
under  all  assignments ;  but  a  limited  warrant  as  sergeant,  first  class,  sergeant, 
or  corporal  may  be  issued  conferring  grade  for  service  only  with  a  field  hospital 
company,  ambulance  company,  or  company  of  instruction  designated  therein. 
Upon  relief  from  assignment  to  such  company  a  limited  warrant  ceases  and 
determines,  and  the  noncommissioned  officer  holding  the  same  reverts  to  his 
previous  grade  in  the  Medical  Department. 

No  person  shall  be  designated  for  examination  for  appointment  as  master 
hospital  sergeant,  hospital  sergeant,  or  sergeant,  first  class,  except  by  written 
authority  of  the  Surgeon  General ;  nor  for  examination  for  appointment  as  ser- 
geant except  by  written  authority  of  the  Surgeon  General,  if  serving  with 
troops  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  War  Department,  or  of  the 
department  surgeon  or  the  division  surgeon  of  a  mobilized  division,  if  serving 
with  departmental  or  divisional  troops.  A  candidate  for  appointment  as  mas- 
ter hospital  sergeant  must  have  served  not  less  than  12  months  as  hospital 
sergeant  or  sergeant,  first  class,  Medical  Department,  or  as  sergeant,  first 
class,  in  the  Hospital  Corps.  A  candidate  for  appointment  as  hospital  ser- 
geant must  have  served  not  less  than  12  months  as  sergeant,  first  class,  Medical 
Department,  or  sergeant,  first  class,  Hospital  Corps.  A  candidate  for  appoint- 
ment as  sergeant,  first  class,  must  have  served  not  less  than  12  months  as  ser- 
geant, Medical  Department,  or  sergeant,  Hospital  Corps. 

The  examination  of  a  candidate  for  appointment  as  master  hospital  sergeant, 
hospital  sergeant,  sergeant,  first  class,  or  sergeant  will  be  conducted  by  a  board 
of  one  or  more  medical  officers  at  the  station  where  the  candidate  is  serving. 
If  the  number  of  medical  officers  deemed  proper  for  the  board  is  not  available 
at  the  station  of  the  candidate  he  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  station  where  a 
board  can  be  convened.  When  the  examination  is  for  a  limited  warrant,  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  organization  in  which  the  candidate  is  to  serve  will 
constitute  the  board.  In  all  cases  the  report  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded 
directly  to  the  officer  authorizing  the  examination.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  29  and  46.) 

14:06.  Master  hospital  sergeants,  hospital  sergeants,  and  sergeants,  first 
class,  stationed  at  places  where  no  post  returns  are  made  will  make  such  per- 
sonal reports  as  the  Surgeon  General  may  direct.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1407.  Master    hospital    sergeants,    hospital    sergeants,    and    sergeants,    first 
class,  except  those  of  the  latter  grade  holding  limited  warrants,  though  liable 
to  discharge,  will  not  be  reduced,  except  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial.     Ser- 
geants, first  class,  holding  limited  warrants,   sergeants,   corporals,   lance  cor- 
porals cooks,  and  privates,  first  class,  may  be  reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial,  by  the  Surgeon  General,  by  a  department  surgeon,  or  by  the  division  sur- 
geon of  a  mobilized  division.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  46  and  49.) 

1408.  To  test  the  capacity  of  privates,  first  class,  and  privates  of  the  Medical 
Department  for  the  duties  of  noncommissioned  officers,  the  Surgeon  General, 


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the  department  surgeons,  and  the  division  surgeons  of  mobilized  divisions  may 
appoint  lance  corporals,  who  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  as  corporals ;  but  no 
detachment  shall  have  more  lance  corporals  at  a  time  than  enough  to  make  the 
proportion  of  all  noncommissioned  officers  present  for  duty  one  to  four  soldiers 
of  the  Medical  Department  in  the  grades  of  cook,  private,  first  class,  and  private. 
Lance  corporals  are  on  the  same  footing  regarding  reduction  as  corporals. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1409.  The  commander  of  an  Army  corps,  or  of  a  division  or  brigade  acting 
independently,  is  charged  with  the  full  control  of  the  transfer  from  the  line, 
the  enlistment,   reenlistment,   and   discharge  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical 
Department  of  his  command.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1410.  Original  enlistments  for  the  Medical  Department  are  made  in  the 
grade  of  private.     Master  hospital  sergeants,  hospital  sergeants,  sergeants  first 
class,  sergeants,  corporals,  lance  corporals,  cooks,  horseshoers,  saddlers,  farriers, 
mechanics,  and  privates  first  class,  may  be  reenlisted  in  their  respective  grades 
and  their  warrants  and  appointments  continued  in  force,  provided  they  reen- 
list  on  the  day  following  that  of  discharge.     Any  noncommissioned  officer  en- 
listed on  or  after  the  first  day  of  November,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  fur- 
loughed  to  the  reserve  upon  the  completion  of  three  years  in  the  active  service 
with  an  excellent  character,  shall  be  permitted  to  reenlist  in  the  organization 
from  which  furloughed  with  the  rank  and  grade  held  by  him  at  the  time  of 
his  furlough  if  he  reenlists  within  20  days  after  the  date  of  such  furlough.    In 
each  case  the  soldier  will  reenlist  at  the  place  where  his  organization  is  sta- 
tioned.    Each  enlistment  and  continuance  will  be  noted  on   the  warrant  or 
appointment  by  the  surgeon.     Recruiting  officers  at  general  recruiting  stations 
may  accept  applicants  for  enlistment  or  reenlistment  in  the  Medical  Department 
upon  the  authority  of  the  Surgeon  General  and  will  be  guided  by  his  instruc- 
tions in  making  the  physical  examination  of  ^such  applicants.    Applicants  may 
be  accepted  with  a  vision  of  20/70  in  each  eye  correctible  to  20/40  with  glasses, 
provided  that  no  organic  disease  exists  in  either  eye.    After  enlistment  recruits 
will  be  forwarded  to  such  stations  as  may  have  been  designated  for  them  by  the 
Surgeon  General.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  46  and  51.) 

1411.  Enlisted  men  of  the  line,  buglars  excepted,  may  be  transferred  to  the 
Medical  Department  as  privates  by  the  commander  of  a  department  or  a  mobil- 
ized division  or  separate  brigade  on  the  application  of  the  surgeon  of  the  post  or 
command,  forwarded  through  military  channels.    The  application  will  be  made 
on  the  form  provided  therefor.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  46  and  51.) 

1412.  Married  men  will  not  be  enlisted  as  privates  in  or  transferred  to  the 
Medical  Department,  and  no  enlisted  man  below  the  grade  of  sergeant,  first 
class,   who   is  married  will  be  reenlisted   therein   without  special   authority. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1413.  Enlisted   men   of  the   Medical   Department   will   not   be   required   to 
attend  ceremonies,  except  when  directed  by  the  commanding  officer,  and  will 
ordinarily  be  inspected  and -mustered  at  the  hospital.    The  forms  of  inspection 
will  be  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  drill  regulations  for  the  Medical 
Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1414.  To  meet  the  requirements  of  epidemics  or  other  emergencies  and  to  fill 
vacancies  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department  may  be  transferred  by  a 
department  commander  between  posts  in  his  department,  the  quota  of  each 
post,  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs  1416  and  1417,  not  being  permanently  ex- 
ceeded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1415.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment will  be  kept  by  the  medical  officer  under  whose  immediate  direction  they 


288  MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

are  serving.  All  such  enlisted  men  casually  at  a  post,  carnp,  or  other  station 
are  under  the  immediate  orders  of  the  surgeon,  except  prisoners,  who  will,  how- 
ever, be  borne  on  the  muster  rolls,  morning  reports,  and  returns  of  the  Medical 
Department  detachment.  If  furloughed  to  the  reserve  or  discharged  their  final 
statements  will  be  prepared  by  the  surgeon. 

Upon  the  transfer  of  an  enlisted  man  of  the  Medical  Department  from  one 
sanitary  formation  to  another  his  descriptive  list  will  be  closed  by  his  imme- 
diate commander  and  a  new  list  furnished  to  his  new  immediate  commander. 
If  there  is  no  change  in  the  soldier's  military  record  or  in  his  accounts  of  pay 
and  clothing  while  under  the  new  commanding  officer,  the  latter  may  forward 
the  list  by  wrapper,  stating  that  there  has  been  no  such  change,  to  the  next  suc- 
cessive commander,  who  may  in  turn  do  likewise,  the  conditions  remaining  the 
same,  taking  care,  however,  to  use  the  original  wrapper  of  transmittal.  This 
procedure  may  be  continued  for  successive  transfers  until  there  is  a  change  in 
the  soldier's  status  requiring  entry  in  his  military  record  or  in  his  pay  and 
clothing  account,  when  a  new  list  will  be  opened  by  the  medical  officer  under 
whose  command  the  soldier  is  when  the  change  occurs.  The  medical  officer 
preparing  the  new  list  will  retain  the  old  list  for  his  protection.  In  case  of 
subsequent  transfer,  the  new  list  will  be  closed  and  filed  and  another  list  pre- 
pared and  forwarded  in  the  usual  manner.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1416.  At  every  permanent  military  post  there  will  be  at  least  one  noncom- 
missioned officer  of  the  Medical   Department  and  an   additional   noncommis- 
sioned officer  for  every  four  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
grades  of  cook,  private,  first  class,  and  private  in  excess  of  four.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  46.) 

1417.  At  every  permanent  military  post  there  will  be  at  least  four  enlisted 
men  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  grades  of  cook,  private,  first  class, 
and  private;  six  when  the  strength  of  the  garrison  is  200;  and  two  additional 
for  every  additional  100  of  strength.    They  will  be  assigned  by  the  surgeon  to 
appropriate  duties  connected  with  the  hospital  service.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1418.  The  number  of  enlisted  men  of  the  several   grades  of  the  Medical 
Department  to  be  stationed  at  general  hospitals,  arsenals,  engineer  stations, 
and  independent  posts  will  be  determined  by  the  Surgeon  General  under  the 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1419.  Special  instruction  in  the  methods  of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  sick 
and  wounded  will  be  given  to  all  enlisted  men  of  the  Signal  Corps  and  of  the 
line  of  the  Army  by  their  company  officers  for  at  least  twelve  hours  in  each 
calendar  year. 

1420.  All  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department  will  be  instructed  under 
the  supervision  of  the  surgeon  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers,  the  methods  of 
rendering  first  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  the  various  subjects  pertaining 
to  the  sanitary  soldier.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

142<H.  Privates,  first  class,  are  eligible  for  ratings  for  additional  pay  as  fol- 
lows :  As  dispensary  assistant,  $2  a  month ;  as  nurse,  $3  a  month ;  as  surgical 
assistant,  $5  a  month :  Provided,  That  no  enlisted  man  may  receive  more  than 
one  rating  for  additional  pay  under  this  regulation,  nor  may  he  receive  any 
additional  pay  under  such  rating  unless  he  shall  have  actually  performed  the 
duties  for  which  he  shall  be  rated.  These  ratings  will  be  made,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  detachment  or  organization  commander,  (1)  by  the 
Surgeon  General,  if  the  men  are  serving  with  troops  under  the  immediate 
supervision  of  the  War  Department;  (2)  by  the  department  surgeon,  or  by  the 
division  surgeon  of  a  mobilized  division,  if  serving  with  departmental  or 
divisional  troops.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 


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NURSE  CORPS    (FEMALE). 

1421.  Army  nurses  will  be  appointed  ami  discharged  by  the  Surgeon  General 
with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    They  will  be  assigned  to  duty  at 
hospitals  under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon  General. 

1422.  The  superintendent  of  the  Nurse  Corps,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Surgeon  General,  will  have  general  supervision  of  the  corps,  and  her  duties 
and  the  duties  of  chief  nurses  and  nurses  shall  be  as  prescribed  by  the  Sur- 
geon General. 

1423.  The  services  of  army  nurses  will  be  afforded  sick  and  wounded  officers, 
enlisted  men,  and  other  patients  in  military  hospitals.     When  traveling  tinder 
orders  on  transports  they  will  assist  in  the  care  of  sick  officers  and  enlisted 
men,  under  the  direction  of  the  transport  surgeon. 

1424.  Members  of  officers'  and  enlisted  men's  families  are  not  entitled  to  the 
services  of  army  nurses,  but  in  great  emergencies  and  for  the  manifest  interest 
of  the  service,  nurses  will  care  for  such  patients  when  so  directed  by  the  officer 
in  charge  of  the  hospital,  a  report  of  the  fact  being  made  in  each  instance  to  the 
Surgeon  General  through  military  channels. 

1425.  At   places   where   the   services   of   trained   nurses   are   not   otherwise 
obtainable,  a  nurse  may,  if  she  so  desires,  and  with  the  approval  of  the  officer  in 
charge  of  the  hospital,  be  granted  a  special  leave,  without  pay  and  allowances, 
in  order  to  take  a  private  case,  such  leaves  not  to  exceed  sixty  days. 

1426.  The  pay,  allowances,  and  privileges  of  nurses  are  specified  by  law,  and 
they  are  forbidden  to  receive  presents  from  patients,  or  from  the  relatives  or 
friends  of  patients,  for  services  rendered  when  on  duty. 

GARRISON    AND   FIELD    SERVICE. 

1427.  Ambulances   are   vehicles   provided    for    the   service   of   the   Medical 
Department.    They  will  be  furnished  and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 
They  will  be  used  only  for  the  following  purposes :  The  transportation  of  the 
sick  and  wounded  and  the  absolutely  necessary  nurses  or  attendants  on  duty 
therewith ;    the   recreation   of   convalescent   patients ;    the   instruction    of   en- 
listed men  of  the  Medical  Department  in  the  duties  of  the  ambulance  service; 
and  in  the  field,  in  urgent  cases,  for  the  transportation  of  medical  supplies. 
All  persons  are  prohibited  from  using  them,  or  requiring  or  permitting  them 
to  be  used  for  any  other  purpose.     Ambulances  will  always  be  subject  to  tne 
call  of  the  surgeon,  in  garrison,  and  of  the  medical  officer  on  whom  responsi- 
bility for  the  transportation  of  the  sick  devolves,  in  the  field,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  report  to  the  commander  of  troops  any  violation  of  the  above- 
mentioned  provisions  governing  their  use.    When  practicable,  in  garrison,  they 
will  be  housed  near  the  hospital.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  8  and  55.) 

1428.  Ambulances  complete  will  be  issued  and  classed  as  follows : 

1.  For  mobile  army  troops,  to  accompany  troops  in  the  field. 

2.  For  post  purposes  exclusively,  e.  g.,  for  Coast  Artillery  stations,  recruit 
depots,  certain  mobile  army  stations  which  would  require  ambulance  service 
after  withdrawal  of  mobile  army  troops  therefrom,"  military  prisons,   supply 
depots,  etc.     Department  commanders  will  see  that  such  of  these  posts  as  re- 
quire ambulance  service  are  provided  with  ambulances  which  do  not  belong 
to  the  divisional  or  other  sanitary  train  of  the  mobile  army. 

3.  For  general  hospitals  and  for  reserve  supply. 

Ambulances  under  class  1  will  be  furnished  in  numbers  prescribed  for  war 
basis  in  Tables  of  Organization;  under  classes  2  and  3  the  number  of  ambu- 
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290  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

lances  to  be  supplied  will  be  determined  by  the  War  Department  on  recom- 
mendation of  the  department  commander  as  regards  class  2,  and  of  the  Sur- 
geon General  as  regards  class  3.  ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  8. ) 

1429.  At  each  post  one  or  more  privates  of  the  detachment  Medical  Depart- 
ment will  be  designated  by  the  surgeon  as  ambulance  driver  only  for  ambu- 
lances not  belonging  to  organized  ambulance  companies.     In  addition  to  his 
other  duties  he  will  care  for  the  ambulance,  its  equipment,  and  harness,  and 
see  that  they  are  ready  for  immediate  use;  and  in  the  field  he  will  care  for 
the  animals  also.     In  garrison,  when  it  is  necessary  to  use  the  ambulance  for 
any  transportation  purposes,  the  commanding  officer,  on  the  application  of  the 
surgeon,  will  see  that  the  requisite  animals  are  provided  by  the  quartermaster 
and  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  surgeon.    At  stations  of  organized  ambulance 
companies,  class  2  ambulances  may  be  used  for  garrison  ambulance  service  or 
the  ambulance  company  may  furnish  the  garrison  ambulance  service,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  post  commander.     ( C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  8  and  55. ) 

1430.  Each  company  will  be  furnished  with  one  hand  litter,  which  frill  be 
kept  ready  for  use  at  all  times.    It  will  be  supplied  by  the  Medical  Department. 

1431.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  8.) 

14312-  Transportation  assigned  to  mobile  army  troops  for  sanitary  purposes 
is  classed  as  follows : 

1.  The  sanitary  combat  train.     (A  pack  mule  to  carry  equipment  for  the  regi- 
mental aid  station.)     These  pack  mules  are  provided  in  time  of  peace  and  are 
assigned  to  the  organizations  indicated  in  the  Tables  of  Organization.     They 
will  be  placed  at  the  disposition  of  the  surgeon  when  needed  for  drill  of  en- 
listed men  of  the  Medical  Department  in  packing,  and  will  habitually  accom- 
pany the  combat  train  of  the  organizations  to  which  they  are  assigned,  both  in 
peace  and  war. 

2.  Ambulances  of  class  1,  paragraph  1428.    These  are  marked  with  the  words 
".  Sanitary  Train Division,"  and  with  the  number  of  the  ambulance  com- 
pany to  which  assigned.    Ambulance  companies  operated  in  peace  are  equipped 
with  their  quota  of  ambulances,  and  the  remaining  ambulances  of  the  divisional 
sanitary  train  are  attached  in  time  of  peace  to  combatant  organizations  of  the 
division  by  the'  department  commander.    Ambulances  so  attached  are  available 
for  garrison  service  in  peace  when  required,  as  well  as  ambulances  of  class  2, 
and  will  be  cared  for  by  ambulance  drivers  designated  by  the  surgeon.     When 
the  division  is  assembled,  these  ambulances  accompany  the  organizations  to 
which  attached1,  join  the  companies  to  which  they  are  assigned,  and  complete 
the  ambulance  equipment  of  the  sanitary  companies  not  operated  in  time  of 
peace. 

3.  Wagons  pertaining  to  the  divisional  sanitary  train.    These  will  be  marked 
with  the  words  "  Sanitary  Train Division  "  and  the  number  of  the  com- 
pany to  which  assigned.    Companie's  belonging  to  the  sanitary  train  which  are 
operated  in  peace  are  equipped  with  their  quota  of  wagons.    In  addition,  wagons 
of  the  divisional  sanitary  train  are  attached  to  combatant  organizations,   as 
prescribed  in  Tables  of  Organization,  for  the  transportation  of  the  camp  in- 
firmary.   When  the  division  is  assembled  these  wagons  accompany  the  organiza- 
tions to  which  attached  and  join  the  sanitary  companies  to  which  assigned. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  8  and  55.) 

1432.  Commanding  officers  will  inspect  ambulances,  litters,  and  other  field 
sanitary  materiel  at  each  monthly  inspection  and  see  that  the  equipment  is  com- 
plete and  in  serviceable  condition.  When  practicable,  the  ambulance  fully 
equipped  for  service,  with  the  animals  attached,  and  the  pack  mule  carrying  the 
sanitary  equipment  pertaining  to  the  sanitary  combat  train,  will  be  presented 
for  inspection.  (C.  A.  R,  No,  8.) 


GARRISON   AND   FIELD  SERVICE.  291 

1433.  Medical  Department  enlisted  personnel  is  classified  as  follows : 
L.That  portion  Attached  to  combatant  organizations. 

2.  That  portion  assigned  to  units  of  the  divisional  sanitary  train  and  to 
administrative  offices  in  the*  field. 

3.  That  portion  assigned  to  the  service  of  the  interior  for  service  in  war, 
which  should  include  only  the  minimum  of  trained  men. 

All  men  of  the  Medical  Department  will  be  carried  on  muster  rolls  and  returns 
of  the  Medical  Department,  under  "  Remarks,"  as  attached  to  a  definite  com- 
batant organization,  or  as  belonging  to  a  unit  of  class  2,  or  to  class  3.  Depart- 
me'nt  commanders  will  determine,  on  recommendation  of  the  department  sur- 
geon, the  number  of  men  at  each  post  or  station  to  be  assigned  to  each  class, 
within  the  limits  prescribed  in  Tables  of  Organizations,  and  the  individual  men 
will  be  assigned  to  their  respective  classes  and  those  of  class  1  attached  to  or- 
ganizations of  mobile  troops  by  the  post  commander  on  recommendation  of  the 
surgeon.  All  papers  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department  of  classes  1  and 
2,  required  when  sanitary  personnel  accompanies  troops  to  which  attached,  will 
be  prepared  in  advance  so  far  as  practicable.  Medical  officers  assigned  to 
stations  of  mobile  army  troops,  except  those  on  duty  with  ambulance  or  field 
hospital  companies,  will  be  similarly  attached  to  organizations  by  the  post 
commander  on  recommendation  of  the  surgeon.  Combatant  organizations  will 
carry  attached  sanitary  troops  in  red  ink  on  their  muster  rolls  and  returns. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  8  and  55.) 

1434.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

1434£.  Surgeons  of  posts  will  keep  on  hand  horse  equipments  furnished  by 
the  Ordnance  Department  for  the  use  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment under  their  command  who  are  authorized  in  Tables  of  Organization  to  be 
mounted  in  war.  At  all  posts  where  there  are  Cavalry  troops,  or  a  Field 
Artillery  headquarters  detachment,  or  Infantry  mounted  orderlies,  or  a  field 
hospital  company  or  an  ambulance  company,  these  men  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment who  are  authorized  to  be  mounted  in  peace  will  be  reported  to  a  troop  or 
mounted  detachment  commander  for  instruction  in  equitation,  under  instruc- 
tions published  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos. 
8  and  55.) 

1435.  Rescinded.     (C'.  A.  R.,  No.  8.) 

1435*.  On  receipt  of  orders  directing  a  movement  of  troops  of  the  mobile 
Army  with  attached  sanitary  personnel,  the  Medical  Department  personnel  of 
class  1  attached  to  those  troops,  together  with  the  drivers  of  ambulances  and 
wagons  attached,  will  report  for  duty  to  the  organization  commander,  and, 
while  absent,  will  be  carried  as  on  detached  service,  unless  another  status  is 
specified  in  orders.  When  the  troops  again  come  under  the  jurisdiction  of  a 
post  commander,  the  attached  sanitary  personnel  will  report  to  the  surgeon  of 
the  post  for  garrison  duty.  Property  pertaining  to  the  sanitary  service,  re- 
quired by  an  organization  temporarily  detached  from  its  station,  will  be  issued 
by  the  surgeon  to  the  senior  medical  officer  accompanying  the  organization,  on 
memorandum  receipt.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  8.) 

1436.  Field  hospitals  and  ambulance  companies  will  be  considered  organiza- 
tions of  the  mobile  Army  and,  except  as  to  medical  supplies,  will  be  supplied, 
instructed,  and  disciplined  and  the  affairs  thereof  administered  as  is  provided 
by  the  Army  Regulations  for  other  organizations  of  the  mobile  Army.     ( C.  A.  R., 

'  No.  8.) 

1437.  No  person,  except  the  proper  medical  officers  or  the  officers,  noncom- 
missioned officers,  and  privates  of  the  ambulance  service,  or  such  persons  as 
may  be  specially  assigned  by  competent  military  authority  to  duty  therewith, 


292  MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

will  be  permitted  to  take  or  accompany  sick  or  injured  men  to  the  rear,  either 
on  the  march  or  elsewhere. 

1438.  For  service  in  campaign  against  uncivilized   tribes,   or   under  other 
circumstances  which  justify  the  expectation  that  their  rights  under  the  Geneva 
Convention  will  not  be  respected,  commanding  officers  will  issue  to  the  com- 
missioned and  enlisted  personnel  of  the  Medical  Department  pistols  or  other 
available  firearms  for  their  own  defense  and  for  that  of  the  sick  and  wounded 
under   their  charge.     To   ambulance  companies   and   field   hospital   companies 
there  will  be  issued  such  number  of  pistol  equipments  as  may  be  prescribed 
in  equipment  orders  or   manuals  for  equipping  the   enlisted  personnel   when 
required,  as  authorized  by  the  Geneva  Convention,  and  for  the  performance 
of  their  own  interior  guard  duty.      (C.  A.  R.,  No.  36.) 

GENEBAL    HOSPITALS. 

1439.  General  hospitals  will  be  under  the  exclusive  control  of  the  SuYgeon 
General  and  will  be  governed  by  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may 
prescribe.     The  senior  medical  officer  on  duty  therein  will  command  the  same 
and  will  not  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  local  commanders  other  than  those  of 
territorial  departments  to  whom  specific  delegation  of  authority  may  have  been 
made.     The  commanding  officer  of  a  territorial  department  may  order  to  any 
general  hospital  located  within  the  limits  of  his  department  and  to  the  General 
Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  any  cases  of  sickness  and  injury   among 
officers  and  enlisted  men  under  his  command  that  are  appropriate  for  treat- 
ment at  such  hospital.     Officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army 
who  shall  have  been  transferred  to  a  general  hospital  for  treatment  only  will, 
when  fit  for  duty,  be  returned  to  their  proper  posts  or  commands  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  hospital,  unless  he  shall  have  been  otherwise  instructed. 
Upon  request  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Letterman  General  Hospital, 
Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  the  commanding  general,  Western  Department, 
will  issue  the  necessary  travel  orders  for  patients  from  that  hospital  recom- 
mended for  treatment  at  the  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  39.) 

1440.  Hospital  transports,  boats,  and  railway  trains,   after  being  properly 
assigned  as  such,  will  be  exclusively  under  the  control  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment, and  will  not  be  diverted  from  their  special  purposes  by  orders  of  local 
or  department  commanders  or  officers  of  other  staff  corps. 

1441.  The  Army  and  Navy  General  Hospital,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  is  under 
the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  is  devoted  to  the  treatment  of  the 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  military  and  naval  service  of  the  United  States, 
cadets  at   the  United   States  Military   and   Naval   Academies,   officers  of   the 
Revenue-Cutter  Service,  officers  of  the  Public  Health  Service,  and  honorably 
discharged  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  and  Navy 
of  the  United  States  for  such  diseases  as  the  waters  of  the  Hot  Springs  of 
Arkansas  have  an  established  reputation  in  benefiting. 

1442.  Admission  to  this  hospital  is  restricted  to  those  of  the  above-named 
classes  who  require  medical  treatment  in  the  following  order  of  preference: 
(1)  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  the  Navy,  and  the  Marine  Corps  on 
the  active  lists  and  cadets  at  the  United  States  Military  and  Naval  Acade- 
mies;    (2)   officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  the  Navy,  and  the  Marine' 
Corps  on  the  retired  lists;   (3)   officers  of  the  Revenue-Cutter  Service  and  of 
the  Public  Health  Service;  (4)  honorably  discharged  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the 
Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  may  also  be  ad- 
mitted by  authority  of  the  Surgeon  General  when  there  are  vacant  beds  in  the 
hospital. 


GENERAL   HOSPITALS.  293 

1443.  The  ration  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  on  the  active  list  while  under 
treatment  and  the  ration  of  members  of  the  Nurse  Corps  while  on  duty  in  this 
hospital  will  be  commuted  at  the  rate  of  40  cents  a  ration,  to  be  paid  to  the 
surgeon  in  charge  by  the  post  quartermaster  or  by  such  officer  of  the  Quarter- 
master Corps  as  may  be  designated,  conformably  to  the  regulations  governing 
the  subsistence  of  patients  and  nurses  at  other  Army  hospitals.    The  ration  of 
the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  on  duty  at  this  hospital  will  be  commuted  at  the 
rate  of  40  cents  a  ration,  to  be  paid  to  the  men  by  the  quartermaster  upon 
their  individual  receipts,  conformably  to  the  regulations  governing  such  pay- 
ments in  other  Army  cases.    The  subsistence  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Navy  and 
of  the  Marine  Corps  on  the  active  list  under  treatment  in  this  hospital  in  pur- 
suance of  orders  will  be  paid  for  to  the  surgeon  in  charge  at  the  rate  of  40 
cents  a  day  by  the  proper  officer  of  the  Navy  Department,  upon  monthly  state- 
ments of  amounts  due  certified  by  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army  to  the 
Surgeon  General  of  the  Navy  through  the  prescribed  channels.      (C.  A.  R., 
No.  45.) 

1444.  Enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  the  Navy,  and  the  Marine  Corps  on  the 
retired  list  and  honorably  discharged  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Regular  and 
Volunteer  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  will  pay  for  subsistence  at  the 
rate  of  40  cents  a  day. 

1445.  The  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  is  under  the  direction 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  is  set  apart  as  a  sanitarium  for  the  treatment  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  suffering  from  pulmonary  tuberculosis. 

1446.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army  in  suitable 
cases,  as  determined  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  territorial  department 
under  whose  command  they  are  serving,  or  by  the  War  Department  if  serving  at 
posts   or   stations   that   are  exempted   from   the  control   of   department   com- 
manders,  upon   the  recommendation   of  the  proper  medical   officers,   may   be 
ordered  to  the  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  for  treatment.     No 
enlisted  man  will  be  recommended  for  transfer  to  Fort  Bayard  unless  he  is 
willing  if  discharged  to  remain  at  that  hospital  for  treatment  as  a  beneficiary 
of  the  Soldiers'  Home  for  a  period  of  three  months  from  admission  thereto. 
Soldiers  suffering  from  pulmonary  tuberculosis  who  do  not  desire  treatment  at 
that  hospital  will  be  recommended  for  discharge  on  certificates  of  disability. 

An  enlisted  man  who  is  sent  to  Fort  Bayard  for  treatment,  or  his  attendant 
if  he  has  one,  will  be  furnished  by  the  commanding  officer  of  his  post  or  station 
with  an  official  telegram  blank,  and  will  be  instructed  to  telegnsph  from  Deming, 
N.  Mex.,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  hospital,  reporting  the  train  upon 
which  the  patient  may  be  expected  to  arrive. 

Authority  for  the  transfer  to  the  Army  and  Navy  General  Hospital  at  Hot 
Springs,  Ark.,  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army,  except 
those  serving  under  the  command  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  territorial 
department  in  which  the  hospital  is  situated,  will  be  applied  for  in  each  case 
to  the  War  Department.  Department  commanders,  however,  need  not  forward 
to  the  War  Department  applications  for  such  transfer  which  do  not  meet  their 
approval. 

No  enlisted  man  who  is  unfitted  for  military  service  by  reason  of  a  disability 
that  is  not  curable  within  a  reasonable  time  so  as  to  enable  him  to  return  to 
full  duty,  will  be  recommended  for  treatment  at  the  Army  and  Navy  General 
Hospital.  In  such  cases  discharge  on  certificates  of  disability  will  be  recom- 
mended. 

The  recommendation  of  the  medical  officer  for  transfer  to  either  of  these 
hospitals  for  treatment,  together  with  a  full  medical  report  of  the  case  and  a 
certificate  by  the  medical  officer  stating  the  disability  for  which  he  recommends 


294  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

the  transfer  of  the  case  to  the  hospital  selected  and  his  opinion  that  treatment 
in  that  hospital  will  conduce  to  the  more  rapid  recovery  of  the  patient,  will  be 
forwarded  through  military  channels  to  the  authority  competent  to  order  the 
patient  to  the  hospital  selected.  In  case  of  necessity  such  authority  may  order 
an  attendant  to  accompany  the  patient  and  return  to  such  attendant's  proper 
station  on  completing  the  duty,  but  care  should  be  taken  not  to  send  any  patient 
to  either  of  these  hospitals  when  travel  would  be  dangerous  or  injurious  to  him. 

The  medical  officer  who  certifies  a  case  for  transfer  for  treatment  to  either  of 
these  hospitals  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  proper  selection  of  the  case,  for 
the  correctness  of  the  diagnosis  made  therein,  and  for  recommending  at  the 
proper  time  the  transfer  of  the  patient  to  the  hospital  selected. 

Retired  officers  of  the  Army  may  apply  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army  for  permission  to  enter  these  hospitals,  the  application  in  each  case 
to  be  accompanied  by  the  medical  report  and  certificate  hereinbefore  prescribed 
for  officers  on  the  active  list. 

SERVICE  IN  HOSPITALS. 

1447.  The  surgeon  is  charged  with  the  management  and  is  responsible  for 
the  condition  of  the  hospital,  which  will  be  at  all  times  subject  to  inspection  by 
the  commanding  officer.    The  surgeon  will  inspect  the  hospital  every  morning, 
and  on  Saturday  will  also  inspect  the  detachment  of  the  Medical  Department. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1448.  The  surgeon  will  assign  his  assistants  and  the  enlisted  men  of  the 
Medical  Department  to  duty  and  report  them  on  the  muster  rolls  in  the  capacity 
in  which  they  are  serving.     With  the  approval  of  the  commanding  officer,  he 
will  also  appoint  the  matrons.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1449.  Hospital  matrons  will  be  allowed  at  hospitals  at  posts  and  arsenals  in 
numbers  to  be  fixed  by  the  Surgeon  General. 

1450.  Patients  will,  if  possible,  leave  their   arms  and  accouterments  with 
their  companies. 

1451.  Whenever  a  soldier  is  detached  from  his  company  or  other  organiza- 
tion or  station  for  treatment  or  observation  by  and  under  control  of  officers  of 
the  Medical  Department,  his  company  or  other  immediate  commander  will  send 
the  soldier's  service  record  directly  to  the  medical  officer  in  charge  of  the 
hospital  or  other  place  to  which  the  soldier  is  or  has  been  sent.    If  the  service 
record  is  not  received  by  such  medical  officer  in  due  time,  he  will  make  a  direct 
call  upon  the  proper  officer  to  furnish  it.     The  service  record  of  the  soldier 
will  be  transmitted  by  indorsement  to  the  several  officers  under  whose  charge 
he  comes  in  the  course  of  subsequent  transfers,  should  such  ensue,  from  hospital 
to  hospital,  by  hospital  ships,  hospital  trains,  or  otherwise,  or  when  he  is  sent 
to  an  organization  or  station  for  duty.     In  case  the  soldier  is  returned  or  sent 
to,  or  receives  a  furlough  at  the  expiration  of  which  he  is  to  return  .to  or  join, 
a  particular  company  or  other  organization  or  station,  the  service  record  will 
lie   sent   directly   to   the   immediate   commander   of   such   company    or   other 
organization  or  station. 

Whenever  a  soldier  detached  from  his  company  or  other  organization  or  sta- 
tion and  under  control  of  the  Medical  Department  passes  out  of  that  control,  his 
service  record  will  be  forwarded  at  once  by  the  responsible  officer  as  follows: 
(a)  In  case  of  discharge,  death,  retirement,  capture,  desertion,  return  to  duty, 
or  upon  receiving  a  furlough  at  the  expiration  of  which  the  soldier  is  to  re- 
turn to  his  company  or  other  organization  or  station,  or  upon  being  dropped, 
to  the  soldier's  company  or  other  immediate  commander;  (6)  in  case  of  transfer 


SERVICE  IN   HOSPITALS.  295 

to  another  company  or  other  organization  or  station,  to  the  immediate  com- 
mander of  the  company  or  other  organization  or  station  to  which  the  soldier  is 
transferred;  (c)  in  case  of  transfer  to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane, 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

In  the  cases  of  soldiers  detached  from  their  companies  or  other  organizations 
or  stations  and  under  the  control  of  the  Medical  Department  action  will  be 
taken  by  the  proper  medical  officers  as  follows :  If  a  soldier  is  discovered  to  be 
a  deserter  from  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  paragraph  133  will  be  complied  with  ; 
if  a  soldier  is  discharged,  a  final  statement  will  be  furnished  to  him ;  if  a  soldier 
dies,  paragraph  162  will  be  complied  with.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1452.  Sick  or  wounded  soldiers,  discharged  while  in  hospital,  will  be  entitled 
to  medical  treatment  in  hospital,  and  to  the  usual  ration  during  disability,  or 
for  the  period  considered  proper  for  them  to  remain  under  treatment,  but  a 
discharged  soldier  who  has  left  the  hospital  will  not  be  readmitted  except  upon 
the  written  order  of  the  commanding  officer. 

1453.  Recently  discharged  soldiers,  needing  hospital  treatment,  who  arrive 
in  New  York  City,  San  Francisco,  or  other  port  on  Government  transports,  may 
be  sent  to  one  of  the  military  hospitals  in  the  vicinity,  and  rations  in  kind 
drawn  for  them  while  undergoing  treatment. 

1454.  Tents,  clothing,  hospital  furniture,  and  other  stores  used  in  the  treat- 
ment of  contagious  diseases  will  be  disinfected  or  burned  upon  the  recommen- 
dation and  under  the  supervision  of  a  medical  officer. 

1455.  The  Secretary  of  War  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon 
General,  order  gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  to  soldiers  who  have  had  contagious 
diseases,  and  to  hospital  attendants  who  have  nursed  them,  to  replace  articles 
destroyed  by  order  of  the  proper  medical  officer  to  prevent  contagion. 

1456.  Medical  officers  in  charge  of  hospital  property  will  not  permit  it  to 
be  used  for  other  than  hospital  purposes. 

1457.  Civilian  employees  at  military  posts,  including  the  employees  of  post 
exchanges,  may  be  furnished  the  medical  supplies  prescribed  for  them  by  a 
medical  officer  under  such  regulations  as  the  Surgeon  General  may  establish  in 
accordance  with  law. 

145S.  A  civilian  employee  on  duty  at  a  station  where  other  than  Army  med- 
ical attendance  can  not  be  procured  is  entitled,  when  necessary,  to  admission  to 
hospital. 

1459.  A  civilian  seaman  or  river  boatman  will  be  admitted  to  an  Army 
hospital  only  on  permit  issued  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  Public  Health 
Service  or  by  a  customs  officer,  unless  his  condition  demands  immediate  relief, 
when  in  the  discretion  of  the  post  commander  he  may  be  admitted  in  advance 
of  the  receipt  of  the  permit.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Organized 
Militia  while  attending  national  rifle  contests  or  joint  camps  of  instruction 
will  be  admitted  to  field  hospitals  of  the  Army  on^the  approval,  respectively, 
of  the  executive  officer  of  the  national  matches  or  the  commanding  officer  of 
the  joint  camps  of  instruction.  Members  of  the  families  of  officers  and  en- 
listed men  requiring  hospital  treatment  or  isolation  will  be  admitted  to  Army 
hospitals  when  suitable  accommodations  for  their  care  are  available.  Other 
civilians  not  in  the  public  service  will  be  admitted  to  hospital  only  in  cases 
of  extreme  necessity,  and  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  on  the 
written  application  of  the  surgeon.  Their  food  will  be  purchased  from  the 
hospital  fund  when  they  have  the  means  to  reimburse  that  fund  for  such  pur- 
chases. In  cases  of  destitution  rations  may  be  issued  to  them  under  the  condi- 
tions laid  down  in  paragraph  1219. 


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1460.  Hospital  charges  at  the  Ariny  and  Navy  General  Hospital,  Hot 
Springs,  Ark.,  and  at  the  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  are  gov- 
erned by  special  regulations  made  from  time  to  time.  Subsistence  charges  for 
patients  in  other  Army  hospitals,  except  field  hospitals,  will  be  as  follows :  For 
retired  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine  Corps,  for  enlisted  men  of 
the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps,  and  for  civilians  on  the  footing  of  enlisted  men, 
40  cents  a  day ;  for  officers  of  the  Army,  $1  a  day ;  for  officers  of  the  Navy, 
including  warrant  officers,  and  of  the  Marine  Corps,  and  for  civilians  on  the 
footing  of  officers,  $1.25  a  day.  In  field  hospitals  the  subsistence  charges  for  the 
above  classes  will  be  30  cents  a  day,  50  cents  a  day,  and  60  cents  a  day,  respec- 
tively. When  necessary  to  protect  the  hospital  fund  at  posts  in  Alaska  against 
actual  loss  the  post  commanders  may  prescribe  an  additional  charge  for  each 
such  patient  not  to  exceed  25  cents  a  day.  The  money  received  for  subsistence 
charges  will  be  accounted  for  with  the  hospital  fund. 

A  medicine  charge  of  25  cents  a  day  will  be  made  for  all  patients  in  Army 
hospitals  who  are  not  entitled  to  medical  care  and  treatment  at  the  cost  of 
Army  appropriations,  including  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Navy  and 
Marine  Corps,  civilian  employees  and  civilians,  the  money  received  therefor  to 
be  deposited  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  to  the  credit  of  the  proper 
appropriations  and  to  be  accounted  for  in  due  form  accordingly. 

The  surgeon  will  determine  in  each  case,  subject  to  instructions  from  higher 
authority,  whether  civilian  patients  shall  be  on  the  footing  of  enlisted  men  or 
of  officers. 

Subsistence  charges  will  be  made  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Organ- 
ized Militia  admitted  to  field  hospitals  of  the  Army  under  paragraph  1459, 
at  the  rate  of  50  cents  a  day  and  30  cents  a  day,  respectively,  to  be  accounted 
for  with  the  hospital  fund,  and  medicine  charges  at  the  rate  of  25  cents  a  day 
to  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriations.  The  subsistence 
charges  for  enlisted  men  and  the  medicine  charges  for  officers  and  enlisted 
men  will  constitute  charges  against  the  allotments,  under  section  1661,  Revised 
Statutes,  to  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  to  the  militia  of 
which  the  patients  respectively  belong. 

1401.  Officers  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Army  should  pay  their  indebted- 
ness for  hospital  charges  before  leaving  the  hospital,  or  promptly  at  the  end  of 
every  month  if  they  then  continue  in  the  hospital. 

If  the  hospital  charges  against  an  officer  are  not  paid  by  the  fifth  day  of 
the  month  immediately  following  that  in  which  they  were  incurred,  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  hospital  will  forward  a  statement  of  the  indebtedness, 
through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon  General,  for  the  action  required  by 
paragraph  1308. 

A  civilian  employee  who  is  unable  to  pay  his  hospital  charges  at  the  pre- 
scribed time  will  give  a  certificate  of  his  indebtedness,  in  triplicate,  on  Form 
49  A,  Medical  Department  (marking  one  number  "original,"  one  "duplicate," 
and  the  third  "triplicate"),  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  hospital,  who 
will  designate  by  indorsement  thereon  the  officer  to  whom  the  amount  of  the 
indebtedness  should  be  remitted,  and  will  forward  the  original  and  duplicate 
at  once  through  proper  channels  to  the  officer  under  whom  the  employee  is 
serving,  retaining  the  triplicate  for  his  own  files.  The  employing  officer  will 
refer  the  certificate  to  the  quartermaster  or  disbursing  officer  who  is  to  pay  the 
employee,  and  such  quartermaster  or  disbursing  officer  will  deduct  the  amount 
of  the  indebtedness  from  the  pay  due,  and  will  remit  the  amount  so  deducted 
to  the  officer  designated  to  receive  it.  When  an  employee  who  is  indebted  for 
hospital  charges  dies  before  the  indebtedness  is  settled,  the  commanding  officer 


HOSPITAL  BUILDINGS.  297 

of  the  hospital  will  prepare  an  account  thereof  in  duplicate  certifying  the 
same  to  be  correct,  and  will  forward  one  number  to  the  employing  officer  for 
his  information  and  guidance,  and  the  second  number,  through  the  Surgeon 
General,  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  retaining  a  copy  for  his  own 
files.  Should  a  certificate  of  the  indebtedness  have  been  given  previously  all 
the  numbers  thereof  will  be  assembled  and  forwarded  with  the  account  for  the 
auditor.  Ordinarily  the  commanding  officer  of  the  hospital  where  the  employee 
was  cared  for  will  be  designated  as  the  officer  who  is  to  receive  the  amount  of 
the  indebtedness.  But  when  the  hospital  is  about  to  be  or  has  been  closed  the 
department  surgeon  having  jurisdiction  over  it  should  be  designated  to  receive 
the  remittance;  or  if  the  field  army  or  independent  division,  or  the  territorial 
department,  under  which  the  charges  were  incurred,  is  about  to  be  or  has  been 
disbanded  or  discontinued,  then  the  Surgeon  General  should  be  so  designated. 
The  Surgeon  General  should  also  be  designated  to  receive  remittances  for 
hospital  service  rendered  in  general  hospitals  which  have  been  or  are  about  to 
be  closed. 

1462.  The  surgeon  of  a  post  or  command,  or  the  commanding  officer  of  a 
general  hospital  or  other  sanitary  formation,  will  keep,  account  for,  and  expend 
the  hospital  fund,  according  to  the  instructions  of  the  Surgeon  General,  ex- 
clusively for  the  benefit  of  the  sick  in  hospital  and  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the 
Medical    Department    and    members    of    the    Nurse    Corps    on    duty    therein. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1463.  Medical  and  official  publications  furnished  from  the  Surgeon  General's 
Office  to  surgeons  in  charge  of  hospitals  will  be  properly  filed  and  preserved  in 
the  hospital  library.    The  expense  of  binding  these  publications  and  those  issued 
to  department  or  division  surgeons  will  be  defrayed  by  the  Medical  Department, 
and  they  will  be  transported  to  and  from  the  medical  supply  depots  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps. 

HOSPITAL  BUILDINGS. 

1464.  A  building  will  not  be  erected  for  or  occupied  as  a  hospital  until  the 
opinion  of  a  medical  officer  has  been  obtained  in  writing  upon  the  suitableness  of 
site  and  proposed  arrangement.     If  the  commanding  officer  dissent  from  this 
opinion  he  will  return  it  to  the  surgeon  with  his  reasons  indorsed  thereon,  who 
will  forward  it,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon  General. 

1465.  Hospitals  will  be  erected  at  permanent  posts  in  accordance  with  plans 
and  specifications  furnished  by  the  Surgeon  General,  approved  by  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

1466.  When  alterations  of  or  additions  to  hospitals  are  necessary,  the  sur- 
geon, after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  an  estimate  of  cost,  will  transmit 
plans  and  specifications,  with  proposed  modifications,  through  military  channels, 
to  the  Secretary  of  War.    Similar  action  will  be  taken  upon  quarters  for  master 
hospital  sergeants,  hospital  sergeants,  and  sergeants  first  class,  Medical  Depart- 
ment.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 

1467.  When   hospitals  or  quarters  for  master   hospital  sergeants,   hospital 
sergeants,  or  sergeants  first  class,  Medical  Department,  are  erected  or  repaired, 
the  officer  conducting  the  work  will  consult  the  surgeon,  who  will  inspect  the  work 
during  its  progress;  and  when  a  building  is  ready  for  occupancy,  the  surgeon 
will  report  as  to  its  merits  to  the  Surgeon  General,  through  the  regular  channel, 
and  furnish  a  copy  of  the  report  to  the  constructing  officer.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  1(2.) 

1468.  Estimates  for  new  construction,  betterments,  and  repairs  in  connection 
with  hospitals,  quarters  for  master  hospital  sergeants,  hospital  sergeants,  and 
sergeants  first  class,  Medical  Department,  and  other  buildings,  structures,  and 


298  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

systems  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  "  Construction  and  repair  of  hos- 
pitals "  or  "  Hospital  stewards'  quarters  "  will  be  prepared  separately,  but  in 
the  same  manner  and  forwarded  at  the  same  time  as  the  estimates  pertaining  to 
other  appropriations  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 

These  estimates  will  be  prepared  by  the  quartermaster,  to  whom  the  surgeon 
will  furnish  in  writing  a  statement  showing  the  items  required. 

When  the  work  has  been  completed  the  surgeon  will  report  to  the  Surgeon 
General  whether  or  not  it  was  performed  according  to  the  estimate  and  will  fur- 
nish to  him  a  statement  showing  the  material  and  balance  of  allotment  remain- 
ing. Approved  plans  or  estimates  for  construction  or  repair  will  be  altered  only 
by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.) 

1469.  The  Surgeon  General  will  furnish  to  the  Quartermaster  General  in 
sufficient   time   for   his   annual   estimates   a   statement   showing   the   hospital 
repairs  which  will  be  needed  during  the  ensuing  year,  with  estimated  cost  of 
the  same.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.) 

1470.  No  portion  of  any  hospital  building  at  a  military  post  will  be  used  or 
occupied  as  quarters,  nor  will  any  mess  be  permitted  or  maintained  therein 
except  such  as  may  be  necessary  for  patients  and  enlisted  men  there  on  duty. 

SICK  CALL. 

1471.  At  sick  call  the  enlisted  men  of  each  company  who  require  medical 
attention   will   be  conducted   to   the   hospital   or  infirmary   by   a   noncommis- 
sioned  officer,   who   will   give   to   the   attending   medical  officer   the   company 
sick  report  book  containing  the  names  of  the  sick.     The  medical  officer,  after  ex- 
amination, will  indicate  in  the  book,  opposite  their  names,  the  men  who  are 
to  be  admitted  to  hospital  and  those  to  be  returned  to  quarters,  noting  what 
duties  the  latter  can  perform  and  any  other  information  in  regard  to  the  sick 
which  he  may  have  to  communicate  to  the  company  commander.     The  senior 
medical  officer  of  every  command  (except  independent  medical  units)  promptly 
tifter  sick  call  each  morning  will  forward  to  the  adjutant  a  report  of  the  sick  of 
the  command  on  the  prescribed  form  furnished  by  the  Surgeon  General.     After  the 
report  has  served  its  purpose  at  headquarters  of  the  command  the  adjutant  will 
enter  in  the  proper  columns  the  strength  of  the  command  for  the  day  present  and 
absent  and  return  the  report  to  the  medical  officer.    Completed  morning  reports 
of  sick  will  be  preserved  for  a  period  of  one  year,  unless  the  command  is  sooner 
discontinued,  when  they  will  be  destroyed. 

1472.  Medical  officers  will  furnish  company  commanders  any  information, 
except  the  diagnosis,  which  will  assist  them  in  determining,  for  entry  on  the 
muster  rolls,  whether  or  not  the  disability  of  a  soldier  who  is  or  has  been  on 
sick  report  originated  in  the  line  of  duty,  entering  this  information  in  the  com- 
pany sick  report  book.     When  required  they  will  furnish  the  diagnosis  to  the 
commanding  officer. 

MEDICAL  ATTENDANCE. 

1473.  Medical  officers  and  contract  surgeons  on  duty  will  attend  officers, 
enlisted  men,  contract  surgeons,  acting  dental  surgeons,  members  of  the  Nurse 
Corps,  prisoners  of  war,  and  other  persons  in  military  custody  or  confinement, 
and  applicants  for  enlistment  while  held  under  observation;  also,  when  prac- 
ticable, the  families  of  officers  and  enlisted  men;  and  at  stations,  or  in  the 
field,  where  other  medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured,  civilian  employees. 
Medicines  will  be  dispensed  to  all  persons  entitled  to  medical  attendance,  and 
hospital  stores  to  enlisted  men  and  hospital  matrons,  also  to  officers  at  posts  or 
stations  where  they  can  not  be  procured  by  purchase. 


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1474.  Medical  officers  and  contract  surgeons  at  their  stations  will  furnish 
medical  attendance  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  retired  list,  but  they  will 
not  be  required  to  leave  their  stations  for  that  purpose.     Medicines,  dressings, 
etc.,  will  be  supplied  to  retired  officers  and  enlisted  men  from  Army  dispensaries 
on  medical  officers'  prescriptions. 

1475.  Enlisted  men  sick  at  recruiting  stations,  excepting  those  with  trivial 
disabilities  or  those  with  severe  injuries  which  render  their  removal  imprac- 
ticable, will  be  sent  by  the  recruiting  officer  for  treatment  to  the  nearest  mili- 
tary hospital. 

1476.  When  medical  treatment,   including  medicine,   nursing,   and   hospital 
care,  is  required  by  an  officer,  an  enlisted  man,  a  contract  surgeon,  an  acting 
dental  surgeon,  or  an  Army  nurse,  on  duty  with  any  command  or  detachment 
by  a  prisoner  in  military  custody,  or  by  an  applicant  for  enlistment  held  under 
observation,  and  can  not  otherwise  be  had,  the  commanding  officer  may  employ 
the  necessary  civilian  service  to  furnish  the  same,  and  just  accounts  therefor 
will  be  paid  by  the  Medical  Department.    When  the  officer,  the  contract  surgeon, 
the  acting  dental  surgeon,  or  the  nurse  who  requires  such  treatment  is  on  duty 
without  troops,  or  the  enlisted  man  is  on  duty  where  there  is  no  officer,  he  or 
she  may  arrange  for  the  required  service.    When  medical  treatment  is  required 
by  the  superintendent  of  the  Nurse  Corps  while  on  duty  and  can  not  otherwise 
be  had  she  may  in  like  manner  procure  the  necessary  civilian  service,  just  ac- 
counts therefor  to  be  paid  by  the  Medical  Department. 

Accounts  for  the  medical  treatment  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  contract  surgeons, 
acting  dental  surgeons,  the  superintendent  of  the  Nurse  Corps  and  nurses  absent 
from  duty,  and  of  the  families  and  servants  of  officers  and  men,  are  not  payable 
from  public  funds.  Accounts  for  consultation  will  not  be  allowed.  Treatment 
of  chronic  complaints  by  a  specialist  will  not  be  paid  for  unless  authority  to 
employ  such  specialist  has  been  obtained  from  the  Surgeon  General.  Surgical 
appliances  will  be  paid  for  only  upon  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  necessity ; 
and  such  evidence,  except  in  cases  of  emergency,  should  be  submitted  to  the 
Surgeon  General  for  his-approval  before  purchase.  Accounts  for  hospital  stores 
will  be  paid -only  for  enlisted  men. 

1477.  Accounts  for  medical  care  and  treatment  arising  among  troops  under 
the  immediate  supervision  of  the  War  Department  will  be  forwarded  directly 
to  the  Surgeon  General ;  those  arising  among  departmental  troops  or  the  troops 
of  a  mobilized  division,  to  the  department  or  division  surgeon.     Accounts  for 
continuous   service  will   be   rendered   monthly ;   those   for   temporary   service, 
promptly  upon  the  completion  of  such  service.     Blank  forms  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Surgeon  General  on  application.     Separate  forms  are  provided  for 
physicians'  bills,  medicine  bills,  hospital  bills,  special  nursing  bills,  and  reim- 
bursement claims.     The  account  will  in  each  case  be  stated  on  its  special  form, 
complying  fully  with  all  the  instructions  printed  thereon.      (C.  A.  R.,  No.  3.9.) 

1478.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

1479.  The  compensation  allowed  to  civilian  physicians  for  ordinai'y  medical 
attendance  on  public  account  at  garrisoned  posts  or  camps  will  not  exceed  the 
following  rates,  and  if  the  local  charge  per  visit  is  less  the  account  will  be  ren- 
dered at  the  local  rates :  For  attending  post  or  sick  call,  five  patients  or  less, 
$2.50 ;  for  each  patient  in  excess  of  five,  50  cents ;  for  each  additional  visit  to 
post  or  sick  call  on  the  same  day,  when  necessary,  $2.     Where  there  is  a  large 
sick  report  and  the  service  will  be  required  for  an  extended  period,  .application 
will  be  made  to  the  Surgeon  General  for  authority  to  employ  a  physician  by  the 
month.     Accounts  arising  at  posts  or  camps  under  exceptional  circumstances,  all 
accounts  arising  at  other  places,  and  accounts  for  special  or  surgical  services 
will  be  allowed  at  reasonable  rates  approved  by  the  Surgeon  General. 


300  MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

1480.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

1481.  Rescinded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

1482.  Compensation  of  special  nurses  may  be  allowed  at  reasonable  rates 
approved  by  the  Surgeon  General,  not,  ho\vever,  exceeding  the  rates  customary 
in  the  vicinity  for  services  of  a  similar  character.     ( C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  12  and  89. ) 

1483.  Bills  incurred  on  Army  account  for  medical  care  and  treatment  should 
not   be   paid   otherwise   than   by   disbursing   officers,   except   when    absolutely 
necessary.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

1484.  The   compensation   allowed    to    civilian    physicians   for    the    physical 
examination  of  applicants  for  enlistment,  when  authorized  by  regulations  or 
orders,  will  be  at  the  following  rates :  For  a  single  recruit,  $1 ;  for  two  recruits 
on  the  same  day,  $1.50 ;  for  three  recruits  on  the  same  day,  $2 ;  for  four  recruits 
on  the  same  day,  $2.50,  and  40  cents  for  each  recruit  over  four  examined  on  any 
one  day.    A  physician  employed  at  different  recruiting  stations  will  be  allowed 
the  above-mentioned  rates  in  full  for  the  examinations  at  each  station.^    He 
will  also  be  allowed  50  cents  for  each  authorized  vaccination.     The  accounts 
will   be  prepared   on   the   special   forms   prescribed   therefor,   which    may    be 
obtained  from  the  Surgeon  General.     The  instructions  printed  on  the  forms 
will  be  carefully  observed.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  39.) 

1485.  Civilian  physicians  employed,  in  the  absence  of  a  medical  officer  or 
contract  surgeon,  to  examine  physically  or  vaccinate  enlisted  men,  under  these 
regulations   or   orders   from   competent   authority,   will   be  paid  at   the  rates 
prescribed  above  for  the  examination  and  vaccination  of  recruits. 

MEDICAL    SUPPLIES. 

1486.  Purchase  of  medical  supplies  will  be  made  in  pursuance  of  law,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Surgeon  General. 

1487.  The  routine  issue  of  disinfectants  is  prohibited. 

1488.  Damaged  or  unserviceable  medicines,  medical  books,  surgical  or  scien- 
tific instruments  and  appliances,  pertaining  to  the  Medical  Department,  will 
not  be  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  until  authority  for  so  doing 
has  been  obtained  from  the  department  surgeon,  or,  if  with  a  mobilized  division, 
from  the  division  surgeon. 


1489.  Each  department  surgeon  will  transmit,  not  later  than  the  5th  day  of 
every  month,  to  the  Surgeon  General  a  return  of  the  officers  of  the  Medical 
Corps  and  of  the  medical  section  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  the  contract 
surgeons,  the  officers  of  the  Dental  Corps  and  of  the  dental  section  of  the 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  the  officers  of  the  Veterinary  Corps  and  the  reserve 
veterinarians  under  assignment  to  or  serving  in  the  department  during  the 
preceding  month.  The  chief  surgeon  of  an  Army  corps  will,  in  like  manner, 
render  a  similar  return  of  those  who  are  not  reported  on  the  divisional  and 
other  returns  made  through  him.  The  division  surgeons  of  mobilized  divisions 
and  the  surgeons  of  other  units  not  divisional,  forming  parts  of  an  Army  corps, 
will  in  like  manner  render  similar  returns  through  the  chief  surgeon  of  the 
Army  corps.  The  senior  medical  officer  of  a  separate  brigade  or  detachment 
of  an  Army  corps,  temporarily  detached,  will  render  a  similar  return  through 
the  same  channel.  The  surgeon  in  charge  of  the  medical  base  group  of  a 
line  of  communications  will  render  a  similar  return  through  the  chief  surgeon 
of  the  Army  corps  or  senior  medical  officer  of  troops  at  the  front  of  those 
under  assignment  to  or  serving  on  the  line  of  communications  who  are  not 
included  in  other  returns.  The  senior  medical  officer  of  a  post,  station,  or 


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separate  command  under  the  immediate  direction  of  the  War  Department  will, 
unless  otherwise  instructed,  render  a  similar  return  directly  to  the  Surgeon 
General. 

Separate  returns  will  be  made  in  like  manner  of  the  medical  officers  of 
Volunteers  and  of  the  National  Guard  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

When  consolidated  field  returns  of  sanitary  personnel  are  required  by  division 
or  other  commanders,  medical  officers  are  authorized  to  substitute  an  extract 
copy  thereof  for  the  returns  called  for  in  this  paragraph.  ((7.  A.  R.,  Nos.  1% 
and  Jf6.) 

ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS. 

1490.  Every  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  employee  of  the  military  forces  of  the 
United  States  who,  in  the  line  of  duty,  or  through  disease  contracted  in  service, 
shall  have  lost  a  limb,  or  the  use  of  a  limb,  will  receive  once  every  three  years 
an  artificial  limb  or  appliance,  or  commutation  therefor  if  he  shall  so  elect, 
under  such  regulations  as  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army  shall  prescribe. 
The  money  value  allowed  as  commutation  is,  for  a  leg,  $75 ;  for  an  arm,  foot, 
and  apparatus  for  resection,  $50. 

1491.  Necessary  transportation,  including  sleeping  car  accommodations,  re- 
quired for  travel  to  place  where  artificial  limbs  may  be  fitted,  will  be  furnished 
by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  the  cost  to  be  refunded  from  any  money  appro- 
priated for  the  purchase  of  artificial  limbs. 

1492.  An  officer  who  pays  an  account  for  transportation  of  persons  to  enable 
them  to  procure  artificial  limbs  will  take  credit  for  amounts  paid  for  such 
transportation  in  the  usual  manner  on  his  accounts  current,  and  the  vouchers 
evidencing  the  payments  will  accompany  the  accounts  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department  for  settlement.    For  the  convenience  of  the  auditor  in  adjust- 
ing the  appropriations  involved  the  vouchers  should  bear  conspicuously  across 
their  face  a  notation  reading,  "  Transportation  to  have  artificial  limbs  fitted." 

ARTICLE   LXXV. 

CORPS  OF  ENGINEERS. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Chief  of  Engineers.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their 
nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

1493.  The  duties  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  comprise  reconnoitering  and  sur- 
veying for  military  purposes,  including  the  laying  out  of  camps ;  the  preparation 
of  military  maps  of  the  United  States  and  its  possessions,  including  coopera- 
tion   with    other    Government    and   private    mapping    agencies,    and    in    field 
operations,  of  maps  of  the  theater  of  operations ;  selection  of  sites  and  forma- 
tion of  plans  and  estimates  for  military  defenses ;  construction  and  repair  of 
fortifications  and  their  accessories ;  the  supervision  of  the  location  of  all  build- 
ings in  or  within  1  mile  of  any  fortification ;  the  installation  of  electric  power 
plants  and  electric  power  cable  connected  with  seacoast  batteries,  and  furnish- 
ing the  necessary  electrical  supplies  connected  therewith ;  planning  and  super- 
intending of  defensive  or  offensive  works  of  troops  in  the  field ;  examination  of 
routes  of  communications  for  supplies  and  for  military  movements;  construc- 
tion and  repair  of  military  roads,  railroads,  and  bridges ;  military  demolitions ; 
execution  of  river  and  harbor  improvements  assigned  to  it ;  and  such  other 
duties  as  the  President  or  Congress  may   order.     It  collects,  arranges,   and 
preserves  all  correspondence,  reports,  memoirs,  estimates,  plans,  drawings,  such 


302  CORPS   OF   ENGINEERS. 

deeds  and  titles  as  relate  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public  buildings 
and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  models  which  concern  or  relate 
in  any  wise  to  the  several  duties  above  enumerated. 

In  time  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities,  within  the  theater  of  operations, 
it  has  charge  of  the  location,  design,  and  construction  of  wharves,  piers,  land- 
ings, storehouses,  hospitals,  and  other  structures  of  general  interest ;  and  of  the 
construction,  maintenance,  and  repair  of  roads,  ferries,  bridges,  and  incidental 
structures ;  and  of  the  construction,  maintenance,  and  operation  of  railroads 
under  military  control,  including  the  construction  and  operation  of  armored 
trains.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  46.) 

1494.  The  Chief  of  Engineers  will  have  his  headquarters  at  Washington, 
D.  C.,  and  will  be  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  War  Department,  with  the 
command  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  both  staff  and  line,  excepting  such  portions 
as  are  specifically  detached  by  order  of  the  War  Department,  and  with  the  man- 
agement of  the  Engineer  Department,  including  the  regulation  of  the  duties  of 
all  officers,  agents,  and  others  who  may  be  employed  under  his  direction.  '-~ 

1495.  When  officers  or  troops  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  are  detached  from 
the  command  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  they  will  continue  to  conform  to  the 
regulations  of  the  Engineer  Department  in  regard  to  the  keeping  of  records  and 
rendering  of  reports  and  accounts. 

1496.  Officers  and  troops  serving  under  the  immediate  orders  of  the  Chief  of 
Engineers  will  not  be  diverted  from  such  service  except  in  cases  of  marked 
public  exigencies,  and  when  so  diverted  the  officers  will  immediately  report  the 
facts  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  forwarding  a  copy  of  the  orders  they  may  have 
received.     The  officer  issuing  the  order  will  transmit  a  copy  directly  to  the 
AVar  Department.     Upon  the  termination  of  the  exigency  such  officers  or  troops 
will  be  returned  to  their  prior  service,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Chief,  of 
Engineers. 

1497.  The  senior  officer  of  engineers  commanding  engineer  troops  serving 
with  an  army,  a  field  army,  or  an  independent  division  in  the  field,  will  be  at- 
tached to  general  headquarters  of  that  organization,  but  will  not  be  a  member 
of  the  staff  of  the  commanding  officer  unless  specifically  so  appointed. 

1498.  The  senior  officer  of  engineers  serving  with  an  army,  a  field  army,  a 
division,  a  brigade,  or  a  smaller  body  will  communicate  to  the  commander 
thereof  any  orders  received  from  any  engineer  officer  who  has  authority  to 
issue  such  orders. 

1499.  An  engineer  directed  to  superintend  any  works  to  be  constructed  by 
troops  will  point  out  what  is  to  be  done,  and  will  maintain  such  a  supervision 
as  will  enable  him  to  see  that  it  is  done  correctly.     It  will  be  the  duty  of  the 
officer  having  charge  of  the  detachment  to  execute  the  work  in  accordance  with 
the  instructions  of  the  engineer  officer  in  charge.     The  detail  of  troops  for  work 
to  be  carried  on  under  the  superintendence  of  engineers  will  be  furnished  on 
requisition  addressed  to  the  officer  in  chief  command  of  the  troops  by  the  senior 
engineer  officer  on  the  staff  of  that  command.     The  requisition  will  specify  the 
number  of  men  required,  the  times  and  places  at  which  they  will  assemble  to 
commence  work,  and  the  name  and  rank  of  the  engineer  officer  to  whom  they 
will  report.     The  requisition  may  be  for  part  of  a  day  or  night,  for  a  whole 
day  or  night,  for  a  week  or  a  longer  period,  according  to  circumstances,  the 
duration  of  the  service  always  being  specified. 

1500.  When  on  duty  in  the  field  with  armies  or  other  independent  organiza- 
tions, engineer  officers  making  surveys  and  reconnaissances  will  at  once  forward 
their  maps  and  reports  of  operations  to  the  proper  officer  at  headquarters,  who 
will  report  directly  to  the  commanding  officer  at  those  headquarters. 


OOEPS   OF   ENGINEERS.  303 

1501.  The  senior  engineer  officer  serving  with  an  army  or  other  independent 
organization  in  the  field  will,  subject  to  the  approval  of  his  commanding  officer, 
report  monthly  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  the  operations 
of  the  engineer  force  under  his  direction  sufficiently  in  detail  to  show  the  nature 
and  extent  of  the  operations  and  the  respective  portions  executed  by  the  several 
engineer  officers  engaged  therein. 

1502.  The  senior  engineer  officer  will  also  cause  to  be  made  plans  of  all 
works  executed  under  his  direction,  and  will  cause  journals  to  be  kept,  showing 
by  drawings  and  descriptions,  as  far  as  practicable,  each  day's  events.     These 
plans  and  descriptions,  with  maps  of  all  surveys  and  reconnaissances  and  ex- 
planatory reports  or  memoirs,  will  be  carefully  preserved  and  transmitted  at 
suitable  opportunities  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army. 

1503.  When  an  engineer  officer  is  sent  to  any  military  department,  fortress, 
garrison,  or  post,  a  duplicate  of  his  orders  will  be  sent  to  the  commanding 
officer.     On  his  arrival  the  engineer  officer  will  communicate  his  orders,  and 
necessary  facilities  for  executing  them  will  be  afforded  by  the  commanding 
officer.     While  so  on  duty,  without  being  especially  put  under  the  direction  of 
the  commanding  officer,  the  engineer  officer  will  be  furnished  with  copies  of  all 
orders  and  regulations  of  the  command  relative  to  etiquette  and  police  and  with 
the  countersign  when  quartered  within   a  chain  of  sentinels.     The  engineer 
officer  will  report  to  the  commanding  officer  when  relieved  from  duty  within  the 
limits  of  the  command. 

1504.  Engineer  officers  engaged  in  the  construction  of  fortifications  or  other 
public  works  are  entitled  to  the  same  allowances  as  are  provided  by  regulations 
for  officers  at  garrisoned   posts. 

1505.  All  plans  for  new  fortifications,  and  all  plans  embodying  important 
structural  changes  in  existing  fortifications,  will  be  sent  to  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
through  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  for  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
The  plans  will  be  prepared  for  approval  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers  and  the 
Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  and  by  the  Chief  of  Staff,  for  the  Secretary  of  War. 
No  alterations  will  be  made  in  any  fortification  or  in  its  casemates,  quarters, 
barracks,  magazines,  storehouses,  or  any  other  building  belonging  to  it,  nor  will 
any  building  of  any  kind,  or  work  of  earth,  masonry,  or  timber  be  erected 
within  any  fortification,  or  within  a  mile  of  its  exterior,  except  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  and  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1505^.  1.  All  electrical  equipment  connected  with  new  fortifications  under 
construction,  or  old  fortifications  not  in  the  hands  of  Coast  Artillery  troops 
undergoing  structural  modifications,  shall  be  installed  by  the  Corps  of  Engineers 
in  the  course  of  such  construction  or  modification,  and  after  the  new  or  the 
modified  fortifications  shall  have  been  turned  over  to  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps 
for  service,  all  work  of  maintenance  and  all  ordinary  repairs  of  said  electrical 
equipment  shall  be  done  by  Coast  Artillery  troops  under  the  supervision  of 
coast  defense  commanders.  Repairs  involving  construction  work,  or  structural 
modifications  of  the  fortifications,  of  an  engineering  nature,  shall  be  made  by 
the  Corps  of  Engineers. 

2.  Installation  of  new  articles  of  electrical  equipment  in  old  fortifications  in 
charge  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  shall  be  made  by  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps ; 
provided  that  any  structural  changes  of  the  fortifications  that  may  be  neces- 
sary to  prepare  them  to  receive  said  installations  shall  be  made  by  the  Corps  of 
Engineers.     The  Coast  Artillery  shall  install  and  connect  up  with  the  existing 
system  all  circuits  of  such  new  installations. 

3.  The  Coast  Artillery  Corps  shall  be  charged  with  the  installation  and  main- 
tenance of  submarine  mine  and  submarine  fire-control  cables. 


304  CORPS   OF   ENGINEERS. 

1506.  When  any  fortification  or  any  of  its  accessories  is  in  all  respects  com- 
plete, so  far  as  the  Engineer  Department  is  concerned,  the  Engineer  officer  in 
charge  thereof,  when  authorized  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers,   will  notify   the 
proper  commanding  officer  that  he  is  prepared  to  transfer  the  work  for  use  and 
care  by  troops.     The  commanding  officer  will  thereupon  make  a  thorough  in- 
spection of  the  work,  and,  if  found  satisfactory,  will  accept  the  same,  giving 
the  Engineer  officer  a  written  statement  to  that  effect,  and  transmitting  a  copy 
of  the  same  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  through  proper  channels. 
This  acceptance  will  include  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  work  and  its 
suitability  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  intended.     Until  a  work  has  been  so 
turned  over  and  accepted,  it  will  not  be  occupied  by  troops  except  by  the  special 
order  of  the  War  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  29.) 

1506^.  1.  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  detailed  for  duty  in  charge  of 
EIngineer  districts  that  include  works  of  permanent  fortifications  will  perform 
such  of  their  duties  as  pertain  to  the  preservation  and  repair  of  such  permanent 
fortifications  (not  comprising  structural  changes)  and  to  the  preparation  and 
carrying  out  of  plans  for  the  land  defense  of  the  frontiers,  under  the  super- 
vision of  the  department  commander  of  the  territorial  department  in  which 
such  works  may  be  located.  This  section  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  cause 
interference  with  the  other  duties  with  which  these  officers  are  charged  under 
the  immediate  orders  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers. 

2.  Allotments  from  the  appropriations  for  preservation  and  repair  of  forti- 
fications for  such  preservation  and  repair  work  as  does  not  involve  structural 
changes  will  be  made  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers  to  district  Engineer  officers  in 
accordance  with  the  recommendations  of  the  department  commander  as  far  as 
may  be  practicable  with  the  funds  available. 

3.  Annual  estimates  of  funds  expected  to  be  necessary  for  the  preservation 
and  repair  of  fortifications  not  involving  structural  changes  will  be  submitted 
by  district  Engineer  officers  to  the  department  commander  and  will  be  forwarded 
so  as  to  reach  the  War  Department  by  Jxme  1  of  each  year,  with  such  recom- 
mendations as  the  department  commander  may  consider  proper.     These  esti- 
mates will  then  be  referred  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers  for  his  assistance  in  pre- 
paring the  consolidated  estimates  for  submission  to   the   Secretary   of  War. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  44.) 

1507.  Travel  allowances  for  officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  or  for  those 
on  engineer  duty,  traveling  on  service  connected  with  works  of  public  improve- 
ment which  are.  not  of  a  military  character  will  be  paid  from  the  special  appro- 
priation for  the  work.     When  changing  station  or  traveling  on  duty  connected 
with  fortifications,  or  on  any  other  military  duty,  the  mileage  will  be  paid  by 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  from  the  appropriation  for  mileage  of  the  Army,  ex- 
cept in  cases  where  some  other  appropriation  specifically  provides  that  the  travel 
allowance  shall  be  paid  therefrom. 

1508.  An  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  is  detailed  as  director  of  rail- 
ways on  the  staff  of  the  commander  of  the  line  of  communications.     Under 
the  direction  of  that  commander  he  is  charged  with  the  construction,  main- 
tenance, and  operation  of  railways  under  military  control  in  the  theater  of 
operations,  directs  and  coordinates  the  work  of  the  military  and  civil  staffs, 
takes  charge  of  such  railways  and  their  appurtenances  in  the  theater  of  opera- 
tions, including  both  existing  lines  and  extensions,  as  may  be  required  in  mili- 
tary operations,  and  is  responsible  for  the  proper  working  of  railways  and  for 
the  supply  of  armored  trains.     He  shall  submit  requisitions  for  the  funds  re- 
quired for  his  work  through  the  headquarters  of  the  commanding  general  of 
the  lines  of  communication,  disbursements  to  be  wade  and  accounts  rendered 


ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT.  305 

under  the  regulations  for  the  control  of  the  Engineer  Department.     (C.  A.  R., 
No.  46.) 

1509.  In  operations  in  the  field,  transfers  of  funds  and  material  pertaining 
to  the  engineer  work  of  a  command  may  be  made  between  officers  of  the  com- 
mand on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer. 

15(MH.  Engineer  equipment  procured  for  issue  to  the  Army  and  required  by 
an  officer  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service  may  be  sold  to  him  by  the 
Engineer  Department  at  the  regulation  price  and  the  money  received  passed  to 
the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriation.  Engineer  equipment  thus  sold  to  offi- 
cers will  not  be  disposed  of  to  persons  not  in  the  military  service.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  31.) 

1510.  Engineer -supplies  will  be  issued  to  the  Organized  Militia  of  the  sev- 
eral States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  "An  act  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  the  militia,  and  for  other 
purposes,"  approved  January  21,  1903,  as  amended  by  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved May  27,  1908,  upon  proper  requisition  therefor. 

ARTICLE   LXXVI. 

ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  preparod  and 
published  under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  arc  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  na- 
ture or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

1511.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  procuring,  by  pur- 
chase or  manufacture,  and  distributing  the  necessary  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  for  the  Army  and  the  Organized  Militia,  and  establishes  and  maintains 
arsenals  and  depots  for  their  manufacture  and  safe-keeping.     All  officers  or 
other  persons  in  the  military  establishment  to  whom  ordnance  and  ordnance 
supplies  or  funds  are  intrusted,  will  make  accounts  and  returns  thereof  to  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance  at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  prescribed. 

1512.  Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  include  cannon  and  artillery  vehicles 
and  equipments ;   apparatus  and  machines  for  the  service  and   maneuver  of 
artillery;  small  arms,  ammunition,  and  accouterments ;  horse  equipments  and 
harness  for  the  field  artillery,  and  horse  equipments  for  cavalry  and  for  all 
mounted  men  except  those  in  the  Quartermaster  Corps ;  tools,  machinery,  and 
materials  for  the  ordnance  service ;  and  all  property  of  whatever  nature  supplied 
to  the  military  establishment  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

1512.1.  1.  The  enlisted  men  of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  consist  of  such 
number  and  grades  as  the  President  may  from  time  to  time  direct  under  the 
provision  of  the  law. 

2.  Ordnance  sergeants  will  be  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  from  ser- 
geants of  the  line  or  Ordnance  Department  who  shall  have  served  faithfully 
for  eight  years,  including  four  years  in  the  grade  of  noncommissioned  officer, 
and  who  are  less  than  45  years  of  age.  Sergeants  and  corporals  of  ordnance 
will  be  appointed  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  privates,  first  class,  will  be 
appointed  by  the  commander  of  a  territorial  department,  division,  or  separate 
brigade  in  the  field  on  the  recommendation  of  the  department,  division,  or 
brigade  ordnance  officer  or  by  arsenal  or  depot  commanders  at  ordnance  estab- 
lishments. Before  appointment,  ordnance  sergeants  and  sergeants  of  ordnance 
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306  ORDNANCE   DEPARTMENT. 

must  pass,  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  a  satisfactory  exami- 
nation, to  be  conducted  by  the  supply  officer  or  ordnance  officer  of  the  station 
at  which  the  applicant  may  be  serving,  or  elsewhere  as  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
may  direct. 

3.  Ordnance  sergeants,   though  liable  to  discharge  for  inefficiency  or  mis- 
conduct, will  not  be  reduced,  except  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial.     Sergeants 
and  corporals  of  ordnance  may  be  reduced  by  sentence  of  court-martial  or  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  privates,  first  class,  may  be  reduced  by  sentence 
of  court-martial,  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  or  by  arsenal  or  depot  commanders 
at  ordnance  establishments. 

4.  Within  his  command  the  commander  of  a  territorial  department,  or  of  a 
field  army,  division,  or  separate  brigade  in  the  field,  on  the  recommendation 
of  the  department  ordnance  officer,  chief  ordnance  officer,  division  or  brigade 
ordnance  officer,  may  transfer  enlisted  men  of  the  line  of  the  Army  as  pri- 
vates to  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  he  may  transfer  enlisted  men  of  the 
Ordnance  Department,  except  ordnance  sergeants,  from  one  organization   to 
another   where   their   services   are   required,    reporting   such    transfer   to   the 
Chief  of  Ordnance.     The  assignment  to  station  of  ordnance  sergeants  except 
as  may  be  provided  in  Field  Service  Regulations,  will  be  made  by  the  Wai- 
Department  or  by  commanders  of  teritorial   departments,   under  the   special 
authority}  in  each  case,  of  the  War  Department. 

Applications  for  transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army  to  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment will  state  the  age,  character,  special  qualifications,  physical  condition, 
date  of  expiration  of  current  enlistment,  previous  service,  and  whether  made 
for  an  existing  or  prospective  vacancy,  and  will  originate  with  the  supply 
officer  of  the  post  or  organization  or  coast  defense  ordnance  officer,  and  will 
be  forwarded  through  military  channels. 

5.  All  enlistments  for  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  made  in  the  grade 
of  private.     Ordnance  sergeants,  sergeants,  corporals,  and  privates,  first  class, 
of  ordnance  who  have  completed  an  authorized  enlistment  period,  none  of  which 
has  been  passed  in  the  reserve,  may  be  reenlisted  in  their  respective  grades, 
and  their  warrants  or  appointments  continued  in  force  if  reenlistment  be  made 
on  the  day  following  that  of  discharge. 

Any  noncommissioned  officer  enlisted  on  or  after  the  first  day  of  November, 
nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  furloughed  to  the  reserve  upon  the  comple- 
tion of  three  years  in  the  active  service  with  an  excellent  character,  shall  be 
permitted  to  reenlist  in  the  organization  from  which  furloughed  with  the  rank 
and  grade  held  by  him  at  the  time  of  his  furlough  if  he  reenlists  within  20 
days  after  the  date  of  such  furlough.  In  each  case  the  soldier  will  reenlist 
at  the  place  where  his  organization  is  stationed.  If,  however,  the  supply 
officer  under  whom  the  soldier  may  be  serring  should  not  deem  the  continuing 
in  force  of  the  warrant  or  appointment  to  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  service, 
he  will  communicate  through  military  channels  his  reasons  in  detail  to  the 
authority  competent  to  appoint  or  promote  to  the  grade  for  which  reenlistment 
is  desired,  in  order  that  a  decision  may  be  had  before  the  date  of  the  soldier's 
discharge.  Each  reenlistment  and  continuance  will  be  noted  on  the  warrant 
or  appointment  by  the  supply  officer. 

Commanding  officers  of  posts  or  stations,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
supply  officer,  may  authorize  enlistments,  including  the  enlistment  or  reenlist- 
ment of  married  men,  to  fill  vacancies  within  the  allotment  of  enlisted  men, 
Ordnance  Department,  made  to  organizations  at  the  post  or  station  or  to  the 
coast  defense  command. 

6.  When  a  man  is  enlis.ted  for,  reenlisted  in,  or  transferred  to  the  Ordnance 
Department,  the  supply  officer  who  first  receives  the  soldier  will  forward  a 


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copy  of  his  service  record  directly  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  except  in  the 
case  of  a  man  stationed  in  the  Philippine  or  Hawaiian  Department,  when  the 
copy  will  be  sent  through  the  department  ordnance  officer. 

Supply  officers  will  make  monthly  returns  of  their  ordnance  detachments  on 
a  form  to  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  The  returns  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  through  department  ordnance  officers  and 
will  show  the  date  and  nature  of  any  change  affecting  the  status  of  the  soldier. 

7.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  and  all  records  pertaining  to  enlisted  men 
of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  kept  by  the  supply  officer  under  whose 
immediate  direction  they  are  serving.     All  members  casually  at  a  post,  camp, 
or  other  station  are  under  the  immediate  orders  of  the  supply  officer,  except 
prisoners  and  those  sick  in  hospital,  who  will,  however,  be  borne  on  the  muster 
rolls,  morning  report,  and  returns  of  the  ordnance  detachment.     If  discharged, 
their  final  statements  will  be  prepared  by  the  supply  officer. 

8.  An  ordnance  sergeant  at  a'ny  ungarrisoned  post  or  station  will  be  respon- 
sible for  the  property  of  his  own  department  and  for  such  other  property  as 
may  be  intrusted  to  him  for  safe  keeping.     For  all  public  property  committed 
to  his  charge  he  will  account  to  the  heads  of  the  staff  departments  or  corps 
concerned,  and  if  the  means  at  his  disposal  are  insufficient  for  its  preserva- 
tion he  will  report  the  facts. 

9.  The  military  control  of  ordnance  sergeants  serving  at  posts  not  occupied 
by  troops  is  vested  in  the  commander  of  the  territorial  department  in  which 
they  are  serving.    All  matters  relating  to  them  as  soldiers  subject  to  military 
command,  as  distinguished  from  the  administrative  duties  imposed  upon  them 
by  regulations  and  orders,  will,  except  in  cases  of  reenlistment,  be  determined 
at  department  headquarters,  where  their  service  records  will  be  kept.     When 
they  are  discharged,  a  copy  of  the  service  record  upon  which  will  be  noted 
the  fact  of  discharge,  with  the  date,  place,  and  cause  and  the  character  given 
on  the  discharge  certificate  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

10.  Ordnance  Department  enlisted  personnel,  except  ordnance  sergeants,   is 
classified  as  follows: 

(a)  That  portion  attached  to  mobile  organizations  and  coast  defenses. 

(b)  That    portion   assigned    to   organizations   pertaining   to   the    Ordnaace 
Department. 

All  men  of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  carried  on  muster  rolls  of  the 
Ordnance  Department,  under  "  Remarks,"  as  attached  to  a  definite  mobile 
organization  or  coast  defense  command  or  as  belonging  to  the  unit  of  class  (6). 
Similar  notation  will  be  made  on  the  returns  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 
The  number  of  men  to  be  assigned  to  mobile  organizations  or  coast  defense 
commands  will  be  as  directed  in  War  Department  orders.  When  not  pre- 
scribed in  Tables  of  Organization,  the  number  of  men  of  class  (b)  assigned  to 
the  various  organizations  pertaining  to  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be 
determined  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

11.  When  mobile  organizations  take  the  field  the  ordnance  personnel  per- 
taining to  each  organization  will  accompany  it.     When  Coast  Artillery  organi- 
zations take  the  field  the  attached  ordnance  personnel  will  be  on  the  same 
basis  as  for  the  branch  of  the  service  into  which  the  troops  are  organized ; 
the  ordnance  enlisted  men  not  taken  into  the  field  will  remain  on  duty  in  the 
coast  defenses  to  which  they  are  assigned.    When  the  troops  again  come  under 
the   jurisdiction   of   a   post   commander,    the   attached    Ordnance   Department 
personnel  will  be  directed  to  report  to  the  supply  officer  of  the  post  for  duty. 

12.  Property  pertaining  to  the  individual  equipment  of  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment personnel,  class   (a)   will  be  carried  on  the  returns  of  the  regimental 


308  ORDNANCE   DEPARTMENT. 

supply  officer  of  the  organization  to  which  attached  or  of  the  coast  defense 
ordnance  officer.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  52  and  55). 

1512$.  New  designs  of  seacoast  armament  and  ammunition  and  of  ordnance 
material  pertaining  thereto,  and  of  improvements  therein,  and  the  means  for 
meeting  deficiencies  in  such  armament,  ammunition,  and  material,  and  new 
designs  of  ordnance  material  and  all  essential  changes  in  such  material  pertaining 
to  the  mobile  Army,  will  be  presented  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  to  the  Chief  of 
Staff  for  reference  to  the  War  Department  Board  of  RevieAV,  and  the  approval 
by  the  Secretary  of  War  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board  with  reference  thereto 
will  constitute  his  approval  of  the  designs  which  is  contemplated  by  regulations. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  25.) 

ISSUES    AND    SALES. 

1513.  In  time  of  peace,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  are  issued  from  the 
various  arsenals  and  depots,  to  the  extent  authorized  by  regulations,  on  requisi- 
tions submitted  in  accordance  with  existing  orders. 

1514.  In  time  of  war,  issues  may  be  made  to  troops  in  service  on  the  order 
of  any  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an  Army,  garrison,  or  detachment,  or 
of  a  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  Army,  Army  corps,  or  division.     To  authorize 
an  issue  to  militia,  they  must  have  been  regularly  mustered  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  and  the  requisition  for  the  stores  must  be  properly  approved. 

1515.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  will,  on  the  recommendation  of  a  department 
commander,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  establish  ordnance  depots  at 
such  points  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  where  ordnance 
stores  will  be  held  for  distribution  to  the  troops,  under  such  regulations  as  the 
department  commander  may  prescribe. 

1516.  When  practicable,  these  depots  will  be  under  the  charge  of  ordnance 
officers,  and  only  such  limited  supply  of  ordnance  stores  as  may  be  required  to 
meet  current  needs  will  be  kept  at  or  issued  from  them.     All  other  ordnance 
stores  will  be  supplied  from  the  arsenals,  as  provided  in  paragraph  1513. 

1517.  Requisitions   for   ordnance   supplies   to   meet   current   needs   will   be 
filled  from  a  depot,  under  the  instructions  of  the  department  commander.     The 
officer  in  charge  will  be  responsible,  under  the  department  commander,  that 
sufficient  stores,  procured  by  timely  requisitions  upon  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  are 
always  on  hand.     Unserviceable  and  unsuitable  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 
tit  such  depots  are  under  the  control  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1518.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  not  on  hand  within  a 
department  must  be  approved  by  the  immediate  commanders.     The  personal 
approval  of  the  department  commander  or  of  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  his 
department  is  necessary,  but  in  the  absence  of  the  department  commander  the 
approval  may  be  made  in  his  name  by  one  of  his  staff  officers. 

1519.  Requisitions  will  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  supply  tables  pre- 
pared by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,   unless  extraordinary   circumstances,  to  be 
plainly  set  forth  In  each  case,  should  require  a  larger  supply  of  one  or  more  of 
the  articles  authorized. 

1520.  The  service  arms,  ammunition,  accoutrements,  and  horse  equipments 
required  by  an  officer  or  contract  surgeon  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service 
may  be  sold  to  him  by  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the  regulation  price  and 
the  money  received  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriation.    Ordnance 
supplies  thus  sold  to  officers  or  contract  surgeons  will  not  be  disposed  of  to 
persons  not  in  the  military  service.    Necessary  repairs  to  the  service  arms  and 
equipments  of  an  officer  or  contract  surgeon  will   be  made  by  the  Ordnance 
Department  at  the  cost  of  these  repairs.     Officers  or  contract  surgeons  making 


ISSUES  AND   SALES.  309 

purchases  or  having  repairs  done  will  furnish  certificates  of  the  fact  tliat  these 
sales  or  repairs  are  for  their  own  use  in  the  public  service.  Officers  below  the 
grade  of  major,  required  to  be  mounted,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  1272,  will 
be  furnished  with  horse  equipments  by  the  Ordnance  Department.  The  author- 
ized number  of  sets  of  these  equipments  will  be  kept  on  hand  in  the  unit  ac- 
countability equipment  of  the  organizations  with  which  officers  herein  author- 
ized to  receive  them  are  serving.  Officers  not  serving  with  such  organizations 
and  entitled  to  receive  horse  equipments  will  submit  requisitions  therefor, 
through  military  channels,  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  of  the  depart- 
ment commander  or  higher  authority  designating  them  for  mounted  service 
where  such  service  is  temporary.  To  such  officers  serving  at  posts  the  issue 
of  horse  equipments  will  be  made,  on  the  approval  of  the  post  commander, 
by  the  post  ordnance  officer  on  memorandum  receipt ;  to  such  officers  not  serv- 
ing at  posts  the  equipments  will  be  regularly  issued  under  formal  invoices  and 
receipts,  and  will  be  accounted  for  by  them  semiannual ly  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  on  special  individual  returns.  Articles  of  such  equipments  which  be- 
come unserviceable  shall  be  submitted  to  an  officer  of  the  Inspector  General's 
Department  and  upon  his  recommendation  to  that  effect  may  be  turned  in  and 
new  articles  issued  therefor.  In  the  absence  of  an  inspector  such  articles  may 
be  submitted  to  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer  and  upon  his  recommendation 
may  be  turned  in  and  new  articles  issued  therefor.  In  each  such  case  the  sur- 
veying officer  will  recommend  submission  of  the  articles  to  an  inspector  and  a 
copy  of  the  report  of  survey  will  accompany  the  requisition  for  the  articles  to 
be  replaced.  An  officer  to  whom  horse  equipments  have  been  issued  under  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph,  upon  his  promotion  to  field  rank,  the  termination 
of  mounted  service,  or  upon  joining  an  organization  provided  with  equipment 
for  his  use,  will  promptly  turn  in  his  equipments,  rendering  a  final  return 
where  previously  accountable  for  such  equipments.  When  an  officer  holding 
these  equipments  on  memorandum  receipt  desires  to  retain  them  in  his  posses- 
sion on  changing  station  such  a  course  is  authorized  by  exchange  of  proper  in- 
voices and  receipts  between  the  post  ordnance  officers  conferred  or  between  the 
post  ordnance  officer  and  the  officer  holding  the  equipments  if  his  new  station 
is  not  at  an  Army  post.  When  an  officer  who  has  been  making  special  individual 
returns  for  horse  equipments  that  were  issued  to  him  under  this  paragraph 
takes  station  at  a  post  he  will  at  once  transfer  the  accountability  for  the  horse 
equipments  to  the  post  ordnance  officer  and  render  a  final  return  to  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  1.) 

1521.  When  the  arms  or  equipments  authorized  to  be  purchased  in  the  pre- 
ceding paragraph  can  not  be  obtained  from  an  ordnance  officer,  officers  may  take 
from  those  for  which  they  are  accountable  such  articles  as  they  require  for  their 
personal  use  or  may  furnish  them  to  officers  or  contract  surgeons  of  their  com- 
mands for  like  purpose.    In  such  cases  the  accountable  officer  will  deposit  the 
proceeds  of  the  sales  as  required  by  paragraph  617  and  make  the  report  required 
by  paragraph  612.    At  the  end  of  each  month  an  abstract  of  such  sales  on  War 
Department  Form  No.  322  will  be  prepared  in  duplicate  and  forwarded  to  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance.    One  of  these  copies  will  be  retained  in  the  office  of  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  as  a  voucher  to  the  property  return  of  the  officer.     ( C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1522.  Officers  serving  with  troops  may  draw  for  their  personal   use,  from 
stores  belonging  to  the  command  with  which  they  are  serving,  1  regulation  rifle 
and  1  revolver,  with  the  appropriate  equipments  and  the  usual  quantity  of  am- 
munition for  each  arm.    This  ordnance  property  may  be  used  in  action  or  target 
practice  and  will  be  accounted  for  on  returns  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1523.  Ordnance  stores  will  not  be  loaned  to  any  person,  and   any  officer 
violating  this  rule  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  money  value  of  the  articles. 


310  ORDNANCE   DEPARTMENT. 

1524.  Issues  and  transfers  of  ordnance  stores  will  not  be  made  on  memo- 
randum invoices  and  receipts  except  as  provided  for  by  regulation  or  orders  and 
in  special  cases  authorized  by  and  subject  to  instructions  from  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance. 

1525.  An  officer  who  makes  an  issue  of  ordnance  stores  to  one  not  in  com- 
mand of  troops,  except  under  orders  from  competent  authority,  will  be  charged 
with  the  money  value  of  the  stores  so  issued. 

1526.  Civilian  employees  of  the  War  Department  may  be  armed  when  neces- 
sary for  the  protection  of  life  or  public  property,  and  the  same  responsibility 
attaches  to  the  officers  accountable  for  the  arms  furnished  them  that  attaches  to 
those  accountable  for  the  arms  in  the  hands  of  enlisted  men.    The  sale  of  ammu- 
nition to  civilians  belonging  to  exploring  or  surveying  expeditions  authorized  by 
law,  and  to  civilian  employees  of  the  War  Department,  may  be  made  for  hunting 
purposes  when  considered  necessary  for  their  subsistence  or  for  the  interest  of 
the  United  States.    In  the  field  the  sale  of  meat  cans,  canteens,  knives,  forks,  and 
spoons,  when  they  can  be  spared,  to  an  officer  in  charge  of  civilian  employees  for 
their  use,  is  authorized,  provided  they  can  not  be  obtained  in  any  other  way. 

1527.  .Arms   lost,    destroyed,    or   embezzled   by    civilian   employees   will   be 
charged  in  the  same  manner  as  stores  similarly  lost  by  enlisted  men,  and  the 
money  value  thereof  accounted  for  as  in  case  of  sales  made  in  accordance  with 
paragraph  1521. 

EXPENDITURE   OF   AMMUNITION. 

1528.  Ammunition  will  be  expended   only   in   target  practice,   preliminary 
instruction  of  the  soldier,  military  exercises,  and  hunting,  all  within  the  pre- 
scribed allowances ;  in  action ;  in  defense  of  life  or  public  property ;  in  carrying 
out  the  prescribed  duties  of  sentinels ;  and  for  authorized  salutes. 

1529.  The  necessity  for  all  expenditures  of  ammunition  must  be  shown  by 
the  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer,  which  certificate  must  accompany  the 
property  return  of  the  accountable  officer;  and  when  ammunition  is  dropped 
from  a  return  as  "  expended  in  action  by  civil  employees,"  a  statement  giving 
the  place,  date,  and  attending  circumstances  sufficiently  in  detail  to  insure  veri- 
fication must  be  filed  with  the  return. 

1530.  Ammunition  expended  by  a  soldier  without  orders,  or  not  in  the  line 
of  duty,  or  which  may  be  damaged  or  lost  through  his  neglect,  will  be  charged 
to  him. 

1531.  When  ammunition  is  furnished  to  civilian  employees,  it  is  not  to  be 
dropped  from  the  returns  unless  expended  in  action  or  in  hunting  when  neces- 
sary to  obtain  subsistence.     Ammunition  not  so  expended  will  be  returned  to 
the  responsible  officer  and  accounted  for  by  him  or  paid  for  at  the  price  fixed. 

SURPLUS  AND  DAMAGED    STORES. 

1532.  Serviceable  surplus  ordnance  stores   in   the  hands  of  post  or  other 
ordnance  supply  officers,  not  required  for  reserve,  may  be  shipped  to  another 
post  in  the  same  department,  or  may  be  turned  in  to  the  nearest  arsenal  on  the 
order  of  a  department  commander,  or,  if  in  the  hands  of  a  recruiting  officer,  on 
the  order  of  the  War  Department. 

Such  articles  on  hand  in  an  organization,  unless  otherwise  directed,  will  be 
turned  in  to  the  post  or  other  ordnance  supply  officer,  who  will  retain  them  for 
issue,  or  ship  them,  as  hereinbefore  provided.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

1533.  Officers  in  charge  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  will  afford  every 
facility  to  officers  authorized  to  turn  in  property.     They  will  give  receipts  for 
it  according  to  condition. 


SURPLUS  AND  DAMAGED   STORES.  311 

1534.  Whenever   ordnance  property   in   the  hands   of  troops,   except   that 
under  the  supervision  of  an  armament  officer  not  specifically  listed  in  War  De- 
partment publications  or  orders  as  subject  to  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer, 
becomes  unserviceable  it  will  not  be  presented  for  condemnation  until  no  longer 
repairable  with  the  means  available  within  the  organization,  post,  or  district. 
Timely  requisition  will  be  made  by  the  proper  post  or  other  ordnance  supply 
officers  on  the  Ordnance  Department  for  such  extra  parts  and  materials  as  are 
required  in  making  repairs  'of  equipment  with  whose  maintenance  he  is  charged. 
(C.A.R.,No.SO.) 

1535.  Articles  of  personal  equipments  or  other  ordnance  property  which  a 
detached  soldier  carries  with  him,  or  for  which  he  may  be  indebted  to  the  United 
States  at  the  time  of  his  transfer,  will  be  entered  on  duplicate  invoice  and  receipt 
transfer  blanks  (Ordnance  Department  Form  No.  152).    The  blanks  will,  when 
practicable,  indicate  the  destination  of  the  soldier.    The  two  transfer  blanks  will 
be  signed  by  the  accountable  officer,  or  the  issuing  officer  in  his  name,  and  by  the 
soldier  acknowledging  receipt  of  the  stores,  including  those  missing.     One  of 
these  signed  blanks  will  be  forwarded  with  the  service  record  of  the  soldier ; 
the  second  constitutes  the  voucher  under  which  the  accountable  officer  will  drop 
from  his  return  the  articles  enumerated  on  the  voucher. 

In  case  the  soldier  is  detached  or  transferred  from  an  organization  provided 
with  unit  accountability  equipment  the  transfer  blank  will  be  made  by  the  organi- 
zation commander  and  the  retained  copy  of  the  voucher  will  be  turned  over  by 
him  to  the  post  ordnance  officer,  or  if  the  organization  is  serving  away  from  a 
post  to  the  designated  supply  officer,  who  will  issue  to  the  organization  com- 
mander like  stores  to  replace  those  covered  by  the  voucher  and  who  will  then  use 
the  voucher  as  his  authority  for  dropping  such  articles  from  his  return. 

On  arrival  of  the  soldier  at  his  destination  all  articles  appearing  on  the  trans- 
fer blank  accompanying  the  service  record  will  be  taken  up  by  the  proper  officer, 
who  will  receipt  for  the  same  on  this  blank  and  forward  it  immediately  to  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance.  All  articles  missing  on  arrival  will  be  charged  against  the 
soldier  in  the  usual  manner. 

In  case  the  soldier,  upon  arrival  at  his  destination,  is  assigned  to  an  organi- 
zation provided  with  unit  accountability  equipment,  all  the  articles  appearing 
on  the  transfer  blank  accompanying  his  service  record,  will  be  taken  up  by 
the  post  ordnance  officer,  or,  if  the  organization  is  serving  away  from  a 
post,  by  the  designated  supply  officer,  and  all  articles  missing  on  arrival 
will  be  charged  against  the  soldier  on  the  pay  rolls  of  the  organization  and 
dropped  from  the  return  of  the  accountable  officer  under  a  statement  of  charges 
(Ordnance  Department  Form  No.  86)  made  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
organization  and  turned  over  by  him  to  the  accountable  officer  for  that  purpose. 

When  enlisted  men  are  transferred  in  detachments,  with  an  officer  or  noncom- 
missioned officer  in  charge,  from  a  recruit  depot  and  each  man  is  equipped  identi- 
cally and  none  of  them  are  indebted  for  other  articles  of  ordnance  property, 
the  articles  of  ordnance  property  carried  by  them  will  all  be  entered  on  but  one 
invoice  and  receipt  blank,  prepared  in  duplicate,  on  Ordnance  Department  Form 
No.  152-D.  Each  of  the  two  copies  will  be  signed  by  the  accountable  officer  and 
by  the  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  in  charge  of  the  detachment  acknowl- 
edging receipt  of  all  the  stores.  A  receipt  roll  will  be  made,  in  duplicate,  on 
Ordnance  Department  Form  No.  153  and  duly  signed  by  each  of  the  enlisted 
men  to  cover  his  individual  responsibility.  One  copy  of  the  signed  invoice  and 
receipt  blank  and  one  copy  of  the  signed  receipt  roll  will  be  furnished  to  the 
officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  in  charge  of  the  detachment,  and  the  other 
copies  of  these  signed  papers  will  constitute  the  voucher  under  which  the 


312  ORDNANCE   DEPARTMENT. 

accountable  officer  will  drop  the  property  from  his  return.  On  arrival  of  the 
detachment  at  its  destination  the  invoice  and  receipt  blank  and  the  receipt  roll 
will  be  turned  over  to  the  post  ordnance  officer  or  the  designated  supply  officer, 
who  will  take  up  all  the  articles  appearing  on  the  transfer  blank  and  receipt  for 
the  same  on  this  blank  and  forward  it  immediately  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 
All  articles  missing  on  arrival  will  be  charged  against  the  responsibe  soldiers 
on  the  pay  rolls  of  the  organizations  to  which  they  are  assigned  and  dropped 
from  the  return  of  the  accountable  officer  under  statements  of  charges  made  by 
the  commanding  officers  of  the  organizations  and  turned  over  by  them  to  the  ac- 
countable officer.  In  each  case  where  the  recruit  is  indebted  to  the  United  States 
at  the  time  of  his  transfer,  or  the  articles  in  his  possession  are  not  identical  to 
those  in  the  possession  of  the  other  men  of  the  detachment,  or  where  the  de- 
tachment is  not  in  charge  of  an  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  individual 
transfer  blanks  will  be  used. 

Unless  the  arrangements  for  the  journey  require  the  use  of  ordnance  property 
en  route,  none  will  be  transferred  with  such  soldiers. 

A  copy  of  the  transfer  blank  will  be  kept  by  each  accountable  officer  for  his 
retained  return.  (<7.  A.  R.,  Nos.  1  and  55.) 

1584>.  Detached  soldiers  going  to  or  returning  from  the  Philippine  Islands 
and  Alaska  will  be  required  to  turn  in  all  ordnance  property  in  their  possession 
before  departure. 

1537.  Ordinary  repairs  can  usually  be  made  in  the  organization,  post,  or 
district  with  the  means  provided  for  that  purpose  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 
When  the  repairs  required  can  not  be  thus  made,  certain  articles  or  classes  of 
articles,  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  may  be  turned  over  to  the  post 
ordnance  officer,  or  other  supply  officer,  for  shipment  to  a  designated  arsenal 
on  the  approved  recommendation  of  an  inspector,  or  surveying  officer,  as  pro- 
vided in  paragraphs  678  and  717.     These  will  be  shipped  as  directed  by  the 
inspector,  or  surveying  officer,  or,  if  no  specific  instructions  are  given,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the   general   instructions   of   the   Ordnance   Department.     The 
voucher  numbers  of  inspection  or  survey  reports  or  copy  of  other  authority 
authorizing  the  turning  in  or  shipment  of  the  stores  will  be  given  on  the  in- 
voice transferring  the  same.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

1538.  A  department  commander  may,  upon  the  request  of  an  armament  officer, 
order   such   shipments  of   machine   guns,   mobile   and   seacoast   artillery,    and 
articles  pertaining  thereto,  including  ammunition,  as  may  be  required,  and  dis- 
pose of  surplus  ordnance  stores  as  provided  in  paragraph  1532.    In  each  case  a 
copy  of  the  authority  directing  such  shipment  will  accompany  the  invoice  cover- 
ing such  transfer.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.) 

1539.  For  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  machine  guns,  mobile  and 
seacoast  artillery,  and  articles  pertaining  thereto,  armament  districts  are  es- 
tablished in  orders  from  the  War  Department,  and  the  assignment  of  arma- 
ment officers  to  the  charge  of  these  districts  is  made  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 
These  officers  will  keep  themselves  informed  of  the  condition  of  the  materiel 
by  inspections  and  by  direct  correspondence  with  the  various  district  and  post 
commanders.     The  former  are  authorized  to  make  the  necessary  repairs  to 
materiel  in  their  districts,  but  no  alterations  can  be  made  without  the  au- 
thority of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.    Where  repairs  indicate  improper  handling  or 
neglect  of  materiel,  the  circumstances  will  be  reported  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

When  mechanics  employed  by  an  armament  officer  are  on  duty  at  a  post  or  in 
a  district,  they  will,  in  the  absence  of  the  armament  officer,  be  under  the  super- 
vision of  the  post  or  district  commander. 


INSPECTION    OF    ORDNANCE PACKING   AND   TRANSPORTATION.       313 

When  a  part  of  or  an  accessory  to  an  article  constituting  a  porton  of  the 
armament  of  a  district  becomes  obsolete  and  is  replaced,  the  obsolete  part  or 
accessory  will  be  transferred  by  the  coast  defense  commander  to  an  arsenal  to 
be  designated  by  the  armament  officer,  or  will  be  submitted  for  the  action  of  an 
inspector  if  the  armament  officer  so  recommends.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  25  and  SO.) 

1540.  No  officer  will  turn  in  any  unserviceable  ordnance  stores  except  as 
provided  in  these  regulations. 

154-1.  Price  lists  of  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  will  be  published  from 
time  to  time  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  officers  in  making  inventories, 
sales,  and  charges  for  the  loss  of  or  damage  to  ordnance  property. 

1542.  Arm  chests  not  required  for  the  storage  of  supplies  will  be  returned  to 
the  nearest  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot  when  the  cost  of  transportation  is  not 
greater  than  the  value  of  the  property.     Officers  to  whom  such  chests  have  been 
issued  will  be  charged  with  their  value  if  they  are  destroyed. 

INSPECTION   OF  ORDNANCE  AND  ORDNANCE   STORES. 

1543.  When  the  recommendation  of  an  inspector  for  sale  of  ordnance  stores 
is  approved,  both  copies  of  the  report  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  accountable 
for  the  stores,  with  detailed  instructions  how  to  make  the  sales.     One  copy  of 
each  inventory   and   inspection   report  must   accompany   the   property   return. 
Sales  of  condemned  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  will  be  accounted  for  on 
Form  No.  272,  which  will  be  executed  in  duplicate  and  forwarded  directly  to 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  on  completion  of  the  sale.     A  third  copy  will  accompany 
the  officer's  property  return. 

PACKING  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

1544.  Officers  who  ship  arms  of  any  description  are  held  responsible  that 
they  are  so  packed  that,  under  ordinary  handling,  they  can  not  break  loose  from 
their  fastenings  in  the  boxes,  and  that  no  loaded  arm  is  packed  for  transporta- 
tion.    When  loaded  arms,  or  arms  insecurely  packed,  are  received  by  an  officer, 
he  will  report  the  facts  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1545.  After  packing  arms  or  ordnance  stores  for  shipment,  the  covers  and 
bottoms  of  the  arm  chests  and  packing  boxes  will,  if  possible,  be  sealed  with 
wax  and  stamped  with  an  official  mark  by  the  officer  responsible.     The  lid  will 
be  secured  by  screws,  at  least  two  of  which  will  be  sealed.     Each  board  on  top 
and  bottom  will  have  at  least  one  sealed  screw.     The  screw  heads  will   be 
countersunk  to  a  depth  sufficient  to  protect  the  wax  seal  from  injury.     The 
design  of  the  seal  will  designate  the  arsenal,  depot,  post,  or  organization  from 
which  shipment  is  made.     For  over-sea  shipments,  all.boxes  and  crates  will  be 
properly  strapped  with  wire  or  hoop  iron.     Boxes  containing  arms  and  other 
valuable  stores  will  be  sealed  prior  to  shipment  from  ordnance  establishments 
in  accordance  with  special  instructions  from  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1646.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  prepare  official  stamps  for  sealing 
boxes  and  distribute  them  to  each  company.  Company  commanders  will  account 
for  them  in  their  returns  of  ordnance  stores  and  use  them  exclusively  for  pur- 
poses intended. 

1547.  In  preparing  property  for  shipment,  the  name  of  the  invoicing  officer, 
or  of  the  arsenal  or  depot,  the  date  of  the  invoice,  the  number,  gross  weight,  and 
general  contents  of  each  box  or  package,  and  the  name  or  designation  of  the 
receiving  officer  will  be  distinctly  marked  thereon  prior  to  delivery  for  ship- 


314  ORDNANCE   DEPARTMENT. 

raent.  Each  quartermaster  who  ships  or  receives  ordnance  stores  will  satisfy 
himself  that  the  seals  on  the  packages  are  unbroken.  If  the  seals  should  be 
broken  and  any  stores  lost,  he  will  cause  the  value  of  the  lost  stores  to  be 
charged  to  the  carrier. 

1548.  When  stores  are  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster  Corps  for  trans- 
portation they  will  be  accompanied  by  triplicate  invoices,  one  of  which  will  be 
receipted  and  returned  by  the  shipping  quartermaster  to  the  invoicing  officer. 
Duplicate  invoices  with  duplicate  receipts  to  be  signed  by  the  receiving  officer, 
and  a  shipping  list  describing  the  contents  of  each  box  or  package,  will  be  sent 
direct  to  the  receiving  officer  by  mail,  to  reach  him,  if  practicable,  before  the 
receipts  of  the  stores.     Materials  procured  for  current  use  at  ordnance  estab- 
lishments will  be  transported  at  the  expense  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 

• 

RETUBNS    AND   REPORTS. 

1549.  Officers  accountable  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  will  render  the 
returns  and  statements  required  by  Ordnance  Property  Regulations. 

1550.  Records  of  artillery  firing  will  be  kept  at  seacoast  forts  and  by  organi- 
zations of  mobile  artillery,  as  prescribed  in  instructions  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  a  copy  forwarded  directly  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1551.  Requisitions  for  blanks  and  blank  books  required  for  the  use  of  the 
Ordnance  Department  will  be  made  annually  by  every  regiment  and  company, 
and  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  not  later  than  April  30  of  each  year. 
Those  suited  to  every  command  and  arm  of  the  service  can  be  obtained  upon 
application  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.    The  requisitions  will  give  the  form  num- 
ber and  state  the  quantity  of  each  blank  and  blank  book  desired,  based  on  the 
needs  for  the  following  fiscal  year. 

1552.  In  the  care  and  preservation  of  artillery  material,  magazines,  small 
arms,  etc.,  the  instructions  contained  in  the  authorized  Manual  of  Coast  Artil- 
lery and  the  publications  of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  observed. 

TESTS    AND   EXPERIMENTAL   TRIALS. 

1553.  No   written   or  pictorial   description   of  tests  by   this   Government  of 
arms  or  munitions  of  war  will  be  made  for  publication  without  the  authority 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  nor  will  any  information,  written  or  verbal,  concerning 
them  which  is  not  contained  in  the  printed  reports  and  documents  of  the  War 
Department  be  given  to  any  unauthorized  person. 

1554.  Except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  no  persons  other 
than  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  and  Members  of  Con- 
gress in  their  official  capacity,  and  persons  in  the  service  of  the  United  States 
employed  in  direct  connection  with  such  tests,  will  be  allowed  to  witness  the 
same. 

1555.  Until  further  orders,  inventors  and  manufacturers,  or  their  properly 
accredited  representatives,  will  also  be  permitted  to  be  present  at  tests  of  and 
experiments  with  their  own  inventions. 

Commanding  officers  of  ordnance  establishments  and  other  military  posts  are 
authorized  to  pass  such  persons  into  them  when  they  present  the  necessary 
credentials,  but  only  for  the  purpose  stated.  Access  to  parts  of  commands  not 
involved  in  the  tests  and  experiments  and  to  any  war  material,  or  to  any  means 
of  obtaining  knowledge  of  the  same,  is  prohibited. 


SIGNAL  CORPS.  315 

ABTICLE   LXXVII. 

SIGNAL  CORPS. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Signal  Corps,  and  for  the  operation  and 
maintenance  of  United  States  military  telegraph  lines  and  cables,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army,  under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
are  distributed  to  officers  and  men  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer.  Only  such  regulations  are 
herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

1556.  The  Chief  Signal  Officer  shall  have  charge,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  of  all  military  signal  duties  and  of  books,  papers,  and  de- 
Vices  connected   therewith,  including  telegraph  and  telephone  apparatus  and 
the  necessary  meterological  instruments  for  use  on  target  ranges  and  for  other 
military  uses;  of  the  construction,  repair,  and  operation  of  military  telegraph 
lines  and  the  duty  of  transmitting  messages  for  the  Army,  by  telegraph  or 
otherwise,  and  of  all  other  duties  usually  pertaining  to  military  signaling  and 
the  operations  of  such  corps  as  shall  be  confined  to  strictly  military  matters ; 
of  the  direction  of  the  Signal  Corps  of  the  Army  and  the  control  of  the  officers, 
enlisted   men,   and   employees   attached  thereto;   of   the   supply,   installation, 
repair,  and  operation  of  military  cables,  telegraph  and  telephone  lines,  and 
radio  apparatus  and  stations,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1505$ ;  of  the 
supply,  repair,  and  operation  of  field  telegraph  trains  and  balloon  trains;  of 
the  preparation  and  revision  of  the  War  Department  Telegraph  Code ;  of  the 
supervision  of  such  instruction  in  military  signaling,  telephony,  and  telegraphy 
as  may  be  prescribed  in  orders  from  the  War  Department,  except  such  as  is 
used  by  the  Coast  Artillery  in  fire  control  and  fire  direction  and  service  of 
submarine  mines;   of  the  procurement,  preservation,  and  distribution  of  the 
necessary  supplies  for  the  Signal  Corps  and  of  the  procurement  and  issue  of 
signal  equipment  required  in  coast  defense.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  40  and  49.) 

1557.  Men  may  be  enlisted  for  the  Signal  Corps,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Chief 
Signal  Officer  of  the  Army,  in  the  class  or  grade  for  which  they  are  competent 
and  in  which  there  is  a  vacancy.     They  will  be  promoted  and  reduced  in  the 
class  or  grade,  as  fixed  by  law,  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army,  or  by 
his  authority. 

Master  signal  electricians,  first-class  sergeants,  sergeants,  corporals,  cooks, 
and  first-class  privates  may  be  reenlisted  for  the  Signal  Corps  in  their  respec- 
tive grades,  and  their  warrants  and  appointments  continued  in  force,  if  reen- 
listment  be  made  on  the  day  following  that  of  discharge.  Each  reenlistment  and 
continuance  will  be  noted  on  the  warrant  or  appointment.  If,  except  in  the 
cases  of  men  on  duty  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  the  officer 
under  whom  the  soldier  is  serving  does  not  deem  the  continuance  in  force  of 
the  warrant  or  appointment  to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service,  he  will 
make  a  report  in  detail  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  through  military 
channels,  not  less  than  three  months  prior  to  expiration  of  the  soldier's  term 
of  service,  in  order  that  a  decision  may  be  made  before  the  date  of  discharge 
and  the  soldier  notified  thereof.  A  similar  report  will  be  made  to  the  command- 
ing, generals,  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  respectively,  with  regard 
to  Signal  Corps  men  stationed  in  those  departments. 

For  the  reenlistment  of  married  men  in  the  Signal  Corps  permission  must 
be  obtained  from  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  for  men  on  duty  at 
points  other  than  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  and  from  the 
department  signal  officers,  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  respectively, 
for  men  stationed  in  those  departments.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  8  and  12.) 

1558.  The  senior  signal  officer  of  an  army  in  the  field  commands  the  signal 
parties  serving  therein.     Orders  affecting  them  will  be  transmitted  through 


316  SIGNAL  CORPS. 

him,  and  he  will  be  responsible  that  they  are  fully  instructed,  adequately  sup- 
plied, and  that  they  properly  perform  their  duties.  He  will  keep  himself 
informed  of  the  position  of  the  army  and  of  the  enemy,  and,  under  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  general  commanding,  will  establish  his  stations.  He  will  submit 
reports  of  operations  to  the  general  commanding,  and  forward  copies  thereof 
to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  in  Washington,  to  whom  he  will  report  monthly  his 
station,  the  strength  and  condition  of  his  parties,  and  all  other  matters  pertain- 
ing to  their  duties  and  equipment. 

1559.  When  telegraph  lines  are  placed  under  charge  of  signal  officers,  they 
will  be  held  responsible  for  their  construction,  maintenance,  and  operation. 
Commanding  officers  and  others  will  see  that  the  special  duties  of  these  officers 
are  not  interfered  with,  and  upon  proper  application  will  render  any  assistance 
in  their  power. 

1560.  Communications  transmitted  by  telegraph  or  signals  are  always  confi- 
dential, and  will  not  be  revealed  except  to  those  officially  entitled  to  receive 
them,  or  in  cases  specially  ordered  by  competent  military  authority. 

1561.  Official  and  military  messages  will  have  precedence.     Subject  to  modi- 
fication in  orders  from  the  War  Department,  or  by  order  of  the  commanding 
general  of  the  army  in  the  field,  important  dispatches  will  be  usually  sent  in 
the  following  order  of  priority,  due  regard  being  had  to  the  relative  urgency 
of  messages  in  the  same  class : 

First.  Those  relating  to  the  movement  or  administration  of  the  army  in  the 
field,  and  of  the  Navy. 

Second.  Other  messages  relating  to  the  Army,  to  the  Navy,  and  to  govern- 
mental departments  or  bureaus  of  the  United  States. 

Third.  Messages  of  State,  Territorial,  or  other  civil  officials,  relating  to  pub- 
lic business. 

Fourth.  Messages  between  diplomatic  agents  of  neutral  governments. 

Fifth.  Press  messages. 

Sixth.  Miscellaneous  business,  those  relating  to  death  or  serious  illness 
having  priority. 

Unimportant  dispatches  of  any  class  must  not,  however,  be  given  precedence 
over  important  dispatches  of  a  subordinate  class. 

2.  Dispatches  containing  matter  deemed  to  be  injurious  to  the  public  inter- 
ests must  be  submitted  to  the  commanding  general  for  his  orders  relative  to 
their  transmission.     On  detached  lines  such  messages  will  be  submitted  to  the 
senior  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  for  his  action. 

3.  Officers  and  soldiers  are  strictly  prohibited  from  communicating,  except 
to  commanding  officers  or  under  special  authorization   from   proper   military 
authority,  information  by  telegraph,  or  otherwise,  relative  to  numbers,  move- 
ments, or  operations  of  troops,  or  details  regarding  fortifications,  armaments, 
or  experiments  made  in  connection  with  military  affairs.     Neither  shall  they 
be  permitted  to  file  or  send  dispatches  containing  opinions  on  miltary  opera- 
tions or  other  military  matters  relating  to  any  part  of  the  army  or  command 
with  which  they  are  serving,  or  to  any  auxiliary  forces. 

4.  Personal  and  press  messages  may,  under  conditions  not  interfering  with 
military  business,  be  transmitted  free  over  field  military  telegraph  lines  that 
are  closed  to  the  general  public. 

5.  The  use  of  any  cipher  is  forbidden,  except  in  communication  to  and  from 
commanding  officers  and  their  superiors,  or  in  cases  of  civil  officers  specially 
authorized.     Personal  and  press  codes,  however,  may  be  utilized  for  the  eco- 
nomical transmission  of  dispatches  upon  filing  a  copy  of  the  code  with  the 
central  office  and  under  such  other  regulations  as  may  be  formulated  by  the 
general  commanding  an  army  in  the  field. 


SIGNAL  CORPS.  317 

6.  The  chief  signal  officer  of  an  army  operating  in  the  field,  or  of  a  district 
under  military  control,  in  carrying  out  his  general  instructions  will  formulate 
necessary  regulations  for  the  management  and  operation  of  military  telegraph 
lines  under  his  control.    General  rules  should  be  reduced  to  writing,  be  clearly 
defined,  and  impartially  enforced. 

7.  For  signal  communication  between  the  Army  and  the  Navy  the  Interna- 
tional Morse  Code  shall  be  adopted,  transmitted  by  radio,  visual,  and  sound 
signals  whenever  applicable  to  the  means  of  communication  employed,  with  the 
single  modification  that  in  the  use  of  the  Ardois  night  system  numerals  shall 
be  spelled  out  and  punctuation  marks  shall  be  eliminated.     The  use  of  the 
International  Morse  Code,  however,  shall  not  be  understood  as  prohibiting  the 
employment  between  the  Army  and  the  Navy  of  such  other  systems  of  signaling 
as  may  be  useful  under  special  conditions,  such  as  the  International  Code,  the 
two-arm  semaphore  system,  pyrotechnics  of  any  description,  including  rockets, 
the  Very  pistol,  or  any  other  method  of  communication  not  adapted  to  the  dot 
and  dash  code,  but  which  at  times  may  become  serviceable  and  which  may  be 
temporarily  agreed  to  by  the  senior  officers  present  of  the  two  services. 

8.  The  International  Morse  Code  is  announced  as  the  general  service  code  of 
the  Army,  and  will  be  used  for  all  visual  signaling,  radio  telegraphy,  and  on 
cables  using  siphon  recorders.    The  American  Morse  Code  will  be  used  on  tele- 
graph lines,  on  short  cables,  and  on  field  lines. 

1562.  Department,  division,  and  brigade  commanders  will  require  of  all 
organizations  of  their  commands  such  instruction  in  visual  signaling  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  service  of  information  within  their  commands.  Of  at 
least  two  enlisted  men  of  each  organization  to  which  is  issued  signal  equip- 
ment there  will  be  required  ability  to  send  and  receive  messages  by  use  of 
the  2-foot  and  semaphore  signal  flags  at  the  following  rates  of  speed:  (a) 
2-foot  flag,  general  service  code,  at  a  speed  equal  to  three  combinations  of 
five  mixed  letters  each,  per  minute,  over  a.  distance  not  less  than  one  mile ; 
(b)  semaphore  flags,  two-arm  semaphore  code,  at  a  speed  equal  to  eight  com- 
binations of  five  letters  each,  per  minute,  over  a  distance  of  not  less  than  five 
hundred  yards.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  5  and  28.) 

1568.  Whoever  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  injure  or  destroy  any  of  the 
works,  property,  or  material  of  any  telegraph,  telephone,  or  cable  line,  or  sys- 
tem, operated  or  controlled  by  the  United  States,  whether  constructed  or  in 
process  of  construction,  or  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  interfere  in  any  way 
with  the  working  or  use  of  any  such  line,  or  system,  or  shall  willfully  or  ma- 
liciously obstruct,  hinder,  or  delay  the  transmission  of  any  communication  over 
any  such  line,  or  system,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $1,000,  or  imprisoned 
not  more  than  three  years,  or  both. 

1564.  Officers  of  the  Army  and  cadets  of  the  first  and  second  classes,  United 
States  Military  Academy,  may  purchase  from  the  Signal  Corps  articles  of  Signal 
Corps  equipment,  provided  the  property  is  available.     They  will  certify  that  the 
articles  are  for  their  personal  use.    The  price  to  be  paid  by  an  officer  or  cadet 
for  such  property  will  be  the  cost  price  to  the  Government.     Code  cards  and 
instructions  for  visual  signaling  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer 
of  the  Army  upon  application.     Signal  supplies  will  be  furnished  by  the  Signal 
Corps  to  posts  and  such  organizations  as  require  them  on  requisitions  approved 
by  department  commanders.    All  officers  or  other  persons  in  the  military  estab- 
lishment to  whom  signal  supplies  are  issued  will  render  accounts  and  returns 
therefor  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  on  forms  furnished  for  that 
purpose.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 

1565.  Signal  supplies  will  be  issued  to  the  Organized  Militia  of  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 


318  UNIFORM MANUALS THE   ARMY  RESERVE. 

visions  of  "  An  act  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  the  militia,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," approved  January  21,  1903,  as  amended  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
May  27,  1908,  upon  proper  requisition  therefor. 

1566.  Telescopes,  telephones,  and  expensive  electrical  or  aeronautical  appa- 
ratus of  the  Signal  Corps,  when  unserviceable,  will  not  be  submitted  to  an  in- 
spector for  condemnation  without  previous  authority  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer 
of  the  Army. 

Field  glasses,  when  unserviceable  beyond  local  repair,  will  not  be  sub- 
mitted to  an  inspector,  but  will  be  shipped  and  invoiced  to.  the  Signal  Corps 
General  Supply  Depot,  Fort  Wood,  N.  Y.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  35  and  46.) 

1567.  Quartermasters  will  issue  to  signal  parties  serving  in  their  vicinity, 
on  the  requisition  of  the  officer  in  charge,  such  supplies  from  their  respective 
departments  as  may  be  necessary  for  their  proper  equipment  and  subsistence. 

1568.  Electrical  engineers  and  other  technical  employees  of  the  Signal  Corps 
shall,  while  serving  on  transports  or  other  Government  vessels  used  as  cable 
ships,   be   entitled   to   subsistence   in   the   same   manner   as   employees   of  the 
Quartermaster  Corps  serving  thereon. 

ARTICLE   LXXVIII. 

UNIFORM. 

1569.  The  uniform  and  equipments  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  be  pre- 
scribed in  special  regulations  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE  LXXIX. 

MANUALS  OF  STAFF  DEPARTMENTS  AND  BLANK  FORMS. 

1570.  Manuals  issued  by  the  staff  departments  and  approved  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  when  not  in  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  these  regulations 
or  of  orders  or  bulletins  of  the  War_Department,  will  have  equal  force  therewith. 

1571.  The   standard  blank   forms   used   in   Army   administration,    with   the 
notes  and  directions  thereon,  have  the  force  and  effect  of  Army  Regulations. 
New  forms  or  alterations  will  not  be  made  without  the  authority  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  and  the  date  on  which  a  form  or  alteration  was  authorized  will  be 
printed  on  the  form  itself.    All  notes  or  directions  on  these  blanks  will,  prior 
to  their  issue,  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War.    These  forms  and  lists  of 
them  will  be  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  the  various  bureaus  and  offices  of  the 
War  Department.    Requisitions  therefor  will  call  for  them  by  number  and  name. 

For  the  service  of  the  interior,  blank  forms  will  be  procured  by  requisition 
as  prescribed  in  these  regulations,  in  general  orders,  and  in  the  manuals  of  the 
several  staff  corps  and  departments.  For  the  service  of  the  theater  of  opera- 
tions, they  will  be  procured  by  requisition  on  the  staff  officers  at  the  base  of 
operations  or  base  of  line  of  communications,  through  the  division  staff  officers 
who  will  keep  on  hand  an  emergency  supply  of  the  blank  forms  of  their 
respective  staff  corps  and  departments,  preferably  carried  in  the  supply  train. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  33.) 

1572.  The  rendition  of  returns,   rolls,  certificates,  and  other  documents  in 
manuscript  is  prohibited  when  the  proper  printed  forms  therefor  are  on  hand. 

ARTICLE   LXXX. 

THE  ARMY  RESERVE. 

[Established  by  the  provisions  of  the  second  paragraph  of  section  2  of  the  Army 
appropriation  act  of  August  24,  1912.  (37  Stat.,  590,  591.)] 

1578.  Regulations  governing  the  Army  Reserve  are  published  in  special  regu- 
lations from  the  War  Department.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 


NOTE. 

The  Articles  of  War  are  omitted  from  this  reprint  for  the  reason  that  they 
are  contained  in  the  1917  Manual  for  Courts-Martial. 

319 


MEMORANDUM. 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs  of  Army  Regulations. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

1 

1 

65... 

65. 

129 

129 

2 

2 

66  

66. 

130 

130 

3    .             

3 

67  

67. 

131. 

131 

4 

4 

68  

68. 

132 

132 

5 

5 

69.   . 

69. 

133 

133 

6 

(j° 

70.... 

70. 

134 

134 

7 

7 

71  

71. 

135 

135 

g 

g 

72  

72. 

136 

136 

9 

9* 

73  

73. 

137.. 

137. 

10 

10 

74  

74. 

138 

138 

11 

11 

75  

75. 

139 

139. 

12 

12. 

76  

76. 

140.. 

140. 

13 

13 

77..  

77. 

140,1, 

141 

14 

14. 

78  

78. 

141.. 

142. 

15 

15 

79  

79. 

142 

143 

16 

16 

80  

80. 

143. 

144. 

17 

17. 

81  

81. 

144.. 

145. 

18 

18 

82  

82. 

145 

146. 

19 

19. 

83  

83. 

146.. 

147. 

20 

20 

84  

84. 

147 

148. 

21 

21 

85  

85. 

148.. 

149. 

22 

22 

86  

86. 

149 

150 

23 

23 

87  

87. 

150 

151. 

24 

24. 

88  

88. 

151.. 

152. 

25 

25 

89  

89. 

152 

153 

26 

26. 

90  

90. 

153. 

154. 

27 

27. 

91  

91. 

154.. 

155. 

28 

28 

92  

92. 

155 

156. 

29 

29. 

93  

93. 

156.. 

157. 

30 

30 

94  

94. 

157 

158 

31 

31. 

95  

95. 

158. 

159. 

32 

32 

96  

96. 

159 

160 

33 

33 

97  

97. 

160 

161 

34                   .... 

34. 

98  

98. 

161 

162 

35 

35. 

99  

99. 

162 

163 

36 

36. 

100  

100. 

163 

164. 

37 

37. 

101  

101. 

164 

165 

38 

38. 

102  

102. 

165.. 

166. 

39    .              .   ... 

39. 

103               

103. 

166..    . 

167. 

40 

40. 

104 

104. 

167.     .   . 

168. 

41    .              .   ... 

41. 

105 

105. 

168  

169. 

42 

42. 

106 

106. 

169..    . 

170. 

43 

43. 

107 

107. 

170... 

171. 

44 

44. 

108 

108. 

171..   . 

172. 

45 

45. 

109 

109. 

172  

173. 

46 

46. 

110 

110. 

173..   . 

174. 

47 

47. 

111 

111. 

174  

175. 

48 

48 

112 

112. 

175  . 

176 

49    . 

49. 

113 

113. 

176  

177. 

50  

50. 

114 

114. 

177  

178. 

51 

51. 

115 

115. 

178.. 

179. 

52 

52 

116 

116. 

179 

180. 

53.. 

53. 

117 

117. 

180  

181. 

54 

54. 

118 

118. 

181 

182 

55.  ..             

55. 

119 

119. 

182..   . 

183. 

56 

56. 

120 

120 

183 

184. 

57.  .             

57. 

121 

121. 

184  

185. 

58 

58. 

122 

122 

185  . 

186. 

59                 

59. 

123 

123. 

186  

187. 

60 

60. 

124 

124 

187 

188. 

61  

61. 

125 

125. 

187J  

189. 

62 

62. 

126 

126 

188 

190. 

63  

63. 

127 

127. 

189  

191. 

64... 

64. 

128... 

128. 

190... 

192. 

90651—17 21 


321 


322  MEMORANDUM. 

Statement  showing  new   numbers   of  old  paragraphs   of   Army   Regulations — Continued. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

191                  ••• 

193. 

269... 

269. 

350.. 

340 

193i. 

270  

270. 

351  . 

341 

192 

194. 

271  

271. 

352  

342 

Rescinded. 

272... 

272. 

353  . 

343 

194 

195. 

273  

273. 

353  

343. 

195 

196. 

274... 

274. 

354  . 

344 

196 

197. 

275  

275. 

355  

345. 

197 

Rescinded. 

276.. 

276. 

356  . 

Rescinded, 

198 

198. 

277.... 

277. 

357  

346. 

199 

199. 

278.. 

278. 

358  . 

347. 

200 

200. 

279... 

279. 

359  

348. 

201 

201. 

280.. 

280. 

360 

349 

202 

202. 

281... 

281. 

361  

350. 

203 

203. 

282  

282. 

362  

351. 

204 

204. 

283... 

283. 

363..   . 

352. 

205 

205. 

284  

284. 

364  

353. 

206 

206. 

285... 

285. 

365  . 

354. 

207 

207. 

286  

286. 

366  

355. 

208 

208. 

287  

287. 

367  

356. 

209 

209. 

288  

288. 

368  

357. 

210 

210. 

289.  .  . 

289. 

369..   . 

358. 

211 

211. 

290  

290. 

370  

359. 

212 

212. 

291  

291. 

371  

360. 

213 

213. 

292  

292. 

372  

361. 

214 

214. 

293.. 

293. 

373  . 

362. 

215 

215. 

294  

294. 

374  

363. 

216 

216. 

295.... 

295. 

375 

364. 

217 

217. 

296  

296. 

376  

365. 

218 

218. 

297... 

297. 

377 

366. 

219 

219. 

298...'.. 

298. 

378  

367. 

220 

220. 

299  

299. 

379  

368. 

221 

221. 

300...  

300. 

380  

369. 

222 

222. 

301  

301. 

381  

370. 

223 

223. 

302  

302. 

382  

371. 

224 

224. 

303  

303. 

383  

372. 

224J. 

304... 

304, 

384 

373. 

225 

225. 

305  

305. 

385  

374. 

226 

226. 

306  

306. 

386  

375. 

227 

227. 

307  

307. 

387  

376. 

228 

228. 

308  

308. 

388  

377. 

229 

229. 

309  

309. 

389.            

378. 

230 

230. 

310  

310. 

390  

379. 

231 

231. 

311  

311. 

391 

380. 

232 

232. 

.312  

312. 

392  

381. 

233 

233. 

313  

313. 

393 

382. 

234 

234. 

314  

314. 

394  

393. 

235 

235. 

315  

315. 

395 

384. 

236 

236. 

316  

316. 

396  

385. 

237 

237. 

317  

317. 

397  

386. 

238 

238. 

318  

318. 

398.                  

387. 

239 

239. 

319  

319. 

399  

388. 

240 

240. 

320  

320. 

400                 

389. 

241 

241. 

321  

321. 

401  

390. 

242 

242. 

322  

322. 

402          

391. 

243 

243. 

323  

323. 

402J  

392. 

243  1 

244. 

324  

324. 

403  

393. 

244 

245. 

325  ; 

325. 

404  

394. 

245 

246. 

326  

326. 

405  

395. 

246 

Rescinded 

327  

Rescinded. 

406  

396. 

247 

247. 

328..   .    . 

Do. 

407.  .              

397. 

248 

248. 

329  

Do. 

408  

398. 

249 

249. 

330 

Do 

409  

399. 

250 

250 

331 

327 

410  

400. 

251 

251. 

332 

328 

411  

401. 

252 

252 

333 

329 

412  

402. 

253 

253. 

334 

330 

413  

403. 

254.... 
255  

256 

254. 
255. 
256. 

335  
336  
337  '.    .    . 

Rescinded. 
Do. 
Do. 

414  
415  
416  

404. 
405. 
406. 

257  
258  
259... 

257. 
258. 
259. 

338  
339  
340  

Do. 
Do. 
Do. 

417  
418  
418J  

419 

408. 
409. 
410 

260  

260. 

341  

331. 

420 

411 

261  

261. 

342  

332. 

421 

412 

262  

262. 

343  

333. 

499 

413 

263  

263. 

344  

334. 

423 

414 

264 

264. 

345 

335. 

424 

415. 

265 

265. 

346 

336. 

425                 

416. 

266 

266. 

347 

337. 

416 

417. 

267 

267. 

348 

338. 

427             

418. 

268... 

268. 

349... 

339. 

428... 

419. 

MEMORANDUM.  323 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs  of  Army  Regulations — Continued. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

420... 

420. 

509 

500. 

588.. 

580 

430... 

421. 

510  

501. 

589  

581. 

431  

422. 

511 

502 

590.. 

582 

432  

423. 

512 

503. 

591.. 

583. 

433. 

424. 

513 

504 

592 

Rescinded 

434  

425. 

514 

505. 

593  . 

Do 

435 

426. 

515 

506 

594 

584 

436 

427. 

516 

507 

595  . 

585. 

437.. 

428. 

517 

508. 

5%.. 

58(>. 

438 

429 

518 

509 

597 

587. 

439. 

430. 

519 

510 

598.. 

588. 

440. 

431. 

520 

511. 

599  

589. 

441 

432. 

521 

512 

600 

590. 

442 

433. 

522 

513 

601.. 

591. 

443. 

434. 

523 

514 

602  

592. 

444 

435. 

524 

515 

603  . 

521. 

445 

436. 

525 

516 

604  

593. 

446 

437. 

526 

517 

605 

594. 

447 

438. 

527 

518 

606..   . 

595. 

448 

439. 

528 

519 

607  

596. 

449... 

440. 

529 

520. 

608  

597. 

450 

441. 

530 

522 

609  

598. 

451.. 

442. 

531 

523 

610  

599. 

452 

443. 

532 

524 

611.. 

600. 

453 

444. 

533 

525 

612  

601. 

454... 

445. 

534 

526 

613  ;... 

602. 

455 

446. 

535 

527 

614.. 

603. 

456.. 

447. 

536 

528 

615  

604. 

457... 

448. 

537 

529 

616  

005. 

458 

449. 

538 

530 

617  

60ti. 

459.. 

450. 

539 

531. 

618  

607. 

460... 

451. 

540 

532. 

619  

(508. 

461.. 

452. 

541 

533. 

619*  

f.09. 

462... 

453. 

542 

534 

620  

Rescinded 

463... 

454. 

543 

535. 

621  

610. 

464... 

455. 

544 

536 

622  

611. 

465 

456. 

545 

537 

623  

612. 

466 

457. 

546 

538. 

624  

613. 

467. 

458. 

547 

539. 

625.. 

614. 

468 

459. 

548 

540. 

626  

615. 

469... 

460. 

549 

541. 

627  

616. 

470... 

461. 

550 

542. 

628.. 

617. 

471 

462. 

551 

543. 

629.... 

618. 

472.    . 

463. 

552 

544, 

630  

619. 

473  

464. 

553 

545 

631.. 

620. 

474.    . 

465. 

554 

546 

632  

621. 

475  

466. 

555 

547. 

633  

622. 

476. 

467. 

556 

548 

634  

623. 

477  

468. 

557 

635  

624. 

478.... 

469. 

558 

636  

625. 

479  

470. 

559 

637  

626. 

480  

471. 

560 

638  

627. 

481  

472. 

561 

639  

628. 

482  

473. 

640  

629. 

483  

474. 

641  

630. 

484. 

4«r, 

475. 

564  

556. 

642  

681. 

486. 
487  
488  
489... 

477. 
478. 
479. 
480. 

5G5  
566  
567  
568  

557. 
558. 
559. 
560. 

644  
045  
646  

647 

633. 
634. 
635. 
636. 

490  
491.. 
492  

493 

481. 
482. 
483. 
484 

569  
570  
571  
572  

561. 
562. 
563. 
564. 

648  
649  
650  

651 

637. 
638. 
(39. 
640. 

494 

485 

573  

565. 

652 

641 

495 

486 

574  

566. 

653 

642 

4% 

487 

575  

567. 

654 

643 

497 

488 

570  

568. 

655 

644 

498 

489 

577  

569. 

656 

645 

499 

490 

578  

570. 

657 

646. 

500.. 

491. 

579  

571. 

658 

647. 

501 

492 

580  

572. 

659 

648. 

502... 

493. 

581  1  

573. 

660 

649. 

503 

494 

582  

574. 

661 

650. 

504... 

495. 

583 

575. 

662 

651. 

505  

496. 

584  

576. 

663 

652. 

506  

497. 

585.. 

577. 

664 

653. 

507  

498. 

586  

578. 

665 

654. 

508  

499. 

587... 

579. 

666... 

655. 

324  MEMORANDUM. 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs   of   Army   Regulations— Continued. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

667... 

656. 

748... 

737. 

827.. 

813. 

668         ... 

657. 

749  

738. 

828. 

814. 

669  

658. 

750  

739. 

829.. 

815. 

670  

659. 

751  

740. 

830.. 

816. 

671  

660. 

752. 

741. 

831. 

817. 

672  

661. 

753  

742. 

832 

818. 

673         

662. 

754 

743. 

833 

819. 

674   

663. 

755   .. 

744. 

834 

820. 

675  

664. 

756  

745. 

835. 

821. 

676   

665. 

757   .. 

746. 

836 

822. 

677  

666. 

758   ' 

747. 

837 

823. 

678  j  

667. 

759  

748. 

838. 

824. 

679  

668. 

760 

749. 

839 

825. 

680  

669.     • 

761  .. 

750. 

840. 

Rescinded. 

681  

670. 

762 

751. 

841 

Do. 

682  

671. 

763 

752. 

842 

826. 

683  

672. 

764  

753. 

843. 

827. 

684  

673. 

765 

754. 

844 

828. 

685  

674. 

766. 

755. 

845 

Rescinded. 

686  

675. 

767  

756. 

846. 

829. 

687  

676. 

768 

757. 

847 

830. 

688  

677. 

769...      . 

758. 

848. 

831. 

689  

678. 

770 

759. 

849 

832. 

690  

679. 

771 

760. 

850. 

833. 

691       

680. 

772 

761. 

851 

834. 

692  

681.  • 

773 

762. 

852 

835. 

693  

682. 

774  

763. 

853. 

836. 

694     ;  

683. 

775 

764. 

854 

837. 

695  

684. 

776  

765. 

855 

838. 

696  

685. 

777... 

766. 

856  

839. 

697       

686. 

778   . 

767. 

857 

840. 

698     

687. 

779... 

768. 

858  

841. 

699             

688. 

780 

769. 

859 

842. 

700  

689. 

781.. 

770. 

860 

843. 

701 

690. 

782 

771. 

861 

844. 

702       

691. 

783 

772. 

862                 .   . 

845. 

703   

692. 

784... 

773. 

863..          

846. 

704            

693. 

785 

774. 

864 

847. 

705         

694. 

786... 

775. 

865..           

848. 

706  

695. 

786i... 

776. 

866  

849. 

707         

696. 

787. 

Rescinded. 

867                 .   . 

850. 

708         

697. 

788.. 

Do. 

868  

851. 

709           ... 

698. 

789 

777. 

869 

852. 

710 

699. 

789J  .. 

778. 

870  

853. 

711.. 

700. 

790.. 

Rescinded. 

871  

854. 

712 

701 

791 

Do. 

872. 

855. 

713  

702. 

792.. 

779. 

873  

856. 

714 

703 

793 

780. 

874              .   . 

857. 

715 

704 

794 

781. 

875 

858. 

716 

705 

795 

782. 

876 

859. 

717     

706 

796. 

783. 

877.            .   .   . 

860. 

718... 

707. 

797  

784. 

878  

861. 

719. 

708 

798 

785. 

879  

862. 

720  

709. 

799.  . 

786. 

880  

863. 

721     . 

710 

800 

787. 

881  

864. 

722  

711 

801.. 

788. 

882  

865. 

723 

712 

802 

789. 

883  

866. 

724  

713 

803.. 

790. 

884  

867. 

725 

714 

804 

791. 

885 

868. 

726   

715 

805. 

792. 

886  

869. 

727 

716 

806 

793. 

887 

870. 

728  

717. 

807                     .   . 

794. 

888  

871. 

729  

718. 

808  

795. 

889  

872. 

730  

719. 

809             ... 

796. 

890  

873. 

731  

720. 

810  

797. 

891  

874. 

732           .... 

721. 

811. 

798. 

892  .             

875. 

733.. 

722. 

812.  .  . 

799. 

1  893  

876. 

734              ... 

723. 

813.. 

800. 

894          

877. 

735 

724. 

814 

801. 

895 

878. 

736.      . 

725. 

815  

802. 

'896          

879. 

737 

726. 

816 

803. 

1  897 

880. 

738 

727. 

817  

804. 

898  

881. 

739 

728. 

818.. 

805. 

899 

882. 

740 

729. 

819  

806. 

900  

883. 

741 

730. 

820  

807. 

i  901 

884. 

742 

731. 

821 

808. 

902 

885. 

743 

732. 

822  

809. 

903                     .   . 

886. 

744 

733 

823 

810. 

904 

887. 

745 

734. 

824  

Rescinded. 

905  

888. 

746 

735. 

825                 .   . 

811. 

906                 ...   . 

889. 

747... 

736. 

826... 

812. 

907... 

890. 

MEMORANDUM.  325 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs  of  Army  Regnlationg — Continued. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

908... 

891. 

984... 

968. 

1062... 

1046. 

909 

892. 

985  

969. 

1063  

1047. 

910  .. 

893. 

986  

970. 

1064  

1048. 

911  

894. 

987  

971. 

1065  

1049. 

91  U 

895. 

988  

972. 

1066      

1050 

912  . 

8%. 

989  

973. 

1067  

1051. 

912i 

897 

990  

974. 

1068 

1052 

913.... 

898. 

991  

975. 

1069  

1053. 

914... 

899. 

992  

976. 

1070  

1054. 

915 

900. 

993  

977. 

1071 

1055 

916... 

901. 

994  

978. 

1072      

1056 

917 

902. 

995  

979. 

1073 

1057 

918.. 

903. 

996  

980. 

1074 

1058 

919... 

904. 

997  

981. 

1075  

1059 

920 

905. 

998  

982. 

1076 

1060 

921.. 

906. 

999  

983. 

1077 

1061 

922... 

907. 

1000  

984. 

1078 

1062 

923.  . 

908 

1001  

Rescinded. 

1079 

1063 

924... 

909. 

1002  

985. 

1080 

1064 

925... 

910. 

1003  

986. 

1081       

1065. 

926.. 

911 

1004  

987. 

1082 

1066 

927... 

912 

1005  

988. 

1083 

1067 

928... 

913 

1006  

989. 

f084 

1068 

929... 

914 

1007  

990. 

1085 

1069 

930... 

915. 

1008  

991. 

1086 

1070 

931... 

916 

1009  

992. 

1087 

1071 

932... 

917 

1010  

993. 

1088 

1072 

933... 

918. 

1011  

994. 

1089 

1073 

934... 

919 

1012  

995. 

1090 

1074 

935... 

920. 

1013  

996. 

1091 

1075 

936... 

921. 

1014  

997. 

1092 

1076 

937.. 

922 

1015  

998. 

1093 

1077 

938... 

923. 

1016  

999. 

1094 

1078. 

939... 

924. 

1017  

1000. 

1095 

1079. 

940... 

925 

1018  

1001. 

1096 

1080 

941... 

926 

1019  

1002. 

1097 

1081 

942... 

927. 

1020  

1003. 

1098 

1082. 

943... 

928 

1021  

1004. 

1099 

1083 

944... 

929 

1022  

1005. 

1100 

1084 

945.. 

930 

1023  

1006. 

1101 

1085 

946.  .  . 

931 

1024  

1007. 

1102 

1086 

947... 

932 

1025  

1008. 

1103 

1087 

948.... 

933. 

1025^  

1009. 

1104 

1088 

949.. 

934 

1026  

1010. 

1105 

1089 

950... 

935 

1027  

1011. 

1106 

1090 

951.... 

936. 

1028  

1012. 

1107 

1091 

952.... 

937 

1029  

1013. 

1108 

1092 

953.... 

938 

1030  

1014. 

1109 

1093. 

954  

939 

1031  

1015. 

1110 

1094. 

955... 

940 

1032  

1016. 

1111 

1095 

956... 

941. 

1033  

1017. 

1112 

1096 

957.. 

942 

1034  

1018. 

1113 

1097 

957?,... 

943. 

1035  

1019. 

1114 

1098. 

958... 

944. 

1036  

1020. 

1114J 

1099. 

959  .. 

945 

1037  

1021. 

1115 

1100 

960... 

946 

1038  

1022. 

1116 

1101. 

961.... 

947. 

1039  

1023. 

1117 

1102. 

962... 

948 

1040  

1024. 

1118 

1103. 

963... 

949. 

1041  

1025. 

1119 

1104. 

964. 

950 

1042 

1026 

1120 

1105. 

965..  , 

Rescinded 

1043 

1027. 

1121 

1106. 

966.... 

951. 

1044  

1028. 

1122 

1107. 

967... 

952. 

1045... 

1029. 

1123. 

1108. 

968.... 

953. 

1046  

1030. 

1124 

1109. 

969  

954. 

1047  

1031. 

1125.  . 

1110. 

970... 

955. 

1048 

1032. 

1126 

1111. 

971... 

956. 

1049  

1033. 

1127 

1112. 

972  

957. 

1050 

1034. 

1128 

1113. 

973  

Rescinded. 

1051.  . 

1035. 

1129  . 

1114. 

974  

958. 

1052  '  

1036. 

1130  

1115. 

975  

959 

1053. 

1037. 

1131 

1116. 

976  

960 

1054.  . 

1038. 

1132  

1117. 

977  

961. 

1055 

1039. 

1133... 

1118. 

978  . 

962. 

1056 

1040. 

1134 

1119. 

979  

963. 

1057 

1041. 

1135  

1120. 

980.. 

964. 

1058 

1042 

1136.  . 

1121. 

981  

965. 

1059 

1043. 

1137  

1122. 

982... 

966. 

1060 

1044. 

1138... 

1123. 

983... 

967. 

1061... 

1045. 

1139... 

1124. 

326  MEMORANDUM. 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs  of  Army  Regulations — Continued. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 19,13  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

dumber  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Numberofpara- 
graph  1913  edi- 
tion. 

1140 

1125         •    - 

1220    

Rescinded 

1299... 

1276. 

1141 

1126 

1221  

1199. 

1300  

1277. 

1142 

1127 

1222    .     . 

1200. 

1301  

1278. 

1143 

1128. 

1222J  

1201. 

1302  

1279. 

1144 

1129 

1223 

1202. 

1303  

1280. 

1145 

1130 

1224  

1203. 

1304  

1281. 

1146 

1131 

1225    ...     . 

1204. 

1305  

1282. 

1147 

1132 

1226  

1205. 

1306  

1283. 

1148 

1133 

1227 

1206 

1307  

1284. 

1149 

1134 

1228  

1207. 

1308  

1285. 

1150 

1135 

1229 

1208 

1309  

1286. 

1151 

1136 

1230    . 

1209. 

1310  

1287. 

1152 

1137. 

1231  

1210. 

1311  

1288. 

1153 

1138 

1232 

1211 

1312  

1289. 

1154 

1139 

1233  

Rescinded 

1313  

1290. 

1155 

1140 

1234 

1212 

1314  

1291. 

1156 

1141 

1235  

1213 

1315  

1292.      *'-• 

1157 

1142. 

1236  

1214. 

1316  

1293. 

1158 

1143 

1237 

1215 

1317  

1294. 

1159 

1144. 

1238    

1216. 

1318  

1295. 

1160 

1145 

1239 

1217 

1319  

1296. 

1161 

1146 

1240 

1218. 

1320  

1297. 

1162 

1147. 

1241  

1219. 

1321  

1298. 

1163 

1148 

1242 

1220. 

1322  

1299. 

1164             

1149. 

1243  ... 

1221. 

1323  

1300. 

1165 

1150 

1244 

1222 

1324  

1301. 

1166             ..     -- 

1151. 

1245 

1223. 

1325  

1302.  • 

1167 

1152 

1246 

1224 

1326  

1303. 

1168 

1153 

1247 

1225. 

1327  

1304. 

1169 

1154 

1248 

1226 

1328  

1305. 

1170 

1155 

1249 

1227. 

1329  

1306. 

1171     

1156. 

1250 

1228. 

1330  

1307. 

1172 

1157 

1251 

1229 

1331  

1308. 

1173 

1158. 

1252 

1230. 

1332  

1309. 

1174 

1159 

1253 

1231 

1333  

1310. 

1175 

1160 

1254 

1232. 

1334  

1311. 

1176            

1161. 

1255    . 

1233. 

1335  

1312. 

1177 

1162 

1256 

1234. 

1336  

1313. 

1178 

1163. 

1257 

1235. 

1337  

1314. 

1179 

1164 

1258 

1236. 

1338  

1315. 

1180 

1165 

1259  

1237. 

1339  

1316. 

1181 

1166 

1260 

1238. 

1340  

1317. 

1182 

1261  

1239. 

1341  

1318. 

1183 

1167 

1262 

1240. 

1342  

1319 

1184 

1168 

1263 

1241. 

1343  

1320. 

1185             ..     .- 

1169 

1264  

1242. 

1344  

1321. 

1186 

1170 

1265 

1243. 

1345  

1322. 

1187    . 

1171 

1266  

1244. 

1346  

1323. 

1188 

1172 

1267 

1245 

1347  

1324. 

1189 

1173 

1268 

1246. 

1348  

1325. 

1190 

1174 

1269 

1247 

1349  

1326 

1174£ 

1270 

1248. 

1350  

1327. 

1191     

1175 

1271.            .   .   .. 

1249. 

1351  

1328. 

1192 

1176 

1272 

1250. 

1352  

1329. 

1193    

1177 

1273.              .   ... 

1251. 

1353  

1330. 

1194 

1178 

1274 

1252. 

1354  

1331. 

1195    

1179 

1275.                 .   . 

1253. 

1355  

1332. 

119ft 

1180 

1276 

Rescinded. 

1356  

1333. 

1197         

1181 

1277. 

1254. 

1357  

1334. 

1198         

1182 

1278 

1255 

1358  

1335 

1199    

1183. 

1279 

1256 

1359  

1336. 

1200 

1184 

1280 

1257 

1360               -   - 

1337 

1201  

1185. 

1281 

1258 

1361  

1338. 

1202 

1186 

1282 

1259 

1362               .   .   . 

1339 

1203             

1187. 

1283 

1260 

1363  

1340. 

1204  

1188. 

1284  

1261. 

1364  

Rescinded. 

1205          .     .   . 

1189. 

1285 

1262 

1365  

1341 

1206  

1190. 

1286  

1263. 

1366  

1?42. 

1207 

1191. 

1287.. 

1264. 

1367  

1343. 

1208  

1192. 

1288  

1265. 

136"i  

1344. 

1209 

1193 

1289  

1266. 

1368        

1345 

1210  

1194. 

1290  

1267. 

1369  

1346. 

1211 

J291  

1268. 

1370  

1347. 

1212  

Do. 

1292  

Rescinded. 

1371  

1348. 

1213 

Do. 

1292J  

1269. 

1372  .            .   .   - 

1349. 

1214  

Do. 

1293  

1270. 

1373  

1350. 

1215 

1195. 

1294  

1271. 

1374                 .  -   - 

1351. 

1216 

11% 

1295  

1272. 

1375 

1352. 

1217 

1197 

1296                 

1273. 

1376 

1353 

1218 

1198 

1297  

1274. 

1377 

1354. 

1219... 

Rescinded. 

1298... 

1275. 

1378... 

1355. 

MEMORANDUM.  327 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs   of   Army   Regulations — Continued. 


Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1910  edi- 
tion. 

Number  of  para- 
graph 1913  edi- 
tion. 

1379  . 

1356. 

1452... 

1429. 

1524... 

1502. 

1380 

1357. 

1453  . 

1430. 

1525  

1503. 

1381 

1358 

1454 

1431 

152C  

1504. 

1382 

1359 

1455  . 

1432. 

1527  

1505. 

1383 

1360. 

1456  

1433. 

1505*. 

1384 

1361 

1457  . 

1434. 

1528... 

1506. 

1385 

1362. 

1458  . 

1435. 

1529  

1507. 

1386 

1363 

1458* 

1436. 

1530  

1508. 

1387 

1364 

1459  . 

1437. 

1531  

1509. 

1388 

1365. 

1460  

1438. 

1532  

1510. 

1389 

1366. 

1461  

1439. 

1533  

1511. 

1390 

1367 

1462... 

1440. 

1534  

1512. 

1391 

1368 

1463  

1441. 

1535  

1513. 

1392 

1369 

1464...  . 

1442. 

1530  

1514. 

1393 

1370 

1465  

1443. 

1537  

1515. 

1394 

1371 

1466.  .  . 

1444. 

1538  

1516. 

1395 

1372 

1467  

1445. 

1539  

1517. 

1396 

1373 

1468... 

1446. 

1540  

1518. 

1397 

1374 

1469  

1447. 

1541  

1519. 

1398 

1375 

1470... 

1448. 

1542  

1520. 

1399 

1376 

1471  

1449. 

1543  

1521. 

1400 

1377 

1472... 

1450. 

1544  

1522. 

1401 

1378 

1473  

1451. 

1545  

1523. 

1402 

1379 

1474  

1452. 

1546  

1524. 

1403 

1380 

1475... 

1453. 

1547  

1525. 

1404 

1381 

1476  

1454. 

1548  

1526. 

1405 

1382 

1477  

1455. 

1549...  

1527. 

1406 

1383 

1478  

1456. 

1550  

1528. 

1407 

1384 

1479...  

1457. 

1551  

1529. 

1408 

1385 

1480  

1458. 

1552  

1530. 

1409 

1386 

1481  

1459. 

1553  

1531. 

1410 

1387 

1482  

1460. 

1554  

1532. 

1411 

1388 

1483  

1461. 

1555  

1533. 

1412 

1389 

1484  

1462. 

1556  

1534. 

1413 

1390 

1485  

1463. 

1557  

1535. 

1414 

1391 

1486  

1464. 

1558  

1536. 

1415 

1392 

'1487  

1465. 

1559  

1537. 

1416 

1393 

1488  

1400. 

1560  

1538. 

1417 

1394 

1489  

1467. 

1561  

1539. 

1418 

1395 

1490  

1468. 

1562  

1540. 

1419 

1396 

1491  

1409. 

1563  

1541. 

1420 

1397 

1492  

1470. 

1564  

1542. 

1421 

1398 

1493  

1471. 

1565  

1543. 

1422 

1399 

1494  

1472. 

1566  

1544. 

1423 

1400 

1495  

1473. 

1567  

1545. 

1424 

1401 

1496  

1474. 

1568  

1546. 

142i 

1402 

1497  

1475. 

1569  

1547. 

1426 

1403 

1498  

1476. 

1570  

1548. 

1427 

1404 

1499  

1477. 

1571  

1549. 

1428 

1405 

1500  

1478. 

1572  

1550. 

1429 

1406 

1501  

1479. 

1573  

1551. 

1430 

1407 

1502  

1480. 

1574  

1552. 

1431 

1408 

1503  

1481. 

1575  

1553. 

1432 

1409 

1504  

1482. 

1576  

1554. 

1433 

1410 

1505  

1483. 

1577  

1555. 

1434 

1411 

1506  

14R4. 

1578  

1556. 

1435 

1412 

1507  

1485. 

1579  

1557. 

1436 

1413 

1508  

1486. 

1580  

1558. 

1437 

1414 

1509  

1487. 

1581  

1559. 

1438 

1415 

1510  

1488. 

1582  

1560. 

1439 

1416 

1511  

1489. 

1583  

1561. 

1440 

1417 

1512  

1490. 

1584  

1562. 

1441 

1418 

1513  

1491. 

1585  

1563. 

1442 

1419 

1514  

1492. 

1586  

1564. 

1443 

1420 

1515  

1493. 

1587  

1565. 

1444 

1421. 

1516  

1494. 

1588  

1566. 

1445 

1422 

1517  

1495. 

1589  

1567. 

1446  . 

1423. 

1518  

14%. 

1590  

1568. 

1447 

1424 

1519  

1497. 

1591  

1569. 

1448.  . 

1425. 

1520  

1498. 

1592  

1570. 

1449  . 

1426. 

1521  

1499. 

1593  

1571. 

1450... 

1427. 

1522  

1500. 

1594  

1572. 

1451.  . 

1428. 

1523  

1501. 

1573. 

328 


NUMBERS    OF    NEW    PARAGRAPHS. 

NUMBERS  OF  NEW  PARAGRAPHS. 


141 

409 

943 

1344 

189 

609 

1009 

1436 

193J 

776 

1099 

1505J 

224J 

778 

1174i 

1573 

244 

895 

1201 

392 

897 

1269 

INDEX. 


[References  are  to  PARAGEAPHS  AND  ARTICLES  OF  WAR  by  their  numbers.  Reference  p. 
or  pp.  is  to  pages  of  this  volume.  An  Article  of  War  is  indicated  by  the  letters  A.  W., 
followed  by  the  number  of  the  article.] 


Abandoning  Post: 

Punishment,   A.  W.  42. 
Abatement : 

Term  of  confinement,  942,  943. 
Absence  Without  Leave: 

Absenting  from  company,  A.  W.  32. 

Clothing  account,   1162. 

Convictions,   127,   128,   132. 

Forfeitures,  132. 

Less  than  one  day,  132. 

Lying  out  of  quarters,  A.  W.  31. 

One  mile  from  camp,  A.  W.  34. 

Parade,  etc.,  A.  W.  33. 

Quarters  or  tent,  A.  W.  35. 

Quitting  guard,  etc.,  A.  W.  40. 

Time  lost  to  be  made  good,  130,  132,  141. 

Transportation  to  proper  station,  110. 
Absent  from  Muster: 

Certificates,  A.  W.  12,  13. 
Abstracts  of  Proposals: 

Accepted  quantity  and  price  to  be  noted, 
548. 

Disposition  of  copies,  543,  549,  557. 

Preparation,  etc.,  541. 

Proposals    to    accompany,    as    vouchers, 
542. 

Rejections,  545-548. 
Abuses : 

Correction,  etc.,  by  officer,  A.  W.  54. 
Abusive  Language: 

Use  of,  by  superiors,  3. 
Accountability: 

Certificates,  quartermaster  supplies,  1091, 
1092. 

Money.     See  Money  Accountability. 

Property.      See   Property  Accountability, 

etc. 
Accounts,  Advertising: 

Preparation   and   presentation,   506,   507. 

Unsettled  and  outstanding,  508. 
Accounts,  Company  Fund: 

Audit  and  inspection,  316,   328. 

Duties  company  commander,  328. 
Accounts,  Deceased,  Soldiers: 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1478. 

Settlement  and  distribution,  166. 
Accounts,  Medical  Attendance,  etc.: 

Attendance,  1478. 

Chronic  complaints,  1476. 

Civil  hospitals,  1481. 

Civilian  physicians'  charges,  1479,  1484, 
1485. 

Consultations,  1476. 


Accounts,  Medical  Attendance,  etc. — Contd. 

Families  and  servants,  1476. 

Hospital  stores,  1476. 

Medicines,  1480,  1483. 

Officers  and  men  not  on  duty,  1476. 

Payment,    1476,    1477. 

Recruiting  service,    1484. 

Reimbursements  to  officers,  1483. 

Rendition    and    forwarding,    1476,    1477, 
1483. 

Special  nurses,  1482. 

Surgical  appliances,  1476. 
Accounts,  Mess  Fund: 

Audit  and  inspection,  316,  330. 
Accounts,  Pay,  ete. : 

Clothing,  1157-1166,  1169,  1415. 

Deserters,  124. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  104. 

Officers,  1256,  1258,  1259,  1262. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99. 
Accou  nls.   Pr I  nti  ng : 

Preparation   and   presentation,    506,    507, 

511. 
Accounts,  Regimental  Fund : 

Record,  325. 
Accounts,  Telegraph  and  Telephone: 

Preparation,  etc.,  644,  1186,  1189,  1191- 

1194. 
Accounts,  Transportation : 

Applicants  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1492. 

Ferries,     turnpikes,     and    bridges,    1126, 
1127. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  180. 

Street  car,  1127. 
Accounts  Current: 

See  Money  Accounts. 
Acceuterments : 

See  Arms  and  Accouterments. 
Acetylene : 

Allowance,  1057. 
Acting   Dental   Surgeons:' 

Assignment,  1396. 

Assistants,  1397. 

Baggage,  1136,  1138. 

Contracts,  1390,  1392,  1395. 

Duties,    1398-1403. 

Employment,  1390. 

Fuel,  1037. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1054,  1057. 

Medical     attendance,     etc.,     1473,     1476, 
1478,  1480,  1483.  , 

Mileage,  1296. 

Oflice  rooms,  1397. 

329 


330 


INDEX. 


Acting   Dental   Surgeons — Continued. 

Pay  and  allowances,  1390. 

Payments  to,  1266. 

Privileges,  1391. 

Quartermaster   supplies,    1174. 

Returns  by  department  surgeons,  1489. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1239. 

Termination    of   service,    1395. 
Acting  Inspectors  General: 

Duties,  etc.     See  Inspectors  General. 
Acting  Judge  Advocates: 

Duties,   etc.,  916,   918. 

Mounted   pay,    1272. 

Office   rooms,    fuel,   and   stoves,    1044. 
Additional  Pay,  Enlisted  Men: 

Certificate   of   merit,    186,    1341. 

Classification    for,    1343-1345. 

Continuous  service,   1339,    1340. 

Denied    for    two    ratings    at    same    time, 
1343. 

Mess  sergeants,   1346* 

Outside  continental  limits  United  States, 
1342. 

Pay   for   extra  duty,   169,   170,   172,    174, 
176,  177,  329. 

Reenlistment,   859,   1338,   1339. 
Additional  Pay,  Officers: 

Aviation  duty,   1269. 

Denied    for    two    staff    appointments    at 
same  time,    1270. 

Exercising  command  in   advanced   grade, 
1267. 

Longevity,    1271. 

Mounted   service,    1272-1274. 

Outside  continental  limits  United  States, 

1268. 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  The: 

Allotment  grantors  in  Philippine  Depart- 
ment, 1350. 

Answers    calls,    etc.,    from    military    rec- 
ords, 774. 

Applications  for  official  opinions,   788. 

Appointment    and   promotion   of   officers, 
21. 

Appointments,  detail,  or  removal  of  staff 
officers,  806. 

Battalion    and    regimental    staff    officers, 
248. 

Battle    reports,    816. 

Candidates   for  promotion,   31. 

Captured    property,    819. 

Casualties,    818. 

Certificates   of   discharge,    148; 

Certificates  of  merit,  187. 

Certificates  of  service,   151. 

Channels  of  action  certain  military  busi- 
ness, note,  p.  145. 

Chaplains'    reports,   45. 

Civil  counsel,  996. 

Closing    statements,    disbursing    officers, 
902. 

Coast   Artillery   Corps,   303,   310. 

Company  books  and  records,  280. 

Completion,    etc.,    of    records    In    custody, 
774. 

Courts-martial,    enlisted    men,    955. 


Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  The — Contd. 

Damages   by  fire,   storm,   etc.,   709. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  83-85,  8T, 
162-165,   167;  A.   W.   125,   126. 

Deserters,   119,   123-126,   133. 

Designations  of  beneficiaries,  1385. 

Distribution   of  orders,   803. 

Duty  roster,  282. 

Efficiency  reports,  829,  830. 

Enlisted  men  detailed  with  militia,  105. 

Fort  Bayard   hospital  patients,    1446. 

General   duties   and  responsibilities,   774. 

General    prisoners,    774,    937,    938,    944, 
999. 

Hot  Springs  hospital  patients,  1446. 

Insane  soldiers,  465-467,  470,  1451. 

Inspection    reports,    831,    880,    887,    892, 
900. 

Leaves  of  absence,  64. 

Medals  of  honor,  182. 

Military    information    reports,   62. 

Militia,   105,  774. 

Musicians,  263. 

Muster  rolls,  807. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  133. 

Officers   for   retirement  or   promotion,  26. 

Officers  under  arrest,  924. 

Official  correspondence,  782,  784. 

Orders,  etc.,  affecting  the  Army,  officers, 
or  men,  766,  774. 

Orders   of  department  commanders,    805. 

Passports,   officers   visiting  foreign   coun- 
tries, 63. 

Personal  reports,  827. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  94,  99,   101. 

Post  records,  211. 

Property  loaned  mail  contractor,  209. 

Public  buildings,  repairs,  1014,  1015. 

Records  discontinued  commands,  821. 

Recruiting    service,    774,    842-844,    847, 
857,  860,  867,  871,  872,  875,  876. 

Regimental  records,  258. 

Reports  of  brigade  commanders,  194. 

Reports  of  department  commanders,  193. 

Reports  of  Judge  Advocate  General,  921. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  134-136,  138. 

Returns  of  captured  property,  819. 

Returns  of  casualties,  818. 

Returns  of  libraries,  332,  333. 

Returns  of  property,  200. 

Returns  of  troops,  811—815. 

Rosters  of  troops,  805. 

Soldiers  absent  without  leave,  110. 

Soldiers'  Home  inmates,  179. 

Staff  officers  and  men,  742,  743. 

Temporary  duty  of  officers  on  leave,  1278. 

Unimportant  and  trivial' communications, 
789. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  999. 

See  also  Adjutant  General's  Office,  The. 
Adjutant  General's  Department: 

Brigade  commander's  staff,  198. 

Department  commander's  staff,   197,  199. 

Department  of  records,  orders,  and  corre- 
spondence, 774. 


INDEX. 


331 


Adjutant  General's  Department — Continued. 

Distribution  of  orders,  803. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 
See  also  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 

The. 
Adjutant  General's  Office,  The: 

Archives,  774. 

Records  of  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 

Registry  of  officers,  825. 
Adjutants  General: 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Promotions,  24. 
Adjutants    General   of   States: 

Militia,  mobilization  of,  455,  463. 
Adjutants  of  Battalions: 

Appointments,  etc.,  248. 

Assignments  to  duty,  255. 

Qualifications  and  pay,  248-250. 

Tenure  of  office,  249. 
Adjutants  of  Coast  Defense  Commands: 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  306. 
Adjutants  of  Departments: 

Assignment,  197. 

Designation,  199. 

Detachment  formation,  367. 

Distribution  of  orders,  803. 

Funds  for  contingent  expenses,  200. 

Returns,  200,   333. 
Adjutants   of  Posts: 

Detachment  formation,  367. 

Detail  and  duties,  206. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  807. 

Recruiting  service,   874. 

Summary-court  records,  957,  962. 
Adjutants  of  Regiments: 

Appointment,   etc.,   248. 

Assignments    to    company    or   staff   duty 
255. 

Band  instruments,  262. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  251— 
253. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  274. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Qualifications    and   pay,    248-250. 

Tenure  of  office,  249. 

Treasurer  of  regimental  fund,  325. 
Admiral : 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Advertisements : 

Accounts,  506-508. 

Authority  to  publish,  499-501. 

Circulars,  522,  52.6. 

Claims  for  unauthorized,  507. 

Conciseness,  504. 

Emergency,  503. 

Insertions  and  intervals  between,  502. 

Limitation  of  publication,  503. 

Model,  504. 

Periods,  503,  522. 

Quartermaster   supplies,    504. 

Rates,  officially  designated  papers,  505. 

Sales  of  property,  503. 

Supplies  and  services,  503,  522-526. 

Wording  and  matter,  504,  523. 


Advertising  Flag: 

Description    and   use,   224. 
Advising  to  Desert: 

Punishment,   A.   W.   51. 
Agents,  Indian: 

Animals  of  Indians,  474. 
Agents,  Military: 

Irregularity  or  misconduct.     884. 

Issue   of   public   property,    673. 

National  cemeteries,  490. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,   1128. 

Purchases,   etc.,   of  supplies,   521. 
Agents  of  Firms,  etc.: 

Proposals   signed  by,   532. 

Receipts  for  money,  642-644. 
Aids: 

Allowance  to  general  officers,  41. 

Captains  eligible  for  appointment,  265. 

Department    and    division     commanders, 
197. 

General  officers,  General  Staff  Corps,  not 
entitled   to,   41. 

General  officers  changing  station,  71. 

General  officers  commanding  brigades,  dis- 
tricts, or  posts,  198. 

Mounted   pay,    1272. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Alaska: 

Civilian    witnesses,    990. 

Deceased   officers,    87. 

Disbursing    officers,    625. 

Discharged   soldiers,   145. 

Enforcement  of  the  laws,  485,  p.  103. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  111. 

Horses  of  officers,   1098. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  60. 

Ordnance     property,     detached     soldiers, 
1536. 

Payment   of   troops,    1317. 

Travel  allowance  to  officers,  1279. 
Aliens : 

Enlistment  or  acceptance  prohibited,  849. 
Allotments : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  repairs,  1015. 

Contingent   expenses,    200. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,    1102. 

Enlisted    men    of    Quartermaster    Corps, 
1009. 

Extra-duty  pay  funds,   169.  177. 

Funds,  civilian  employees,  729. 

Quarters  to  officers,   1024. 
Allotments  of  Pay  by  Enlisted  Men: 

Allottees,    1347. 

Authorized,   when,    1347. 

Blank  forms,   1348. 

Capture  of  grantor,  1355. 

Company  commanders,   1348-1351. 

Credits  for,    1354. 

Death  of  allottee,   1359. 

Death  of  grantor,   1350. 

Desertion,   1350. 

Designation  of  allottee,  1347,  1349. 

Detachment  commanders,    1348-1351. 

Discharge  of  grantor,    1350. 

Discontinuance,   1350,   1351,   1357,   1360. 

Erroneous   payment,   1353. 


332 


INDEX. 


Allotments  of  Pay  by  Enlisted  Men — Contd. 

Execution,   1349. 

Forfeitures,    1350. 

Grantor,    1347-1360. 

Method  of  procedure,  1348,  1349. 

Payments,   1349-1355. 

Uenewal,    1360. 

Reports,    1348-1351,    1353,   1359. 

Transfer  of  grantor,   1356. 

Witnesses,    1349. 
Allowances : 

Aids  to  general  officers,  41. 

Ambulances  at  posts,  etc.,  1428. 

Ammunition,  target  practice,  350,  353. 

Baggage,   1122-1125,  1135,   1136. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1146,  1161,  1162. 

Engineer    officers,    1504. 

Extra  pay  of  cooks,  etc.,  329. 

Forage  to  mounted  officers,  1080,  1081. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  89,  137,  301,  1036-1049, 
1100,    1504. 

Illuminating  supplies,   1051-1054,   1056- 
1061. 

Indian    scouts,    479. 

Military   attaches,    1100. 

Militia  while  in  service,  451. 

Nurses,    1426. 

Quarters,    1024-1035,    1044,    1045,    1390. 

Rations,    subsistence    stores,    etc.,    1205, 
1215-1218. 

Retired  enlisted  men,   137. 

Spring  wagons  at  posts,  1103. 

Stationery,    1062-1065. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1084,  1085. 

Tableware,  utensils,  etc.,  301,  1181. 

Veterinarians,  89. 
Alterations : 

Blank  forms,  1571. 

Buildings,  structures,  or  systems,  1017. 

Checks,  609. 

Fortifications  or  appurtenances,  1505. 

Hospitals,  1466-1469. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  810. 

Quarters   for   sergeants,    first   class,   Hos- 
pital Corps,  1467,  1468. 

Strength  of  separate  commands,  814. 

Transportation  requests,  1119. 
Ambassadors : 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Ambulance  Companies: 

Instruction,  discipline,  and  supplies,  1436. 
Ambulances : 

Allowance  and  issue,  1428. 

Control  and  use,  1404,  1427. 

Drivers,  1429. 

Equipments,  harness,  etc.,  1428,  1429. 

Field  service,  1435. 

Flags  and  guidons,  225. 

Furnished  by  Quartermaster  Corps,  1105, 
1427. 

Inspections,  1432. 

Issue,  1428. 
Ammunition: 

Breech-loading,  Indian  country,  475. 

Coast  Artillery  practice,  314. 


Ammiintlon — Continued. 
Embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 
Expenditures,  1528-1531. 
Field  Artillery  practice,  353. 
Hunting  purposes,  350,  354,  1526,   1531. 
Issues,  1526. 
Lost  or  damaged,  1530. 
Machine-gun  target  practice,  353. 
Militia  called  Into  service,  455. 
Sales,  354,  1520,  1521,  1526. 
Small-arms  practice,  350,  353. 
Storage  of  powder,  etc.,  1199. 
Animals: 

Ownership  of,  In   possession  of  Indians, 

474. 

Public.     See  Public  Animals. 
Appeals : 

Commissioned  officers,  A.  W.  29. 
Department  commanders,  etc.,  195. 
Enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 
Pecuniary  responsibilities,  318. 
Apples : 

Ration,  1205. 
Applicants   for   Enlistment : 

Careless  enlistment  or  acceptance,  851. 
Commutation  of  rations,  1224,  1230, 1232. 
Declaration,  853. 

Descriptive  and  assignment  cards,  874. 
Enticing  by  false  representations,  854. 
Evidence  of  good  character,  848. 
Examination,    etc.,    841,    847,    848,    862, 

864-867,  871,  1484. 
Hospital  Corps,  1410. 
Married  men,  852. 
Medical     attendance,     etc.,     1473,     1476, 

1478,  1480. 

Minors,  849,  850,  853 ;  A.  W.  3. 
Pertinent  articles  of  war  to  be  read,  856. 
Physical  examination,  1484. 
Qualifications,  846-849,  862. 
Rations,  1203,  1208,  1209,  1212. 
Report  of  medical  examinations,  871. 
Toilet   articles,   etc.,    1218. 
Transportation,  etc.,  1115,  1124. 
Travel  rations,  1224,   1225. 
Appointments: 

Battalion  and  regimental  staff  and  non- 
commissioned staff,  248-250,  256. 
Coast    Artillery    Corps    noncommissioned 

staff,    310. 
Commissioned    officers,    21,    22,    24,    25, 

27-37. 
Company   noncommissioned   officers,   270, 

271,  273,  275,  278,  480. 
Courts-martial,   pp.   314,   315,   act   March 

2,   1913  ;  A.  W.  76. 
Dates  determine  precedence,  9. 
General  noncommissioned  staff,  103, 1557. 
General  officers,  22. 
Hospital  Corps,  1405,   1408,   1410. 
Judge    advocates,    courts-martial,    A.    W. 

74. 

Lance  corporals,  272. 
Medical  officers,  1388. 
Noncommissioned  officers,  Indian  scouts, 

480. 


INDEX. 


333 


Appoint  incuts — Continued. 
Nurses,   1421. 
Personal  staff,  general  officer,  41. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  93,  94,  96. 
Quartermaster    Corps    noncommissioned 

officers,    1009. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  47. 

Veterinarians,  88. 
See  also — 

Candidates  for  Appointment,  etc. 
Examination  for  Appointment,  etc. 
Appropriations : 

Contingent  expenses,   623. 

Determined,  624. 

Expenses    of    burial,    etc.,    deceased    offi- 
cers, 87. 

Fiscal  year,  620-622,  625. 

Intrusted  to  Secretary  of  War,  740. 

"No  limit,"  625. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  606. 

Remittances  of  funds,  621. 

Reversion  to,  of  certain  moneys,  617. 

Transfer  from  one  to  another,  598. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  87. 

Use   of   moneys,   expenditures,   etc.,   615, 

582. 
Armament  IMst riots: 

Establishment,  etc.,  1539. 

Mechanics,   1539. 

Officers,    1538,    1539. 

Repairs  to  ordnance  stores,  1537,  1539. 
Arm   Chests: 

Accountability,   1542. 

Disposition  of  surplus,   1542. 

Packing    for    transportation,    1544-1546. 
Armies,  Field: 

Commanders.      See   Army    (Field)    Com- 
manders. 

Mounted  officers,   1272. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1514. 

Returns,   811,   815. 
Armories : 

Annual   inspection,   895. 

Construction  and  repairs,  706,  707. 

Efficiency  reports  of  commanders,  829. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704. 
Arms  and  Accouterments : 

Alterations,   taking  apart  of  arms,  etc., 
292. 

Barrack  regulations,  285,  292. 

Breech-loading  arms,  Indian  country,  475. 

Care  and  preservation,  287,  288,  292. 

Casting  away  arms,  A.  W.  42. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  of  arms,  A.  W.  60. 

Furloughed  soldiers,  113. 

Issues,  1526. 

Leather  dressing  or  polishing  material,  293. 

Militia,  455,  1143. 

Packing  for  transportation,   1544. 

Patients  in  hospitals,  1450. 

Repairs,  1537, 1538. 

Sales,  1520,  1521. 

Shipment  to  mobilization  camps,  455. 

Tompions  in  small  arms,  292. 

Transportation  "of  loaded  arms,  1544. 

Use  of  raw  linseed  oil  on  wood  parts  of, 
292. 


Arms  of  Services 

Precedence  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6, 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  47. 
Army  and  Nary  Hospital,  Hot  Sprlngi,  Ark.: 

Charges,  1460. 

Classes  admitted,  1441,  1442,  1446. 

Control,  1441,  1442. 

Rations  and  subsistence,  1443,  1444. 
Army  Corps: 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1514. 

Records  of  discontinued,  821. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1497, 1498. 
Army   Dispensaries: 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Supply  of  medicines,  1473,  1474,  1480. 
Army   (Field)    Commanders: 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107,  108. 

Hospital  Corps,  1409. 

Mounted  officers,  1272. 

Returns  of  troops,  811,  815. 

Surveying  officers,  711. 
Army   Field   Engineer  School: 

Detachment  of  officers.  192. 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Location,  Fort  Leavenworth.  Kans..  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Army  Field  Service  and  Correspondence  School 
for  Medical  Officers: 

Detachment  of  officers,  192. 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Location,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Army  List  and  Directory: 

Preparation   and   distribution,  774. 
Army   Medical   Museum: 

Transportation  of  donations,  1145. 
Army  Medical  School: 

Detachment  of  officers,  192. 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Location,  Washington,  D.  C.,  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Army  Nurse  Corps: 

See  Nurse  Corps  (Female). 
Army  of  the  United  States: 

Administration  and  control,  761. 

Correspondence,  774. 

Enlisted   men.      See  Enlisted  Men. 

Historical   records  and  business,  774. 

Officers.     See  Officers,  Army. 

Orders,    regulations,   etc.,    affecting,    766, 
774. 

Supervision  of  troops  of  the  line,  762. 
Use  of  unprescribed  flags,  colors,  etc.,  243. 
Army  Register: 

Preparation  and   distribution,   774. 
Army  Reserve: 

Deposits  of  pay  at  time   of  furlough   to, 

1361,   1362,   1366. 
Enlistment  contract,   855. 
Established  Aug.  24,   1912,  note,   p.   299. 
Organizing,  etc.,  in  time  of  war,  193. 


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INDEX. 


Army   Reserve — Continued. 

Payments  to  soldiers  furloughed  to,  1375- 
1379. 

Regulations  governing,  1573. 
Army  School  of  the  Line: 

Detachment  of  officers,   192. 

Inspection,   896. 

Leaves   of  absence,   officers,    1277. 

Letter   and  note  headings,   512. 

Location,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  449. 

Mounted  officers,  1272. 

Supervision  and   regulations,   191,  449. 
Army   Signal   School : 

Detachment  of  officers,   192. 

Inspection,   896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and   note   headings,   512. 

Location,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  449. 

Mounted   officers,   1272. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Army  Staff  College: 

Detachment   of   officers,    192. 

Inspection,    896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,   1277. 

Letter  and   note    headings,    512. 

Location,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  449. 

Mounted  officers,  1272. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
A  mi  >    Transport  Service: 

Beer,  wine,  or  intoxicating  liquors,  346. 

Composition,    1109. 

Damage  to  vessels,   709. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  licensed  officers, 

1128. 

See   also   Transports. 
Army  War  College: 

Detachment   of  officers,    192. 

Inspection,    896. 

Leaves   of   absence,   officers,    1277. 

Letter  and   note    headings,   512. 

Location,  Washington,  D.  C.,  449. 

Mounted  officers,   1272. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Arraignment: 

Prisoners,   A.   W.  89. 
Arrest  and  Confinement: 

Commanders  of  guards,  A.  W.  67—69. 

Deserters,  p.  314,  act  June  18.  1898. 

Enlisted  men,  929-933;  A.  W.  66,  70. 

Escape    of   prisoners,    A.    W.    69. 

Noncommissioned    officers,    927,    929 ;    A. 
W.   24. 

Officers,  922-927  ;  A.  W.  65,  70,  71. 

Release  without  authority,  A.  W.  69. 

See  also  Confinement,  etc. 
Arrest   of   Officers : 

Breach  of  arrest,  A.  W.  65. 

By    whom    and    how    imposed,    922 ;    A. 
W.  65. 

Civil  authorities,  1371. 

Close  confinement,  923. 

Extension  of  limits,  923. 

Light  offenses,  924. 

Limitation,  A.  W.  70,  71. 

Medical,  925. 

Place  on  (.lie  march,  927, 


Arrest  of  Officers — Continued. 

Release  without  charges,  924  ;  A.  W.  71. 
Requirements    while    under    arrest,    923, 

926. 
Arsenals : 

Annual  inspection,  191,  892,  895. 

Arm  chests,   1542. 

Construction  and  repairs,  706,  707. 

Court-martial    duty   of   officers,    192. 

Efficiency  reports,   commanders,  829. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704,  707. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,   1511. 

Hospital  Corps,  1418. 

Hospital  matrons,  1449. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,     1513, 

1514,  1516. 
Plats  of  land,  708. 
Supervision  or  control,  191. 
Surplus  ordnance  stores,  1532,   1533 
Travel  allowance  of  officers,  1295. 
Unserviceable     ordnance     stores,     1537- 

1540. 

Waste   products,  679. 
Arson: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Articles  of  War: 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 
Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 
Appeals,  A.  W.  29,  30. 
Armies  to  be  governed,  p.  301,  sec.  1342 

R.  S. 

Arrest  and  confinement,  A.  W.  65-71. 
Conduct  prejudicial,  A.  W.  62. 
Courts  of  Inquiry,  A.  W.  115-121. 
Deceased    officers    and    soldiers,    A.    W. 

125-127. 
Definition    of    words,    p.    301,    sec.    1342 

R.  S. 

Desertion,  A.  W.  47-51. 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  4. 
Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W. 

99. 

Disrespect  or  contempt,  A.  W.   19,  20. 
Divine   service,   A.   W.   52. 
Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling.  A.  W.  26-28. 
Evidence,    courts-martial,    A.    W.    91,    92, 

121. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 
Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  11. 
General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  76-78. 
Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  36,  37. 
Judge   advocates,  A.   W.   74,  84,   85,   90, 

113. 
Jurisdiction,   military  courts,  A.   W.    58, 

60,  62-64,  79,   102,  103. 
Misconduct   in    time   of  war,   A.   W.    41, 

42,  44-46,  57,  100. 
Musters,  A.  W.  5,  6,  12-14. 
Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24,  43. 
Pecuniary    interest   in   victuals,    etc.,   A. 

W.  18. 
Proceedings    of    courts-martial,     A.     W. 

86-93,  95,   113,  114.  . 
Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 


INDEX. 


335 


Articles  of  War — Continued. 

Property    accountability,    A.    W.    9,    10, 

15-17. 

Publication  to  Army,  A.  W.  128. 
Quarrels,    frays,    and    disorders,    A.    W. 

24,  25. 

Rank  and  command,  A.  W.   122,   124. 
Recruits  and  recruiting,  A.  W.  2,  3. 
Repealed,   A.   W.   72,  73,  75,   80-83,  94, 

110,  123. 
Returns  of  troops  and  property,  A.   W. 

7,  8. 
Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  38,  61, 

96-98,  100,  101,  104-109,  111,  112. 
Sentinels,  A.  W.  39. 
Soldiers  dishonorably  discharged,  p.  314. 

act  June  18,  1898. 
Spies,  p.  313,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 
Subordination  to  civil  authority,  A.  W.  59. 
Subscribed  to  by  all  officers,  A.  W.  1. 
Violence  to  traders  in  foreign  parts,  A. 

W.  56. 
Waste  or   spoil   of   private   property,    A. 

W.  55. 
Artificers : 

Appointment,  275,  278. 
Extra-duty  details,  173. 
Artificial  Limbs: 

Classes  entitled,  1490. 
Commutation,  1490. 

Transportation  of  applicants,  1491,  1492. 
Artillery: 
See— 

Coast  Artillery  Corps. 

Field  Artillery. 

Artillery  Engineer,  Coast  Defense  Commands: 
Supervisory  powers,  etc.,  308. 

See    also    Engineers,    Coast    Artillery 

Corps. 
Artillery   Instruction : 

Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 
Assault  and  Battery: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Assemblages  of  Persons: 

Suppression  of  unlawful,  485,  p.  101. 
Assignments : 
Chaplains,  43. 
Commanding  officers,  13. 
Company  commander,  268. 
Department  commanders,  190. 
Field  officers  of  the  mobile  army,  247. 
General    Staff   Corps   officers,    752,    765, 

767,  773. 
Nurses,  1421. 

Officers,  coast  artillery,  303. 
Public  animals  to  riders  or  drivers,  1072. 
Recruiting  service,  enlisted  men,  843—845. 
Recruits  to  organizations,  872-876. 
Regimental    and    battalion    staff    officers, 

255. 
Staff  departments,  officers  and  men,  197, 

743. 

Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk,  War  Department: 
Accounts  for  printing,  506,  507. 
Advertising  rates,  505. 
Contracts  for  printing,  513. 


Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Nary: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 
Assistant   Secretary   of   War: 

Colors,  222. 

Flag,  220. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  418,  421,  426. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Assistant   Treasurers : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  590. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,  590. 
Attaches: 

See  Military  Attaches. 
Attorney  General: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 

Title  to  military  land,  704. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  75. 
Auction  Sales: 

Auctioneer's  account,  etc.,  680. 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department: 

Accounts,  deceased  officers,  85. 

Arrears   of   pay,    etc.,    deceased    soldiers, 
165. 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1492. 

Certificates  of  merit,  187. 

Checks,  spoiled  or  canceled,  610. 

Contractors'  bonds,  571. 

Contracts,  supplies  and  services,  561,  564, 
571. 

Credit  sales  to  enlisted  men,  1249. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  940. 

Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1377. 

Personal  effects,  deceased  officers  and  sol- 
diers, 85,  163. 

Private  property  lost  in  service,  726. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  deceased  soldiers, 
166. 

Stoppages  of  pay,  703,  1092. 
Authorities,   Civil: 

See  Civil  Authorities. 
Authority,  Military: 

Exercise,  2. 

Subordination   to  civil   authority,   A.    W. 

59. 
Aviation : 

Officers,  additional  pay,  1269. 

Signal  Corps  School,  449. 
Awards   of  Contracts: 

Ability  to  carry  proposals  into  effect,  547. 

By  whom  made,  544. 

Lowest  responsible  bidder,  545. 

Slight  failure  to  comply  with  terms,  546. 

Suitable  articles  determine,  523. 
Bacon : 

Ration,  1205. 
Badges : 

Military   service,  illegal   possession,   189. 

Mourning,  military,  431. 
Baggage : 

Allowance  transported  at  public  expense, 
1136. 

Field  allowance,  transportation,  1123. 

Increase  or  reduction  of  allowance,  1136. 

Nurses  traveling,  1123. 

Officers  and  men  traveling,  1122-1125. 


336 


INDEX. 


Baggage — Continued. 

Officers  traveling  on  mileage  status,  1122. 

Outside  continental  limits  U.  S.,  1130, 
1138. 

Shipping  of  excess  of  allowance,  1136. 

Transportation,  1111,  1123,  1135-1139. 
Bakeries : 

Accounts  and  supplies,  1201. 

Bake  ovens,  1201,  1252. 

Bakers  and  assistants,  329,  1201. 

Brooms,  brushes,  and  mops,  1181. 

Detail  of  bakers,  assistant  bakers,  and  la- 
borers, 1201. 

Fuel,  1044. 

Operated  by  Quartermaster  Corps,  1201. 

Soap,  towels,  etc.,  1215. 

Transportation  of  property,  340. 
Bakers  and  Cooks,  Schools  for: 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Location,  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C., 
and  Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
449. 

Pay  of  graduates,  329. 

Supervision  and  regulations,   191,  449. 
Baking  Powder: 

Ration.    1205. 
Band  Musicians: 

See  Musicians. 
Bands : 

Competition  with  civilian  musicians,  261. 

Designation  in  Army  Regulations,  16. 

Duties,  264,   440. 

Equipments,  262. 

Funds,  324,  326,  327. 

Inspection,  283. 

Lye  and  sapolio,  1182. 

Marking  of  public  property,  257. 

Musical   instruments,   262,    1179. 

Noncommissioned  officers,   260. 

Saluting,   375,   376,   378. 

Stations,  261. 

"  The  Star  Spangled  Banner,"  264,   375, 

378,  437. 
Baptisms : 

Report  of  chaplains,  45. 
Barley : 

Forage  ration,   1077. 
Barracks  and  Quarters : 

Additions,    alterations,    etc.,    208,    1017, 

•      1019. 

Allotments  for  repairs,  1015. 

Allowance  and  assignments,  1024—1035, 
1044,  1390,  1397. 

Annual   inspection,   1012. 

Arms,  accouterments,  etc.,  285,  292. 

Bachelor  quarters,  1025. 

Choice,  1025,  1026. 

.    Constructed     by     Quartermaster     Corps, 
1000. 

Construction  of  permanent,  706,  707. 

Construction  of  temporary,  208. 

Daily  inspection,   283. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1036-1049. 


Barracks   and   Quarters — Continued. 

Furniture  and  mess  outfits,   1011,   1020- 
1023. 

Heating  systems,  repairs,  1012. 

Hire  of  quarters,  1028,  1029. 

Illuminating  supplies,   1050-1061. 

Inspections    and    reports     of    condition, 
1010. 

Names  of  men  attached  to  bunks,  285. 

Numerical  designation  and  record,   1019. 

Police,  286,  287,  374. 

Post  commanders  and   surgeons   to  visit, 
204. 

Private  buildings,  1018. 

Record  of  expenditures  for  repairs,  etc., 
1019. 

Removal   of   mess   outfits    and    furniture, 
1023. 

Repairs,  208,  1012-1017,  1019. 

Responsibility  for  care,  etc.,   1011. 

Squads  to  be  quartered  together,  284. 

Trunk  lockers,  1021,  1023. 
Barter  or  Exchange: 

Arms   and   ammunition,    Indian    country, 
475. 

Supplies  from  quartermaster,  1247. 
Battalion  Commanders: 

Company  fund,  328. 

Corps  of  Engineers,  248. 

General   duties   and   responsibilities,   203, 
245. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  256,  271. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Reports,  incapacitated  officers,  890. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  enlisted  men,  114. 
Battalions : 

Command  of  a  major,  14. 

Composition  and  command,  245,  247. 

Designation  in  Army  Regulations,  15. 

Noncommissioned  staff,  254,  256,  271. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 

Records,  245. 

Regulations,    245. 

Staff  officers,  248,  249,  254,  255,  807. 

Standards,  names  of  battles,  244. 

Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  114. 
Battery : 

Designation  in  Army  Regulations,  15. 
Battlefields : 

Interment  of  remains  of  killed,  491,  482. 
Battle-Ground    Cemeteries : 

Establishment,  etc.,  491,  492. 
Battles : 

Classification  by  War  Department,  244. 

Colors  carried  in,  232. 

Identification   of   soldiers    killed   in,    491, 
492. 

Participation,  colors  and  standards,  244. 

Reports,    816,    817. 

Returns  of  captured  property,  819. 

Returns  of  casualties,  818. 

Returns   of  effective  strength,   815. 
Beans: 

Ration,    1205. 
Beard  and  Hair: 

Enlisted    men,    286, 


INDEX. 


337 


Bedding : 

Straw  allowance,  1084,  1085. 
Beef: 

Purchase  of  beef  cattle,  1200. 

Ration,  1205. 
Brer: 

Sale  in  exchanges  prohibited,  346. 

Unlawful  introduction  into   Indian  coun- 
try,   471. 
Behavior : 

See   Conduct. 
Beneficiaries: 

Allottees  of  pay,  1347. 

Designated  by  officers  and  enlisted  men, 

1385. 
Beyond  the  Sea: 

Permission  to  visit,  61,  109. 
Bidders : 

Ability  to  carry  proposals  into  effect,  547. 

Aid  to,  in  preparation  of  proposals,  527. 

Certified  checks,  524,  535. 

Corporations  and  firins,  532. 

Erasures  or  interlineations  in  proposals, 
534. 

Guaranties,  524,  535,  536. 

Information  to  be  furnished,  527. 

Names  of,  not  to  be  furnished  to  others, 
530. 

Opening  of  proposals,  541. 

Post-office  address  and  residence,  531. 

Slight  failure  to  comply  with  terms,  546. 

Specifications,  etc.,  to  be  shown,  528,  529. 

Withdrawal  from  competition,  540. 
Bids: 

Considered  by  items,  523. 
Milliard  and   Pool  Tables: 

Companies,  327. 
Hills  of  Creditors: 

Attached  to  vouchers  for  payment,  634. 
Births : 

Report  of  chaplains,  45. 
I!  l.icksmit  hs : 

See   Farriers   and   Horseshoers. 
Blankets: 

Prisoners,   939. 

Transportation,  etc.,   1023. 
r. la nk   Forms: 

Advertising,    500,    509. 

Allotments  of  pay,   1348. 

Alterations   or  new   forms,  1571. 

Contractors'  bonds,  570. 

Correspondence    model,    776. 

Discharge    certificates,    150. 

Estimates,     repairs     or     construction    of 

buildings,     etc.,     1013. 
•  Final    statements,    150. 

Force  and  effect,  1571. 

Inspector  General's  Department,  901,  904. 

Manuscript,  prohibited,    1572. 

Medical   Department,   1477. 

Militia,    movements,    muster,    etc.,    455, 
456,   458,   461. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  807. 

Notes  and  directions,   1571. 

Notification    of   discharge,    155. 


Blank   Forms — Continued. 
Official   telegrams,    1190. 
Ordnance  Department,  1543,  1551. 
Printing,    514. 
Quartermaster   Corps,   1253. 
Reconnaissance,  448. 

Requisitions    for,    and    general    instruc- 
tions,  1571. 

Returns,   general   prisoners,   937. 
Supplied  by — 

Adjutant  General's  Department,  as  fol- 
lows : 

Advertising  for  recruits,  report  of 
results  of  (No.  259). 

Age,  nativity,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men, 
report  of  (No.  222). 

Artillery  engineer,  report  of  per- 
sonnel employed  under  (No.  206). 

Artillery  inspection,  engineer  depart- 
ment supplies,  report  of  (No. 
181-4). 

Artillery  inspection,  ordnance  sup- 
plies, report  of  (No.  181-3). 

Artillery  inspection,  quartermaster 
supplies,  report  of  (No.  181-1). 

Artillery  inspection,  signal  office  sup- 
plies, report  of  (No.  181-2). 

Books,  annual  report  of  (No.  144), 
333. 

Calibration  firing   (No.  335). 

Casualties  in  action,  return  of  (No. 
149),  818. 

Chaplain,  monthly  report  of  (No. 
64),  45. 

Clothing   issued    to    recruit,    account 
.  of   (No.   140). 

College  inspection,  inspector's  re- 
port (No.  358). 

College  inspection,  instructor's  re- 
port (No.  357). 

Commissioned  officers,  Coast  Ar- 
tillery Corps,  report  of  gains  and 
losses  of  (No.  422). 

Consolidated  morning  report  (No. 
336),  211. 

Correspondence  book,   211,  258,  280. 

Death  and  disposal  of  remains,  re- 
port of  (No.  415). 

Descriptive  and  assignment  card 
(No.  25),  847. 

Descriptive    list    (No.    29),   280. 

Deserters,  descriptive  list  of  (No. 
95),  118. 

Designation  of  beneficiary,  officer  or 
enlisted  man  (No.  380). 

Discharge,  certificate  of  disability 
for  (No.  17),  159. 

Discharge,  notification  of  (No.  o), 
155. 

Discharge  certificate,  dishonorable 
(No.  20),  150. 

Discharge  certificate,  honorable  (No. 
203),  150. 

Discharge  certificate,  without  honor 
(No.  19),  150. 


90651—17- 


-22 


338 


INDEX. 


Blank  Forms — Continued. 
Supplied  by — Continued. 

Adjutant  General's   Department — Con. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  report 
of  action  taken  on  application 
for  (No.  121). 

Duty  roster,  with  model  (No.  342), 
282. 

Educational  institutions,  return  of 
books  in  (No.  182). 

Educational  institutions,  return  of 
Corps  of  Cadets  (No.  356). 

Efficiency  report    (No.   429),  829. 

Efficiency  report,  officers  Ordnance 
Department  (No.  429-a). 

Efficiency  report  of  professor  of 
military  science  and  tactics  (No. 
176). 

Enlisted  men,  request  for  retire- 
ment (No.  468). 

Enlistment,  application  for  (No. 
141),  857. 

Enlistment,  trimonthly  report  of  ap- 
plicants for  (No.  262),  857. 

Enlistment  paper    (No.   22),  857. 

Enlistments,  trimonthly  report  of 
(No.  18),  857. 

Expenditures,  abstract  of,  contin- 
gent fund  (No.  179). 

Field  practice,   record  of   (No.   366). 

Field   practice,   report  of    (No.    364). 

Field  return    (No.   26),   812. 

Furlough    (No.   66),    106. 

Furlough  and  transfer  to  Army  Re- 
serve (No.  437). 

General  prisoners,  record  "of  (No. 
387). 

General  prisoners,  return  of  (No. 
23),  937. 

Guard  reports    (No.    338),   211,   258. 

Guard  reports,  extra  sheets  (No. 
338-1). 

Identification  record  card  (No. 
260),  774. 

Interrogatories  and  deposition  (No. 
60). 

Inventory  of  effects  of  a  deceased 
soldier  (No.  34),  162. 

Medical  certificate,  insane  persons 
(No.  1-107,  Interior  Depart- 
ment), 466. 

Medical  certificate  for  leave  of  ab- 
sence (No.  143),  57. 

Medical  examination  of  applicants 
for  enlistment,  monthly  report  of 
(No.  265),  871. 

Morning  report,  field,  staff,  and 
band  (No.  333),  258. 

Morning  report,  troop,  battery,  com- 
pany, or  detachment  (No.  332), 
280. 

Muster  roll,  detachment  (No.  21), 
807. 

Muster  roll,  troop,  battery,  and  com- 
pany (No.  61),  807. 

Muster  roll,  troop,  battery,  and  com- 
pany, extra  sheet  (No.  61-1). 


Blank  Forms — Continued. 
Supplied  by — Continued. 

Adjutant  General's   Department — Con. 
Muster  rolls,  model  remarks  for  (No. 

489). 
National  individual  match,  duplicate 

score  card   (No.  477-1). 
National    Individual    match,    official 

entry  blank   (No.  299). 
National    individual    match,    official 

score  card   (No.  477). 
National  match,  eligibility  certificate 

(No.  295). 
National    match,    skirmish    fire,    pit 

slip   card    (No.   480). 
National     revolver     match,     official 

score  card   (No.  481). 
National  revolver  match,  score  card, 

duplicate    (No.   481-1). 
National    team    match,    consolidated 

duplicate  score  card   (No.  478—1). 
National    team    match,    consolidated 

official  score  card  (No.  478). 
National     team    match,     elimination 

blank    (No.  471). 
National  team  match,  follower's  card 

(No.   482). 

National   team   match,   list  of  mem- 
bers of   (No.  365). 
National  team   match,   skirmish   fire, 

combined  pit  slip    (No.   479). 
National   team   match,   skirmish  fire, 

official  score  card  (No.  476). 
National  team  match,   skirmish  fire, 

unofficial   score  card    (No.  476-1). 
National   team   match,   surprise   fire, 

official  score  card  (No.  473). 
National   team   match,   surprise  fire, 

unofficial  score  card    (No.  473—1). 
National    team    match,    600    yards, 

slow  fire,   official  score  card    (No. 

474). 
.National    team    match,    600    yards, 

slow     fire,     unofficial     score     card 

(No.   474-1). 
National    team    match,    1,000    yards, 

slow   fire,   official   score   card    (No. 

475). 
National    team    match,    1,000    yards, 

slow  fire,  unofficial  score  card  (No. 

475-1). 
Noncommissioned      officers      detailed 

with    Organized    Militia,    personal 

report  of   (No.   399). 
Officers'    garrison    school,    certificate 

of  proficiency  (No.  230). 
Photograph  and  negative  jacket  (No. 

261). 

Physical  examination  and  test   (cap- 
tains   and    lieutenants    only),    re- 
port of   (No.  378). 
Physical  examination  and  test   (field 

officers),  report  of   (No.  377). 
Post  return,  extra  sheet  (No.  27— a). 
Post   return,   with   model    (No.   27), 

811. 
Preference  card   (No.  423). 


INDEX. 


339 


Blank   Forms — Continued. 
Supplied  by — Continued. 

Adjutant  General's   Department — Con. 

Property,  return  of,  contingent  fund 
(No.  180). 

Public  animals,  descriptive  card  of 
(No.  277),  280,  456. 

Recruit,  record  of    (No.  421). 

Recruit,  report  of  physical  examina- 
tion of  (No.  135),  857. 

Recruiting  handbill  (No.  162). 

Recruiting  officer,  letter  of  inquiry 
(No.  78). 

Recruiting  poster,  letter  to  postmas- 
ter to  accompany  (No.  83). 

Recruiting  poster,  single  sheet,  2J  by 
3i  feet  (Nos.  401,  402,  403,  404). 

Recruiting  poster,  wrapper  for. 

Recruits,  depot  trlmonthly  report  of 
(No.  151),  857. 

Regimental  return,  extra  sheet  (No. 
41-a). 

Regimental  return,  with  model  (No. 
41),  811. 

Report  of  board  on  disability  of  en- 
listed men  (No.  484). 

Requisition  for  books  and  blank 
forms  (No.  383). 

Reservist's  descriptive  card  (No. 
443). 

Reservist's  enlistment  paper  (No. 
442). 

Reservist's  quarterly  report  card 
(No.  444). 

Reservist's  report  card  upon  return 
to  United  States  (No.  445). 

Return  of  districts,  brigades,  divis- 
ions, departments,  extra  sheets 
(No.  24-a,  b,  and  c). 

Return  of  districts,  brigades,  divi- 
sions, departments,  with  model 
(No.  24),  811. 

Return  of  officers,  bureau  (No.  101), 
811. 

Return  of  troop,  battery  company,  or 
detachment,  with  model  (No.  30). 
811. 

Revolver  competition,  report  and 
bulletin,  inside  sheets  (No.  315-1). 

Revolver  competition,  report  and 
bulletin,  outside  sheet  (No.  315). 

Revolver  competition,  score  card, 
rapid  fire,  15  yards  (No.  354). 

Revolver  competition,  score  card, 
rapid  fire,  25  yards  (No.  355). 

Revolver  competition,  score  card, 
slow  fire,  50  yards  (No.  350). 

Revolver  competition,  score  card, 
slow  fire,  75  yards  (No.  351). 

Revolver  competition,  score  card, 
timed  fire, -25  yards  (No.  352). 

Revolver  competition,  score  card, 
timed  fire,  50  yards  (No.  353). 

Revolver  firing,  individual  record 
(No.  305). 

Revolver  firing  and  classification,  re- 
port of  (No.  308). 


Blank  Forms — Continued. 
Supplied  by — Continued. 

Adjutant  General's   Department — Con. 

Rifle  competition,  report  and  bulle- 
tin, inside  sheet  (No.  314-1). 

Rifle  competition,  report  and  bulle- 
tin, outside  sheet  (No.  314). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  pit 
record,  skirmish  fire  (No.  349). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  rapid 
fire,  200  yards  (No.  347). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  rapid 
fire,  300  yards  (No.  348). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  rapid 
fire,  500  yards  (No.  367). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  slow 
fire,  200  yards  (No.  343). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  slow 
fire,  300  yards  (No.  344). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  slow 
fire,  500  yards  (No.  345). 

Rifle  competition,  score  card,  slow 
fire,  600  yards  (No.  346). 

Rifle  firing,  individual  record  (No. 
304). 

Rifle  firing  and  classification,  re- 
port of  known  distance  (No.  307). 

Sergeant  major,  report  of  adjutant 
on  (No.  329). 

Sick  reports,  daily   (No.  339),  280. 

Small-arms  firing,  departmental,  re- 
port of  (No.  303). 

Small-arms  target  firing  (Special 
Course  A),  record  of  (No.  410). 

Small-arms     target     firing     (Special 

Course  A),  report  of  (No.  409). 
'          Statement  of  service  (No.  15). 

Subpoena    duces    tecum     (No.     132), 
991. 

Subpoena  for  civilian  witness  (No. 
76),  991. 

Subpoena  for  civilian  witness  (for 
deposition)  (No.  77),  991. 

Summary  court,  record  of  (No. 
99),  957. 

Summary  court,  report  of  cases  tried 
by  (No.  59 )^  982. 

Survey,  report' of   (No.    196),  710. 

Unit  accountability  equipment  man- 
ual, cavalry  (No.  459). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu- 
al, coast  artillery  (No.  457). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu- 
al, engineer  (No.  452). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu 
al,  heavy  field  artillery  (No. 
455). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu- 
al, horse  artillery  (No.  454). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu- 
al, infantry  (No.  458). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu- 
al, light  artillery  (No.  456). 

Unit  accountability  equipment  manu- 
al, mountain  artillery  (No.  453). 

Unit  equipment,  memorandum  re- 
ceipt (No.  448). 


340 


INDEX. 


Blank  Forms — Continued. 
Supplied  by — Continued. 
Adjutant  General's   Department — Con. 
Unit    equipment,    record    of    cost    of 

maintenance  of  (No.  450). 
Unit    equipment,    report    of   cost    of 

maintenance  of   (No.  449). 
Unit  equipment,  return  of  (No.  451). 
Voucher  for   purchases   and   services 

other  than  personal   (No.  33). 
Warrant,    noncommissioned    officers, 

artillery    (No.   154),  256. 
Warrant,    noncommissioned    officers, 
cavalry    or    infantry     (No.    152), 
256. 
Warrant,    noncommissioned    officers, 

engineers   (No.   153),  256. 
Warrant   of  attachment    (No.    272), 

952. 

Engineer  Department.     (See  Manual.) 
Inspector     General's     Department,     as 

follows  : 

Inspector    General's    Memoranda    of 
Coast    Artillery     Inspection     (No. 
5A). 
Inspector    General's    Memoranda    of 

Inspection  of  Post    (No.   5). 
Lists    of    checks    outstanding     (No. 

3A). 
Report,     inspection     of     a     division 

(No.  16). 

Report,  inspection  of  national  ceme- 
teries  (No.  4),  904,  906.     ' 
Report,     inventory     and     inspection 

(No.  1),  904,  906. 

Report,  inventory  and  inspection,  in- 
side sheets   (No.  1A),  904,  906.  « 
Report,     inventory     and    inspection, 
public  animals   (No.  2),  904,  906. 
Report,    inventory     and    inspection, 
public  animals,  inside  sheets  (No. 
2A),   904,   906. 
Statement    of   money    accountability 

(No.   3). 

Testing     inspection    of    money     ac- 
counts   (No.   28). 
Judge  Advocate  General's  Department. 

(See  Manual.) 

Medical    Department.      (See   Manual.) 
Ordnance  Department.      (See  Manual.) 
Quartermaster   Corps.      (See   Manual.) 
Signal  Corps.     (See  Manual.) 
Boarding  Vessels  of  War: 

Visits  and  courtesies,  407,  411. 
Board   of   Commissioners,   Soldiers'   H«me,   Dis- 
trict of  Colombia: 

See  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C. 
Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification: 

Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 
Boards  of  Examination: 

Appointees,    grade   of   second   lieutenant, 

30,  31. 

Hospital  Corps,  1405. 
Medical  officers,  1388. 
Rejected  applicants  for  enlistment,  867. 


Boards  of  Officers: 

Annual  reports,  preparation,  etc.,  193J. 

Appointment,  etc.,   Staff,  744. 

Barracks  and  quarters,   1025. 

Character,  discharge  certificates,  148. 

Damages  by  flre,  storm,  etc.,  709. 

Deceased  officers,   86. 

Fuel  and  stoves,   1044. 

Insane   officers,    86. 

Private  property  lost  in  service,  726. 

Purchase  of  horses  from  mounted  officers, 
1095. 

Retirement  of  officers,  26,  77,  78. 

Vacancies,  General  Staff  Corps,  773. 
Boats : 

Flags    and    pennants    for    official    visits, 
240. 

Rules  for  passing,  414. 
Bond-Aided  Railroads : 

Civilian   employees,   732. 

Telegraph  lines,   1186. 

Transportation  requests,  732. 
Bonds: 

Contractors,    569-581. 

Disbursing    officers,    567,    568,    574-577, 
580,   581,   589. 

Duplicate  checks,  602. 

Indemnity,    602,    607. 

Renewal,    581. 
Boxes : 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,    1544— 

1546. 
Bran: 

Forage  ration,   1077. 
Branding : 
•     Condemned   animals,    907. 

Officers'  mounts  at  remount  depot,  1099. 

Public   animals,   1067. 

Public   property,  '676. 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38,  98. 
Breach  of  Arrest: 

Punishment,  A.   W.  65. 
Bread : 

Baking  and  sale,  1201. 

Cost  price  determined,  1201. 

Ration,  1205. 
Brevet  Rank  Assignments: 

Aids  to  general  officers,  41. 

Salutes  and  honors,  401. 
Bribery : 

Mustering  officer,  A.  W.  6i. 
Bridges : 

Construction  and  repair,  1000. 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1126. 
Brigade  Commanders: 

Appeals  referred  to,  for  decision,  195. 

Changes,  personal  or  staff,  811. 

Controversies    arising    within    command, 
195. 

District  commanders,  194. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  106,  111. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  194. 

Inspections,  194,  887. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044,  1046. 

Officers  under  arrest,  924. 


INDEX. 


341 


Brigade  Commanders — Continued. 

Orders,  personal  journeys  for  Inspection, 
194. 

Organized  Militia,  194. 

Personal  leave  of.  absence,  50. 

Staff,  49,  198. 

Surveying  officers,  711. 

Unimportant  communications,  789. 

Visits  to  posts,   194. 
Brigades : 

Coast  artillery  districts  correspond  with, 
in  rank,  194. 

Command  of  a  brigadier  general,  14. 

Districts  in  Philippine  Islands  correspond 
with,  in  rank,  194. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Printing,  510-512. 

Records  of  discontinued,  821. 

Returns  of  strength,  811,  815. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1498. 

Staff  officers,  198. 
Brigades,  Separate: 

Commanders.      See    Brigade     (Separate) 
Commanders. 

Orders  and  circulars,  805. 

Records  of  discontinued,  821. 

Returns,  811. 
Brigade    (Separate)    Commanders : 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

Hospital  Corps,  1409. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  51. 

Returns  of  troops,  811. 

Transfers  to  Hospital  Corps,  1411. 
Brigadier  Generals: 

Aids,  41. 

Appointment  to  grade,  22. 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Changing  station,  71. 

Forage,  1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  418,  426. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375,  400,  401,  403. 

Staff  officers,  change  of  station,  etc.,  71. 

Travel  beyond  limits  of  command,   71. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Brooms,  Brushes,  and  Mops: 

Allowance,  301,  1181. 

Messes,  301. 
Buildings : 

Amusement,  etc.,  339. 

Erection  near  fortifications,  1493,  1505. 

Permanent,  704,  706,  707,  709. 
Bunks  and  Bedding: 

Names  of  men  to  be  attached  to  bunks, 
285. 

Overhauling  and  airing,  in  barracks,  287. 

Post  guardhouses,  1084. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1084. 
Bureau    of    Refugees,    Freedmen,     and     Aban- 
doned Lands: 

Care  .and  custody  of  records,  774. 
Burglary : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 


Burials : 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  491,  492. 

Deceased   officers   and   soldiers,    87,    167, 
1173. 

Post  cemeteries,  493,  497,  498. 
Butter: 

Ration,  1205. 
Cablegrams : 

See  Telegraphing  and  Telephoning. 
Cadets,  Military: 

Admission  to  general  hospitals,  1441. 

Appointment,  grade  of  second  lieutenant, 
27. 

Discharged,  1313,  1314. 

Education  at  Military  Academy,  449. 

Eligibility  of  ex-cadets   for  commissions, 
37. 

Graduation  leave,  53. 

Longevity  pay,  1271. 

Payments,  1312-1314. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Travel  allowances,  1313. 
Cadets,  >':n  a  I : 

Admission  to  general  hospitals,  1441. 

Longevity  pay,  1271. 
Camps : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31,  34. 

Colors,  241. 

Followers,  etc.,  A.  W.  63. 

Guards,  441-443. 

Laying  out,  1493. 

Temporary  posts  styled,  202. 

Uniform  and  clothing,  enlisted  men,  289. 

Violence  to  traders  in  foreign -parts,  A. 

W.  56. 
Canal  Zone,  Panama: 

Pay  of  enlisted  men,  1342. 
Candidates  for  Appointment  and  Promotion: 

Graduates  of  civil  institutions,  35. 

Members  of  Organized  Militia,  35. 

Moral  character,  etc.,  36. 

Physical  examination,  36. 

Selection,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  3O. 

Status  pending  appointment,  31-33. 
randies: 

Issue,  1215. 

Stable  lanterns,  1052. 
<  .1  nurd  Goods: 

Ration,  1205. 
Canteens : 

Repairs,  1534. 
Capital  Punishment: 

See  Death  Penalty. 
Capricious  Conduct: 

Superiors  toward  inferiors,  3. 
Captains : 

Appropriate  command,  14.' 

Baggage,  1136. 

Detached  service,   265. 

Exemptions  from  detail,  358. 

Forage,  1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  422,  426. 

Promotion  to  grade,  25. 

Quarters,   fuel,   and   stoves,   1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Roster  duty,   358. 


342 


INDEX. 


Captains,  Navy: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,   12. 
Captured  Property: 

Accountability,  A.  W.  9. 

Returns,  819. 
Carpenter  Shops: 

Stoves,  1044. 
Carriers : 

Responsibility    of,    supplies     in     transit, 

721,  1141. 
Cartridges : 

Sales  to  enlisted  men,  354. 
Cash  Sales: 

Subsistence    supplies,     1239-1241,     1244, 

1245. 
Casting  Away  Arms: 

Punishment,  A.   W.  42. 
Casualties   in   Action : 

Preparation,  etc.,   of   returns,    818. 
Cavalry : 

Administrative   unit,    245. 

Animals,  1097. 

Inspections,  283. 

Mounted  pay,   officers,   1272,   1274. 

Precedence,  6. 

Squadron,    designation    in    Army   Regula- 
tions, 15. 

Standards  and  guidons,   230,  235. 

Troop,  designation  in  Army  Regulations, 

15. 
Cemeteries : 

Battle-ground,  491,  492. 

National,    167,   223,   490,    895. 

Post,  167,  493-498,  889. 
Censure : 

Discussions,  etc.,  conveying,  forbidden,  5. 
Ceremonies : 

Chaplains,  46. 

Colors    carried   on   occasions    of,    232. 

Conformity  to  drill  regulations,  435. 

Hospital  Corps,   1413. 

Memorial  Day,  440. 

Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 

Reveille  and  retreat,  437. 

See  also  Honors,  Courtesies,  and  Cere- 
monies. 
Certificates : 

Absentees,  respecting,  A.  W.  12,  13. 

Disability.     See  Certificates  of  Disability. 

Discharge.     See  Discharge  Certificates. 

Expenditures   of   ammunition,    1529. 

Fuel  for  officers,   1039. 

Manuscript,  prohibited,    1572. 

Medical,  57,  160,  466. 

Medical     attendance,     medicines,      1478, 
1480,   1483. 

Money  vouchers,  632-634,   642-644,   646. 

Professional  books,  etc.,   1139. 

Property    expended,    lost,    or    destroyed, 
698. 

Ration  accounts,  1213. 

Service,    151. 

Shipments  of  baggage,   1138. 

Transportation  of  excess  baggage,   1123. 
Certificates  of  Accountability: 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1091,  1092. 


Certificates  of  Deposit: 

Explanatory  statements,  612. 

Issue  and  disposition,  611,  612,  615. 

Notations  on  accounts  current,  615. 

Proceeds  of  sales,  618,  1521. 

Record  and  action,  War  Department,  616. 
Certificates  of  Disability: 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  179. 

Degree  of  disability  to  be  noted,  161. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,   140. 

Insane   soldiers,   466. 

Notation  of  soldiers'  refusal  to  be  treated, 
161. 

Permanent  disability,  159. 

Recruits,  870. 

Report   of   discharge    to    medical    officer, 

160. 
Certificates    of   Eligibility: 

Promotion,  enlisted  men,  31 ;  p.  315*,:  act 

March  2,  1913. 
Certificates  of  Merit: 

Additional  pay,  186,  1341. 

Conditions  of  award,  184,   185,   188. 

Discharged  and  deceased  soldiers,  187. 

Enlisted  men,  184-188,  1341. 
Certificates  of  Nonindebtedness : 

Final  payments  to  officers,  1262. 
Certificates  of  Pay: 

False,  A.  W.  13. 

Purchase  of  pay  due,  592. 
Certificates  of  Rations: 

Civilian   employees,    1213. 

Detached   troops,    1213. 
Certificates  of  Service : 

Issued  in  lieu  of  lost  discharges,  151. 
Cession   of   State   Jurisdiction: 

Lands  used  for  military  purposes,  704. 
Chairs : 

Allowance  for  barracks,   1022. 
Challenges : 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  88. 
Challenge  to  Duel: 

Carriers  of,  deemed  principals,  A.  W.  27. 

Punishment  for  sending,  A.  W.  26. 

Upbraiding  for  refusing,  A.  W.   28. 
Change  of  Staff: 

Personal  staff,  general  officers,  71. 

Articles  to  be  transferred,   1023. 
Changes   of  Station: 

Baggage  transportation,  1123,  1135-1137, 
1139. 

Barrack   furniture,    1023. 

Civilian  employees,   739. 

Coast    Artillery    Corps    noncommissioned 
staff,   310. 

Commutation    of    quarters,    1301,     1303, 
1304. 

Enlisted  men,  742,  1023. 

Furloughed    soldiers,    112. 

General  officers  and  personal  staff,  71. 

Nurses,   1123. 

Officers,    staff    corps    and    departments, 
742. 

Officers  on  leave,   1292-1294. 

Officers   without   troops,   68. 

Personal  staff,  general  officers,   71. 


INDEX. 


343 


Changes  ef  Station — Continued. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1139. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1091,  1092. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1098. 

Troops  in  departments,  193. 

See  also  Movement  of  Troops. 
Chanel ne  Parole  or  Watchword: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  44. 
Chapels : 

Books    and    musical    Instruments,    331, 
1144. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rooms  to  be  provided,  331. 
Chaplains: 

Aid  afforded  by  commanding  officers,  44. 

Assignments  and  transfers,  43. 

Ceremonies  and  inspections,  46. 

Duties,  44. 

Flags,  224J. 

Inspection   reports   concerning,   831,   889. 

Mounted  pay,  1272. 

Reports,  45. 
Character : 

Discharged  soldiers,  148. 

Recruits,  869. 
Charges  Against  Enlisted  Men: 

Erroneous,  131. 

Evidence    of    previous    convictions,    954, 
956. 

Investigation  by  commanding  officer,  955. 

Offenses   cognizable   by   summary   courts, 
957. 

Preparation  and  transmission,   120,   124, 
126,  954. 

Written,  committing  officer,  A.  W.  67. 
Charges  Against  Officers: 

Release  from  arrest,  924 ;  A.  W.  71. 

Service  upon  accused,  A.  W.  71. 
Charge's  d'Affaires: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 
Check   Books,    Official: 

Issue,  transfer,  etc.,  608-610. 
Check  or   Currency   Payments   to   Troops: 

Absence  of  soldier,  1333. 

Checks  drawn  for  portion  of  pay,  1317. 

Checks    drawn    to    order    of    individual, 
1316. 

Currency  in  separate  envelopes,  1316. 

Death  or  desertion  of  soldier,  1333. 

Deficiencies  or  surplus  in  currency,  1327. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1335. 

Distribution    of,    at    posts,    1320,    1325, 
1326. 

Errors  or  informalities,  1328,  1330. 

Escort,  1324. 

Express,  1321-1324. 

Indorsement  of  check  by  payee,  1331. 

Notification  with  roll,  1320. 

Pay  rolls,  1320,  1321,  1329,  1330,   1332- 
1334,  1337. 

Places  beyond  express  delivery,  1324. 

Posts  at  which  made,  1316. 

Receipts  not  required  in  check  payments, 
1319. 

Troops  absent  from  stations,  1334. 


Check  or  Currency   Payments  to  Troops — Coo. 

Undelivered  checks  or  currency,  1333. 

Verification   of  sealed   packages   contain- 
ing, 1325,  1326. 
Checks : 

Alterations  or  erasures,  609. 

Bidders'  certified,  524,  535. 

Blank,  care  and  custody,  609. 

Death  or  resignation  of  drawer,  603. 

Designation  of  rank  and  department,  601. 

Drawing,  599-601,  635,  638,  643. 

Duplicate,   602. 

Lost,  stolen,  or  destroyed,  602,  607. 

Miscellaneous  receipts,   etc.,  615. 

Mutilated  or  spoiled,  610. 

Notation   on   vouchers,    etc.,    640. 

Object    of    expenditures,    600. 

Outstanding,  588,  603-607,  901,  902. 

Payment  on  presentation,   603,   604. 

Payments  by,  how  made,  587,  599. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  .1316-1335. 

Signing  in  blank  prohibited,  637. 

Transferring  funds,  597. 

Use  of  rubber  stamps  in  preparing,  600. 

Use  of  typewriter  in  preparing,  600. 
Chief  Clerk,  War  Department: 

See  Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk,  War  De- 
partment. 
Chief  Engineer  Officers  of  Departments: 

See  Department  Engineers. 
Chief  Justice,  U.  S.  Supreme  Court: 

Funeral   honors,   421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Chief  Magistrates,  Foreign  Countries: 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403 
Chief  Mechanics: 

Appointment,  etc.,  275,  278. 
Chief  Musicians: 

Baggage,   1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Chief  of  Coast  Artillery: 

Bands,  assignment  to  stations,  261. 

Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification,  303. 

Correspondence,    303. 

Duties  and   responsibilities,  303. 

Member  of  General  Staff  Corps,  303. 

Mounted    officers,    1272. 

Noncommissioned    staff,    Coast    Artillery 
Corps,  310. 

Office,  records,  etc.,   303. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Chief  of  Engineers: 

Band,  assignment  to  station,  261. 

Certificates  of  merit,   184. 

Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1501. 

Engineers,  detached  service,  1496. 

Engineers,   special  service,   1494. 

Fortifications,  1505,  1506. 

General  duties,   1493,   1494. 

Headquarters,   1494. 

Journeys  of  engineer  officers,  742. 

Maps,  surveys,  and  reconnaissances,  1502. 

Plans,  etc.,  military  works,  1502. 

Public  buildings,  etc.,  D.  C.,  705,  1493. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 


INDEX. 


Chief  of  Ordnance: 

Armament  officers,   1539. 
Blanks  and  blank  books,  1551. 
Certificates  of   merit,    184. 
General  duties,  1511. 
Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,     1513, 
1514,    1517,    1521,    1522,    1524,    1535- 
1539,  1543-1545. 
Ordnance  depots,  1515-1517. 
Seacoast  and  mobile  artillery,  1538,  1539. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Warrants,  noncommissioned  officers,  Ord- 
nance Corps,   103. 
Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army: 
Absence  or  disability,  768. 
Acting  Chief  of  Staff,  768. 
Administration  and  control  of  tbe  Army, 

761. 
Channels     of     action     certain     military 

business,  note,  p.  145. 
Coast  Artillery,  303. 
Courts-marital  proceedings,  921. 
Detail  by  the  President,  761. 
Directions  and  orders  of  the   President, 

761,  762. 

Distribution    of   duties    to    War    Depart- 
ment General  Staff,  760. 
Duties  as  military  adviser  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  761. 
Duties     in     matters     affecting     officers, 

765-767. 

Enlisted  men,  766. 
Fortifications,    1506. 
General  Staff  serving  with  troops,  770. 
Information,  etc.,  direct  to  the  President, 

761. 

Inspection  reports,  900,  906. 
Limitation  of  service,  752,  761. 
Militia,  764. 
Office  of,   a   supervising  bureau   of  War 

Department,  761. 
Office   rooms,    fuel,   and    stoves   for,   and 

assistants,   1044. 
Official  correspondence,  782,  784. 
Orders,  etc.,  affecting  the  Army,  officers, 

or  men,   766,  774. 
Qualifications,  761. 
Relations  to  and  with  the  President  and 

Secretary  of  War,  761. 
Supervisory  powers  and  duties,  753-756, 

761-765,  769,  774. 

Supply,  payment,  etc.,  of  troops,  740. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
War  Department  General  Staff,  759,  760. 
Chief  of  Staff  Serving  with  Troops: 
Assignment,  etc.,  197,  199,  771. 
Supervisory  powers  and  duties,  772. 
Chief  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps: 

Allotments   of  pay,  enlisted  men,   1348- 

1353,  1356,  1359. 
Balances  in  hands  of  disbursing  officers, 

625. 

Band  instruments,  1151,  1179. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  1015. 
Certificates  of  merit,  184. 
Circulars,  price  of  clothing,  etc.,  1146. 


Chief  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps — Continued. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1152,  1157,  1158. 
Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  239. 
Credit  sales  to  enlisted  men,  1249. 
Deposits  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1361,  1364, 

1369. 

Designation  of  beneficiaries,  1385. 
Draft  and  pack  animals,  1102. 
Estimates  of  funds,  1008. 
General  depots,  1002-1004. 
Heavy    furniture    for    officers'    quarters, 

1020. 

Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1095. 
Hospitals,  1469. 
Job  printing,    510. 
Musical  instruments,  1151,  1179. 
National  cemeteries,  490. 
Newspapers  and  periodicals,  331. 
Noncommissioned  officers,   1009. 
Office  rooms,  1047. 
Officers'   unpaid  accounts,   1240. 
Pay  accounts,  officers,  1258. 
Payments,  discharged  soldiers,  1377. 
Payments,  enlisted  men,  1315. 
Payments,  retired  officers,  1257. 
Post  cemeteries,  497,  498. 
Purchase    of    horses   from    mounted    offi- 
cers, 1095. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1092. 
Recruiting  service,  1152. 
Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1127. 
Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1197. 
Telegraphing,  1189,  1190. 
Textbooks  and  school  materials,  331. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1074. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 

See  also  Quartermaster  Corps. 
Chief  Ordnance  Officers  of  Department. 

See  Department  Ordnance  Officers. 
Chief  Quartermasters  of  Departments. 

See  Department  Quartermasters. 
Chief  Signal  Officer: 

Certificates  of  merit,  183. 

General  duties,  1556. 

Military    telegraph    and    telephone    lines, 
1556,  1559-1561,  1563. 

Signal  Corps  enlistments,  etc.,  1557. 

Signal  supplies,  1564,  1566. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 

Warrants,   noncommissioned   officers,   Sig- 
nal Corps,   103. 
Chief  Signal  Officers  of  Departments. 

See  Department  Signal  Officers. 
Chiefs  of  Bureaus: 

Annual  reports,  preparation,  etc.,  193J. 

Blank  forms,  509,  1571. 

Boards  of  officers,  744. 

Changes  of  station  and  travel  duties,  742. 

Civilian  employees,  727,  734. 

Collections,  721. 

Condemned  property,  906,  907,  913. 

Confidential   communications,   778. 

Contractors'  bonds,  569,  571. 

Contracts    by    purchasing    officers,    558, 
561-565. 


INDEX. 


345 


Chiefs  of  Bureans — Continued. 

Correspondence    with    disbursing    officers, 

745. 

Distribution  of  orders,  803. 
Efficiency  reports,  829,  833. 
Examination  of  money  accounts,  655. 
Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 
Hours  of  labor,  civilian  employees,  731. 
Inspection  reports,  831. 
Intermediate  commanders,  783. 
Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  52. 
Official    correspondence,    745,    775,    782— 

784,  787,  920. 

Personal  reports,   officers,  826,  827. 
Property  returns,  701-703. 
Public  moneys,  583. 
Records  discontinued  depots,  821. 
Remittances  to  officers,  621. 
Returns,  811. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1308. 
Surety  companies,  573. 
Surveying  officers'  reports,  722,  723. 
Transfer  of  supplies,  671. 
Chief  Surgeons  of  Departments. 
See  Department  Surgeons. 
Chief  Trumpeter: 
Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Chimneys : 

Lamps,  etc.,  1052,  1054. 
Chronic  Complaints: 

Payment  of  accounts  for  treatment,  1476. 
Circulars : 

Advertising  for  proposals,  522,  526. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1146. 
Issue  and  numbering,  791.  ' 
Regimental  files,  259. 
Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1310. 
Civil  Authorities: 

Application  for  troops,  487. 
Arrest  by,  of  officers  and  men,  1371,  1381. 
Subordination  of  military,  A.  W.  59. 
Civil  Courts: 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  146. 
Witnesses,  75,  951,  994,  1298. 
Civil  Engineers: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  730. 
National  cemeteries,  490. 
Transportation  and  expenses.  732,  733. 
Civil  Functionaries: 

Courtesies  and  honors,  403. 
Funeral  honors,  421. 
Civilian  Employees: 

Admission   to   hospitals,   464.    734,    1458, 

1460. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 
Allotment  of  funds  for  pay,  177. 
Ammunition  for  hunting  purposes,  1526. 
Artificial    limbs    and    appliances,    1490, 

1491. 

Attendance  upon  civil  courts.  994. 
Baggage  transportation,  1136,  1138. 
Burial,  492,  493. 

Certificates,  pay  due  discharged,  730. 
Change  of  station,  739. 
Commutation  of  rations,  1229. 


Civilian  Employees — Continued. 
Computation  of  time,  651. 
Employment,  etc.,  727-730. 
Expenditures,  729. 
Hospital  charges,  1460,  1461. 
Hours  of  labor,  731. 
Insane,  464. 
Inspection  reports,  889. 
Laundrymen,  1245. 
Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1457. 
Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1473. 
Ordnance    and     ordnance     stores,     1526, 

1527,  1531. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  733,  1128. 
Payments,  730. 

Property  damaged,  lost,  or  destroyed,  688. 
Purchase  of  quartermaster  supplies,  1055. 
Purchase  of  subsistence  supplies,  1245. 
Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Rations,  733,  1203,  1209,  1211,  1213. 
Shoemakers,  1245. 
Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1127. 
Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  63. 
Tailors,  279,  1245. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732-739. 
Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 
Wages  due  discharged,  650. 
Witnesses,  military  courts,  989,  992,  993. 
Wrongfully  selling  arms,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 
Civilian  Physicians: 
Compensation,  1479. 
Employment    and    payment,     1476—1478, 

1484,  1485. 
Examination   of  recruits,   etc.,   865,   870, 

1484,  1485. 

Rates  of  charges,   1479,  1484,   1485. 
Vaccination,   865. 
Civilians: 

Admission    to   hospital,    1459. 
Appointment    as    second    lieutenants,    27, 

34-37,    1297. 

Attendance  upon  civil  courts,  994. 
Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  493. 
Exploring  or  surveying  expeditions,  1526. 
Hospital  charges,  1459-1461. 
Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1457. 
Residence  on  reservations,  212. 
Waste  or  spoil   of  private  property,  etc., 

of,  A.  W.  55. 
Witnesses    before    military    courts,    738, 

952,    990-993;    p.    314,    act   March    2, 

1901. 
Civilian  Witnesses: 

Attendance,    court-martial,   952;    p.   313, 

sec.  1202  R.  S. 
Incriminating  or   degrading   evidence,   p. 

314,  act  March  2,   1901. 
Pay  and  allowances,  738,  989-994. 
Refusal   to  obey  summons,  etc.,  991 ;   p. 

314,   act   March   2,   1901. 
Civil  Office: 

Officers  on  active  list,  82. 
Civil  Officers: 

Administration  of  oaths,  23,  684. 
Apprehension  of  deserters,   118,   121 ;   p. 

314,    act   June   18,    1898. 
Fees  for  administering  oath,  649. 


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INDEX. 


Civil-Rights  Laws: 

Enforcement   by  Army,   485,    pp.   98,   99. 
Civil  Service : 

Civilian    employees,    727. 
Claims : 

Fictitious  or  fraudulent,  A.  W.  60. 

Information  from  records,  824. 

Interest  in,  disbursing  officers  or  clerks, 
592. 

Private  property  lost  in  service,  726. 

Purchase  of,  against  the  United   States, 
592. 

Unauthorized  advertisements,  507. 
Clerks : 

Baggage,  1136. 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  728,  730. 

Extra-duty    pay,    170. 

Inspectors,   879. 

Interest    or    concern    in    purchases,    etc., 
592. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128. 

Transportation    and    expenses,    732,    733. 
Clothing  and  Equipage: 

Accounts,  1157-1166,  1169,  1415. 

Articles  used  for  police,  etc.,  442,  443. 

Burial  of  deceased  soldiers,  1173. 

Care  of,  by  enlisted  men,  286-288. 

Clothing  allowance,  1161,  1162. 

Company,   266. 

Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515. 

Damaged,  911. 

Deserters,  117,  129,  1164-1166,   1373. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Estimates,    1147-1156,   1177. 

Furnished  by  Quartermaster  Corps,  1000. 

Indian  prisoners  of  war,  477. 

Infected,   717,    1454. 

Inmates,  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  181. 

Inspection,  annual,  889. 

Inspection  by  medical  officers,   1387. 

Interior   Department    Indians,    477. 

Issues,   1157,    1158,   1167-1173,   1455. 

Issues   in   case  of   necessity,   1156,    1159, 
1168. 

Laundry  charges,   recruits,   1169. 

Measurements     for     clothing,     condition, 
etc.,  1155. 

Military  prisoners,  939. 

Militia  called  into  service,  455. 

Officers'  servants,  1175. 

Price  list,   1146. 

Purchase  of,  by  officers,  1174. 

Recruiting  service,  1152. 

Requisitions  for,  203. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  137. 

Shipment  to  mobilization  camps,  455. 

Sizes  of  clothing,  1153-1155. 

Tentage,  1183. 

Winter  garments,   special,    1168,   1171. 

Worn  and  in  possession  of  men,  288,  289. 

See  also  Uniforms. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps: 

Bands.     See  Coast  Artillery  Corps  Bands. 

Chaplains,  43-46. 

Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 

Coast  Artillery  Board,  303. 


Coast  Artillery  Corps — Continued. 
Coast  defense  commands,   304. 
Colors  and  guidons,  228. 
Company    noncommissioned   officers,    271, 

274. 

Correspondence  and  reports,   303,   305. 
District  commanders,   194,   198,  303. 
Efficiency  reports,  officers,  829. 
Electrical     equipment     in     fortifications, 

913,   1505J. 
Electrician    sergeants,    first    and    second 

class,  9,  310,  1044,  1136. 
Engineers,  9,  310,  1044,  1136. 
Firemen,  9,  310,  1044,  1136. 
Gunners,  additional  pay,  1343. 
Inspection  of  public  property,  913. 
Inspections,  886. 
Manual,  1552. 

Master   electricians,    9,   310,    1044,    1136. 
Master  gunners,  9,  310,  1044,  1136.  '" 
Noncommissioned  staff,   9,   308,   310-312. 
Practice,  313-315. 

Rated  positions,   additional  pay,   1343. 
Sergeants    major,    junior    and    senior,    9, 

310,  1044,  1136. 
Submarine  mine  and  fire   control   cables, 

913,  15051. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  48. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  Bands: 

Appointment  of  noncommissioned  officers, 

260. 

Assignment,  261. 
Equipments,  257,  262. 
Fund,  324,  326. 
Lye  and  sapolio,  1182. 
Memorial  Day,  440. 
Musical   instruments,  etc.,   262,   1179. 
National  and  patriotic  airs,  264. 
Saluting,  375,  376. 
"  The    Star  Spangled  Banner,"  264,   375, 

378,  437. 
Coast  Artillery  Districts: 

Commanders,   194,  198,  303. 
Correspond  in  rank  with  brigades,  194. 
Inspection,  command,  etc.,  194,  303,  886. 
Mounted  officers,  1272. 
Officers  under  arrest,  924. 
Staff  officers,  198. 
Coast  Artillery  Reserves: 

Called  into  United  States  service,  457. 
Coast  Artillery  School: 
Commandant,  303. 

Course  and  method  of  instruction,  303. 
Detachment  of  officers,  192. 
Inspection,   896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 
Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 
Location,  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  449. 
Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Coast  Defense  Commanders: 
Band  fund,  326. 
Efficiency  reports,  829. 
General   duties  and   responsibilities,   246, 
•    306. 

Inspection  of  command,  203. 
Mileage  orders,  1286. 


INDEX. 


347 


Coast   Defense  Commanders — Continued. 

Noncommissioned    officers,    94,    271,    274, 
310. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  94. 

Reports,   incapacitated   officers,  890. 

Senior  Coast  Artillery  Corps  officer,  304. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  enlisted  men,  114. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Coast  Defense  Commands: 

Colors,  228,  232,  233. 

Command,  304. 

Commanders.      See    Coast   Defense   Com- 
manders. 

Correspondence,  etc.,  305. 

Establishment,  limits,  etc.,  304. 

Mounted  officers,  1272. 

Records,  309. 

Regarded  as  military  posts,  203. 

Staff  officers,  249,  307,   308. 

Tenure  of  office  of  staff,  249. 

Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  114. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  48. 
Coffee : 

Purchase  and  issue  of  liquid,  1208. 

Ration,  1205. 
Collection  of  Duties : 

Enforcement    of,    by    the    Army,    485,    p. 

102. 
Colleges  and  Schools: 

See  Educational  Institutions,  Civil. 
Colonels: 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Forage,   1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  422,  426. 

Promotion  to  grade,   25. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,   1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 
Colors  and  Standards: 

Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  222. 

Battalion,  233. 

Battles,  participation,  244. 

Camp,  241. 

Care  of,  232. 

Carried  into  battle,  etc.,  232. 

Coast  Artillery  Corps,  228. 

Coast  defense  commands,   228,  232,   233. 

Engineer  troops,  226,  227,  232. 

Hospital  and  ambulance,  225. 

Infantry  regiments,  229. 

Mourning,   434. 

National,   226-234,  377. 

Philippine  Scouts,  234. 

President  of  the  United  States,  218. 

Regimental,   227,  229-233,  377,  434. 

Replaced,  disposition  of,  239. 

Salutes,  375-377. 

Secretary  of  War,  221. 

Service,  233. 

Silken,   232. 

Unserviceable,  239. 

Use  of  unprescribed,  243. 
Color  Sergeants: 

Appointment,  etc.,  256. 

Baggage,   1136. 


Color  Sergeants — Continued. 

Quarters,   fuel,  and  stoves,   1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Combinations : 

Suppression  of  unlawful,  485,  p.  101. 
Command : 

Appropriate  to  each  grade,  14. 

Commanding  officers,  13,  16-20. 

Funeral  escort,  427,  428. 

Mixed  corps,  10;  A.  W.  122. 

Reconnaissances  and  expeditions,  20. 

Staff  officer,  eligibility,  18,  19. 

Succession    in    event    of    death    or    disa- 
bility of  department  commanders,  196. 

Suspension  from,  by  sentence,  A.  W.  101. 
Commanders,  Navy: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,   12. 
Commanders  of  Escorts: 

Reconnaissances  and  expeditions,  20. 
Commanding  Officers: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12,   13. 

Aid  to  chaplains,  44. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Appliances     for     transporting    wounded, 
1432. 

Appointment  of  courts-martial,   pp.   314, 
315,   act  March   2,    1913. 

Arrest  of  officers,  922-924  ;  A.  W.  65. 

Assignments   and  assumption,    13. 

Attendance,  drills,  etc.,  175. 

Authority  as  to  discipline,  953. 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  491,  492. 

Battle   reports,   816. 

Captured  property,   819. 

Care,  etc.,  of  posts  and  reservations,  213. 

Casualty   returns,  818. 

Certificates  of  merit,  184,   185. 

Charges  against  enlisted  men,  955. 

Civilian  employees,  hospitals,  734. 

Clothing  and  equipage,   717,    1148,   1157, 
1170. 

Clothing  for  prisoners,   1170. 

Coast  defense  commands,  304,  306. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,   239. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  932,  934. 

Confinement  of  prisoners,  935. 

Construction  of  works  by  troops,  1499. 

Contempt  and  disrespect,   A.   W.   20. 

Correspondence  with  subordinates,  783. 

Courts-martial  proceedings,  919,  957,  982. 

Courts-martial     sentences,     p.     313,     act 
June  18,  1898;   A.  W.  112. 

Deceased  officers,   83,  86. 

Destitute  persons,  1219. 

Detail   of  topographer,   444. 

Discharge    certificates,    153. 

Dueling,    A.    W.    27. 

Enforcement  of  laws  by  troops,  486-489. 

Engineer    officers   on    duty    in    command, 
1503. 

Escort  commanders,   20. 

Estimates      for      funds,      Quartermaster 
Corps,   1008. 

Execution   of  orders,   796. 

Exercise  of  command,   13. 

Extra  and  special  duty  men,  175. 


348 


INDEX. 


Commanding  Officers — Continued. 

Field  service,  Hospital  Corps,   1433. 

Forage  ration,   1078. 

Furloughs,  enlisted  men,  106,  111 ;  A.  W. 

11. 
General   duties  and  responsibilities,  306, 

746,   751. 

General   prisoners,  937,  941.. 
Hospital  service,  1447. 
Inmates  Soldiers'   Home,  D.  C.,  181. 
Insane   officers,   86. 
Inspections,    46,   892. 
Inspectors,   881. 

Intruders,   Indian  country,  473. 
Leaves  of  absence,  56,  57. 
Liquid   coffee,    1208. 
Military  telegraph  lines,   1559. 
Mixed  corps,   10,  817;  A.  W.  122. 
Movements  of  troops,   193,   1107. 
Musters,    438,    439. 
Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  133. 
Noncommissioned    officers,    274. 
Officers  of  General   Staff  Corps,   772. 
Official   correspondence,   787. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1514. 
Parades,   436. 
Payments  to   enlisted  men,   1320,    1325- 

1329. 
Pecuniary  interest  in  victuals,  etc.,  A.  W. 

18. 

Policing  stables,  etc.,   1106. 
Posting  troops,  6. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  94,  100. 
Property  responsibility,   658-660;   A.   W. 

10. 
Ration    returns,    1209-1211,    1214,    1215, 

1220,    1222. 
Rations,    1202,    1215. 
Reconnaissance  equipment,  447. 
Redress  of  abuses,  A.  W.  54. 
Regimental    bands,    264. 
Retirement   of  enlisted  men,   135. 
Retirement   of   officers,   76. 
Returns,  requisitions,  and  estimates,  748. 
Returns  of  troops,  811-815,  818,  819. 
Route  maps,  444. 
Salutes  and   honors,  380. 
Staff  officers,   18,   19,   746. 
Stationery,    1062. 
Stores    deteoriated,    717. 
Substance   supplies   and  funds,   1215. 
Summary  court  records,  962. 
Surveying    officers,    711. 
Surveying  officers'   reports,   723. 
Surveys  and  reconnaissances.   1500. 
Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1178. 
Temporary   or  acting,   16. 
Transfer   or   succession,    17. 
Trespassers,  Indian  country,  473. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1075,  1076. 
Visitors  at  posts,  347,  403. 
Visits  and   courtesies,  406—414. 
Witnesses,  military  courts,  952. 

See  also — 

Army   (Field)   Commanders. 
Brigade    (Separate)    Commanders. 


Commanding  Officers — Continued. 
See  also— 

Coast  Defence  Commanders. 
Company  Commanders. 
Department  Commanders. 
Detachment   Commanders. 
District  Commanders. 
Division   (Tactical)   Commanders. 
Post  Commanders. 
Regimental  Commanders. 
Commands : 

Alteration  in  strength,  814. 
Annual  inspection,  887-889,  892. 
Discontinued,   records  of,  821. 
Quarrels,   frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24. 
Commerce : 

Interstate  and  foreign,  485,  pp.  101,  102. 
Commissaries : 

Battalion,  248,  250,  254,  255. 
Regimental,  248,  250,  253-255. 
Squadron,  248,  254. 
Commissary  Sergeants,  Battalion: 

Duties,  254. 

Commissary  Sergeants,   Regimental: 
Appointment,  etc.,  256. 
Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Commissioned  Officers: 
See  Officers,  Army, 
Commissions,  Military : 

See  Military  Commissions. 
Commissions  of  Officers: 
Precedence,  etc.,  9,  11. 
Preparation  and  distribution,  774. 
Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  47,  48. 
Committees  of  Congress: 

Officers    and    men    as    witnesses    before, 

1298. 

Salutes  and  honors,  4OO,  403. 
Commodores : 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Communications,   Official : 
See— 

Correspondence. 
Letters,  official. 
Orders. 
Commutation  for  Artificial  Limbs: 

Money  value,  1490. 
Commutation  of  Quarters: 
Officers,  1299-1307. 
Retired  enlisted  men,  137. 
Stoves,  1048. 
Commutation  of  Rations: 

Allowance    and    conditions,    1212,    1223, 

1224,   1226,  1228,   1443. 
Army  and  Navy  Hospital,  1443. 
Attendants,      transportation     of     horses, 

1098. 

Classes  prohibited,   1229,   1231. 
Discharged    soldiers    on    United     States 

transports,  1235. 

Enlisted  men    on    United    States    trans- 
ports, 1231,   1234. 

Furloughs,  1229,   1233,  1234,   1236-1238. 
Guards  in  charge  of  prisoners,  938. 


INDEX. 


349 


Commutation  of  Rations — Continued. 
Insane  soldiers,  468. 
Meal  tickets,   1227. 
Orders,  1230-1232. 
Payments,  1212,  1231-1238. 
Rates,     1212,     1223,     1224,     1226,     1228, 

1443. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  137. 
Travel  on  duty,  1111,  1232. 
Commutation  of  Subsistence: 

Computation  of  time,  651. 
Companies : 

Absence  from,  or  quitting,  without  leave, 

A.  W.  32,  40. 
Accounts,  266. 
Application    of    company    designation    in 

Army  Regulations,  15. 
Arms,    etc.,    in   quarters,    285,    288,    292. 
Artificers,   wagoners,    etc.,    173,   275, 278. 
Baking  bread,   1201. 
Books  and  records,  280-282,  1361,   1471, 

1472. 

Brooms,   brushes,  and  mops,  301,  1181. 
Captains,   265,   266,   269. 
Care  of  arms,   etc.,   285,   287,   288,   292, 

293. 

Chiefs  of  squads,  287,  288. 
Cleanliness  of  men,  286,  288. 
Clothing,   266. 

Commanders.    See  Company  Commanders. 
Command  of  a  captain,  14. 
Council,  280,  316-318,  320,  321,  327. 
Designation    on    muster    rolls    and    pay 

rolls,  809. 
Desks,  1139. 

Discipline  and  instruction,   266. 
Division  into  squads,   284. 
Equipments,  266,  285,  287,  288,  293,  294. 
Establishment  of  tailor,  barber,  and  shoe- 
repair  shops,  327. 
Field  musicians,   261,   263. 
First-aid   treatment,   1419. 
Fuel    and    stoves,    1044. 
Fund,   316,    320-322,   324,   327-329,   343, 

344,  1201. 
Inspections,  283. 
Kitchen,   297. 
Leather   dressing   or   polishing   material, 

293. 

Libraries,  1144. 
Litters,  hand,  1430. 
Lye  and  Sapolio,  1182. 
Marking  property,   295. 
Messing  and  cooking,   296-302. 
Names  of  men  on  bunks,  285. 
Noncommissioned  officers.     See  Company 

Noncommissioned   Officers. 
Numbering  of  men,  284. 
Pay,  266. 

Police  of  barracks,  tents,  etc.,  286,  287. 
Public  property,  266,  281,  290,  295,  694. 
Quitting,  or  absence  from,  without  leave, 

A.  W.  32,  40. 

Records,  280,  281,  1471,   1472. 
Records  of  discontinued,  821. 
Repairs  to  ordnance  stores,  1537. 


Companies — Continued. 
Reports,  266. 

Returns,  266,  811,  812,  815. 
Savings  of  rations,   1220. 
Subsistence,  266. 
Tableware,   etc.,   301. 
Tailors,  279. 
Textbooks,   etc.,   291. 
Transfers,  officers  and  men,  48,  114. 
Uniform  and  fatigue  dress,  279,  289. 
Withdrawing  from  general  mess,  330. 
Company  Commanders: 
Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.   12,  13. 
Acting,    in   absence   of   company    officers, 

267,   268. 

Admissions  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  179. 
Allotments   of  pay,   enlisted   men,    1348- 

1351. 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  29. 
Artificers,   275,   278. 
Authority  as  to  discipline,  953. 
Cartridges,    hunting    purposes,    354. 
Chief  mechanics,  275,  278. 
Clothing  accounts,  1157-1160. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1153,  1156,  1157. 
Commutation     of    rations,     1233,     1236, 

1237. 

Company  fund,  316,  324,  827,  328,  1208. 
Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  931. 
Cooks,   275,   278. 

Councils  of  administration,  317,  320. 
Custody  of  discharge  certificates,  150. 
Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  283. 
Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  162—164. 
Deposits    by    enlisted    men,    1335,    1331, 

1362,  1369. 

Deserters,  117,  120,  121,  124. 
Detached  enlisted  men,  104. 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140,  142,  146, 

148,    149,    154,   155. 
Disposition   of  old   records,  reports,  etc., 

281. 

Efficiency   reports,   829. 
Emergency   rations,   1205. 
Enlisted  men  in  hospital,  1472. 
Enlistment  of  discharged  soldiers,  860. 
Escaped  prisoners'   money,  940. 
Farriers  and  horseshoers,  275,  278. 
Final    statements,    1362-1364,    1369. 
First  sergeants,  273,  275. 
Furloughs,  109,  110,  1111 ;  A.  W.  11. 
General  duties  and  responsibilities,   266, 

269,   284,   286,   290,   291. 
Incorrect   payments,   1336. 
Inspection   after   taps,    370. 
Instructions  in   signaling,   1562. 
Lance  corporals,   272. 
Marking  of  graves,  492. 
Mechanics,  275,  278. 
Messing  and   cooking,  296,  298. 
Musicians,   275,    278. 
Muster  rolls,  810. 
Noncommissioned    officers,    94,    95,    270- 

278. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1451. 
Payment  of  deserters,  1373,  1374. 


350 


INDEX. 


Company    Commenders — Continued. 

Payments   to   enlisted   men,    1320,    1321, 
1330-1334. 

Pay   rolls,    110,   810,    1318,    1320,    1321, 
1330. 

Privates,  first  class,  275,  278. 

Property    responsibility,    266,    290,    291, 
661-663,  1089-1092  ;  A.  W.  10. 

Public  animals,   1072. 

Punishments  awarded  by,  280. 

Quartermaster    sergeants,    273,    275. 

Ration   returns,   1209. 

Reports,  incapacitated  officers,  890. 

Returns   of  troops,   811,   812. 

Saddlers,   275,   278. 

Serving    with    detached    companies,    813. 

Settlements  with  staff  officers,  281. 

Small-arms  practice,  350. 

Stable  sergeants,  273,  275.  . 

Stamps    for   sealing    ordnance    packages, 
1546. 

Stationery,  1063. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  115. 

Trumpeters,  275,  278. 

Uniforms,  enlisted  men,  279,  289. 

Wagoners,  275,  278. 
Company  Noncommissioned  Officers : 

Appointments,  etc.,  270,  271,  273-278. 

Capacity  of  privates,  test,  272. 

Care  of  rations,  297. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  277. 

First  sergeants,  9,  270,  273-277,  370,  480, 
1044,  1136. 

Fuel,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 

Indian  scouts,  480. 

Management  of  kitchens,  297. 

Quartermaster     sergeants,     9,     273—276, 
1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  276,  277. 

Reproving,  270. 

Roster  duties,  358. 

Stable  sergeants,  273-276. 

Travel  accommodations,  1128. 

Warrants,  274. 

Whistles,  1180. 
Company  Quartermaster  Sergeants: 

See  Quartermaster  Sergeants,  Company. 
Company   Rendezvous: 

Defined,  Organized  Militia,  452. 
Competitions,  Small  Arms: 

Departmental,  193. 
Computation  of  Distances: 

Payment  of  mileage,  1279,  1282. 
Computation  of  Service: 

Longevity  pay,  1271. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  132,  134. 
Computation  of  Time: 

Extra-duty  pay,  176. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1276. 

One-half   of  court-martial    sentence,    943. 

Personal  services,  651. 
Concentration  Camps: 

Defined,  Organized  Militia,  452. 

Subsistence  of  militia,  455. 


Condemnation  of  Property: 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  443. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  supplies,  913. 
Duties  of  inspectors,  903,  906-908. 
Inventories,  904-906,  909. 
Medical  supplies,  1488. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  913,  1543. 
Property  once  condemned,  909. 
Signal  Corps  supplies,  1566. 
Surveying  officer's  duty,  715. 
Unserviceable,  678,  679. 
Worn  or  shabby  in  appearance,  908. 
Condemned  Property: 

Destruction,  906,  907,  910,  912-914,  1073. 
Marking  or  branding,  907. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1543. 
Sale,  680,  681,  906,  907,  912-914,  1073. 
Small  arms,  907,  910. 
Conduct : 

Divine  worship,  A.  W.  52. 
In  the  military  service,  1—5. 
Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  87. 
Officers  in  arrest,  926,  927. 
Prejudicial  to  good  order,  A.  W.  62. 
Unbecoming  an  officer,  A.  W.  61. 

See  also  Misconduct,  etc. 
Confederate  Records: 

Care  and  custody,  774. 
Confinement  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Awaiting  trial  by  summary  courts,  933. 
Charged  with  crime,  A.  W.  66. 
Inquiry  into  offense,  930. 
Limitation,  A.  W.  66,  70. 
•Noncommissioned  officers,  929. 
Prisoners,  932,  936-942,  944. 
Report  of,  to  commander,  931  ;  A.  W.  68. 
Without  charges,  934. 
Confinement  of  Prisoners: 

Arrested,  923 ;  A.  W.  65,  70. 
Confinement  of  Prisoners: 

Beginning  and  expiration  of  term,  969. 
General  prisoners,  969,  971,  972. 
Places,  971. 

Prior  to  confirmation  of  sentence,  972. 
Congress,  United  States : 

Annual  returns  of  militia,  774. 
Corps  of  Engineers,  1493. 
Disrespect  or  contempt,  A.  W.  19. 
Employment  of  militia,  450. 
Medals  of  honor,  182. 
Congressional  Committees : 

See  Committees  of  Congress. 
Conspiracies : 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  485,  p.  101. 
Constitution  of  the  United  States : 
Employment  of  militia,  450. 
Construction : 

Alterations  of  plans  or  estimates,  1468. 
Hospitals,  1464-1469. 
Post  cemetery  walls  or  fences,  494. 
Quarters  for  sergeants,  first  class,  Hospi- 
tal Corps,  1467,  1468. 
Consuls   General: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 


INDEX. 


351 


Contagions  Diseases : 

Gratuitous  issue  of  clothing,  1172,  1455. 

Infected  clothing,  717. 

Medical  and  hospital  property,  1454. 

Patients  and  hospital  attendants,  1455. 
Contempt  of  Court: 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  86. 
Contempt  or  contemptuous  Words: 

Commanding  officer,  A.  W.  20. 

President  of  the  United  States,  A.  W.  19. 
Contingent  Expenses: 

Department  headquarters,  200. 

Special  accounts  current,  623. 
Continuous-Service  Pay : 

Immediate    reenlistment,    143. 

Rates  and  payment,  1340. 
Contractors : 

Aid  to  fulfill  contracts,  516. 

Bonds,  569-581. 

Construction   and   repair  work,   572. 

Entitled   to   copy   of  contract,   561. 

Hours  of  labor,  mechanics  and  laborers, 
731. 

Marking    supplies,    566. 

Payments  for  labor  and  material,  572. 
Contracts : 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Awards,    523,    544-548. 

Blanks,    555. 

Commanding   officers,    751. 

Competition  to  be   invited,  520. 

Conditions  necessary  before  making,  515. 

Construction   and   repair  work,    572. 

Definition  of  contract,  550. 

Delay    in    forwarding    to    Returns    Office, 
Interior    Department,    563. 

Disposition   of  copies,   561,   563,   565. 

Examination  and  approval,  562. 

Execution,   556-561. 

Forms,    555. 

Fresh  meats  for  troops,  1200. 

Hawaiian   Department,  557. 

Involving  future  payment  of  money,  582. 

Nonpersonal    services,    557. 

Oath,    Returns    Office,    Interior    Depart- 
ment, 563. 

Officers   making,   responsibility,   520. 

Papers   relating   to,   565. 

Persons   in   military   service,    521. 

Philippine  Department,  557,  559. 

Printing,   510,   513. 

Purchase    of    public    animals,    1066. 

Purchases,    Quartermaster    Corps,    564. 

Quartermaster   Corps,   557. 

Repairs,  means  of  transportation,  557. 

Subsistence    supplies,    territorial    depart- 
ments, 557. 

Unauthorized,   prohibited,   515. 

Undertakers,    87,    167. 
Contract  Surgeons: 

Baggage,  1136,  1138. 

Contracts,   1390,  1392,  1393. 

Details,   1394. 

Duties,    1394. 

Employment,    1390. 

Examination   of   recruits,   etc.,   870. 

Fuel,    1037. 


Contract  Surgeons — Continued. 

Illuminating  supplies,    1054,    1057. 

Insane,   464. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1393. 

Medical     attendance,     etc.,     1473,     1474, 
1476,    1478,    1480,    1483. 

Mileage,    1296. 

Ordnance   supplies,    1520,    1521. 

Pay    and   allowances,    1390. 

Payments  to,  1266. 

Privileges,   1391. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1174. 

Returns    by    department    surgeons,    1489. 

Subsistence    supplies,    1239. 
Conviction : 

Definition,   p.   301,   sec.    1342,    R.    S. 

Previous,   954,   956,  962. 
Convicts : 

Enlistment     or     acceptance     prohibited, 
849 ;    A.    W.    3.      See    also    Prisoners, 
General. 
Cooking: 

See  Messing  and  Cooking. 
Cooking  Stoves  and  Utensils: 

Allowance,  1044. 

Company,  296. 
Cooks: 

Appointment,    etc.,    275,   278. 

Excused  from  ordinary  post  duties,   329. 

Extra  pay,  329. 

Hours  of  labor,  731. 

Inspection   and   muster,   329. 

Management  and  cooking  in  the  field,  296. 

Manual  for  Army,   296,  299. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1009. 

Reduction,  1009. 

Schools  for,  449. 

Target  practice,  329. 
Corn: 

Forage  ration,  1077. 
Cornmeal : 

Ration,  1205. 
Corporals : 

Appointments,   260,   271,  275,  480,   1405. 

Band,  260. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 

Hospital  Corps,  1405,  1407,  1410. 

Indian  scouts,  480. 

Lance,  272,  1405,  1407,  1408,  1410. 

Ordnance  Corps,  103. 

Quarters,  fuel,  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Recruiting  parties,  843-845. 

Reduction,  276,  277,  1009,  1407. 

Reproving,  270. 

Roster  duties,   358. 

Selection  and  instruction,  270. 

Sigjial  Corps,  103. 

Temporary  appointments,  275. 

Travel  accommodations,  1128. 

Warrants,  274,  1405,  1410. 

Whistles,   1180. 
Corporations : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  575-577,   581. 

Bonds,  574,  580. 

Contracts,  supplies,  and  services,  560. 

Money  vouchers,  641-644. 


352 


INDEX. 


Corporations — Continued. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  532. 

Stockholders  as  sureties,  573. 

Surety  companies,  573,  575-577,  580,  581. 
Corps  of  Engineers: 

Band.     See  Engineer  Band. 

Battalion  staff  officers,  248. 

Chief    of    Engineers,    1493,    1494,    1496, 
1501,  1502,  1505,  1506. 

Colors,  226,  227,  232. 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 

Electric    plants    and    equipments,     1493, 
1505J. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  172. 

General  duties,  1493. 

Guidons,  237. 

Officers,  742,  1493-1504,  1507-1509. 

Organized  Militia,  1510. 

Precedence  on  occasions  of  ceremony,   6. 

Quartermaster    sergeants,    9,    256,    1044, 
1136. 

Special  regulations,  note,  p.  287. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 

Troops    detached,    1495,    1496. 
Correspondence : 

Army  and  militia,  774. 

Channels  of  communication,  193. 

Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  disbursing  officers,  745. 

Coast  defense  commands,  305. 

Confidential  communications,  778. 

Courtesy  required,  790. 

Foreign,  781,   839. 

Judge  advocates,  920. 

National  cemeteries,  490. 

Post  staff,  official   address,  206. 

Private,  officers  and  enlisted  men,  781. 

Recruiting  service,   872. 

Resignation  of  officers,  79,  80. 

Use  of  colored  inks,  822. 
See  also — 

Letters,   Official. 
Orders. 
Correspondence  Books: 

Company,   280. 

Post,  211. 

Regimental,  258. 
Correspondence   with  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  \V.  46. 
Councils  of  Administration: 

Company,  280,   316-318,   320,   321,   327. 

Hospital,  317. 

Mess,   316-318,   321,   329,  330. 

Post,  117,  163,  164. 

Post  exchange,  211,  279,  316-321,  327. 

Proceedings,  record  of,  318. 
('«»  use  I : 

Employment  of  civil,  995,  996. 
Counsel  for  Accused: 

Detail,  qualifications,  and  duties,  961. 

Judge  Advocate  to  act,  A.  W.  90. 
Courtesy  ^ 

Enjoined  on  military  men,  4,  391,  790. 
See  also  Honors,  Courtesies,  and  Cere- 
monies. 


Courts-Martial : 

Acquittal  of  charge  of  desertion,  128, 
Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc.,  916. 
Appointment,  pp.  314,  315,  act  March  2, 

1913. 

Available  officers  for  duty,  192. 
Candidates  for  promotion,   32. 
Charges  against  enlisted  men,  954,  955 ; 

A.  W.  67. 

Classification,  p.  314,  act  March  2,  1913. 
Closed  sessions,  949  ;  p.  313,  act  July  27, 

1892. 

Compensation  for  clerical  duties,  987. 
Definition  of  conviction,  p.  301,  sec.  1342, 

R.  S. 

Error  in  record  or  conclusions,  983. 
Fuel  and  stoves,   1044. 
Garrison,  A.  W.  62,  84,  112. 
General.     See  Courts-Martial,  Greneyal. 
Interpreters,  988. 
Judge   advocates.     See   Judge   Advocates 

of  Courts-Martial. 
Jurisdiction,    32;    A.    W.    58,    60,    62-64, 

79,   102,   103. 
Manual,  963. 
Members,  946,  948  ;  A.  W.  76-78',  84,  87, 

88,  95. 

Mixed  corps,  A.  W.  77,  78. 
Noncommissioned  officers,  958. 
Offenses   against   civil   communities,   955. 
Places  where  held,   946. 
Powers,  948. 

Power  to  punish  contempt,  A.  W.  86. 
President,  947,  979  ;  A.  W.  85. 
Previous  convictions,  954. 
Proceedings,  979;  A.  W.  86-93,  95,  113, 

114,  121. 
Records,    920. 

Regimental,   A.   W.   30,   62,   84,    112. 
Reporters,  738,  986,  987. 
Sentences.     See  Courts-Martial  Kentences. 
Sessions,   946. 

Special.     See  Courts-Martial,  Special. 
Summary.        See     Courts-Martial,     Sum- 
mary. 
Witnesses,    127,    951,    952;    p.    313,    sec. 

1202  R.  S. ;  p.  314,  act,  March  2,  1901 ; 

A.   W.  91,  92. 
Ceurte-Martial,  General : 

Announcement  of  findings,  etc.,  984. 
Appointment,  pp.  314,  315,  act  March  2, 

1913;    A.   W.    76. 
Contumacious  witnesses,  991 ;  p.  314,  act 

March  2,   1901. 
Copy  of  proceedings  to  be  furnished,  919, 

980;    A.   W.    114. 
Counsel  for  prisoners,  961. 
Custodian  of  records,  915. 
Evidence    of    previous    convictions,    954, 

962. 
Jurisdiction,  p.  313,  sec.  1343  R.  S. ;  p. 

315,  act  March  2,  1913 ;  A.  W.  79. 
Matter  in   charges   unfit  for  publication, 

984. 
Members,   945 ;   pp.  314,  315,   act  March 

2,    1913. 


INDEX. 


353 


Courts-Martial,   General — Continued. 
Orders,   791,   917,  984. 
Proceedings,   917,   921. 
Records,  915,  980. 
Refusal  of  civilian   witnesses  to  appear, 

etc.,  991. 

Stenographic  reporter,  985-987. 
Trial  of  enlisted  men,  954. 
Typewriter,  use  of,  980. 
Courts-Martial,  Special: 

Appointment,  p.  315,  act  March  2,  1913. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  961. 

Evidence    of    previous    convictions,    954, 

962. 

Jurisdiction,  p.  315,  act  March  2,  1913. 
Members,  945 ;  pp.  314,  315,  act  March 

2,    1913. 
Orders  convening,  proceedings,  etc.,  945, 

960. 

Records,  960,  982. 

Trial  of  candidates  for  promotion,  32. 
Courts-Martial,  Summary: 

Appointment,  p.  315,  act  March  2,  1913. 
Charges  against  enlisted  men,  956,  957. 
Consist  of  one  officer,  p.  314,  act  March 

2,  1913. 

Delays  in   trials,   959. 
Evidence    of    previous    convictions,    956, 

962. 

Jurisdiction,  p.  315,  act  March  2,  1913. 
Only  officer  present  sitting  as  court,  957. 
Proceedings,   findings,  etc.,   957. 
Records,   957. 
Reports,  982 ;  pp.  313,  314    act  .Tune  18, 

1898. 

Sessions,  959. 

Trial  of  candidates  for  promotion,  32. 
Trial    officers,    administration    of    oaths, 

p.  313,  act  July  27,  1892. 
Trial    of    noncommissioned    officers,    958 ; 

p.  315,  act  March  2,  1913. 
Courts-Martial   Sentences : 

Absence  without  leave,  127,  128. 
Beginning  and  expiration,  969,  970. 
Branding,    marking,   or    tattooing,   A.    W. 

38,    98. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  32. 
Certificates    of   eligibility,    enlisted    men, 

32. 

Computation  of  one-half,  943. 
Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer,  A.  W.  61. 
Confirmation,  981 ;  A.  W.  105-109. 
Cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  42,  60,  100. 
Death  penalty,  A.  W.  96. 
Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1368. 
Designation  of  persons  convicted,  928. 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139  ;  A.  W.  4. 
Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.99. 
Dishonorable  discharge,  974,  975. 
Execution,  A.  W.  104-109. 
Flogging,  A.  W.  98. 
Forfeiture  of  pay,  970,  976-978. 
Form,   965. 

General  officers,  A.  W.  108. 
Imprisonment  in  penitentiaries,  A.  W.  97. 
Increase  of  sentence  of  confinement,  967. 


Courts-Martial  Sentences — Continued. 

Legal  limit,  968. 

Limitation  of  punishment,  963,  964 ;  p. 
313,  act  September  27,  1890;  p.  315, 
act  March  2,  1913 ;  A.  W.  38,  98. 

Marking,  A.  W.  38,  98. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  256,  276,  277, 
310. 

Operative  when  confirmed,  972. 

Order  of  serving,  973. 

Order  publishing,  970. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  p.  313,  act  June 
18,  1898;  A.  W.  112. 

Payments  to  officers  dismissed,  1262, 
1265. 

Places  of  confinement,  965,  966,  971. 

Soldiers  serving  or  awaiting,  when  term 
expires,  157. 

Special  courts-martial,  p.  315,  act 
March  2,  1913. 

Summary  courts-martial",  957 ;  p.  315, 
act  March  2,  1913. 

Suspension,  A.  W.   111. 

Suspension  from  command,  A.  W.  101. 

Tattooing,   A.   W.   38,  98. 

Tours  of  guard  duty,  964. 
Courts  of  Inquiry: 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  115. 

Composition,   A.  W.   116. 

Fuel   and  stoves,   1044. 

Members,  A.  W.  116,  117. 

Oaths  of  members,  A.  W.  117,  118. 

Opinion  of  court,  A.  W.  119. 

President,  A.  W.  117,  120. 

Proceedings,  719;  A.  W.  116,  118,  120, 
121. 

Recorders,  A.  W.  116-118,  120. 

Records,   915. 

Witnesses,  A.  W.  118. 
Cowardice : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42,  100. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  100. 
Crating : 

See  Packing  and  Crating. 
Credit  Sales: 

Subsistence  supplies,   1242,    1243,    1249. 
Crimes  or  Offenses : 

Against  laws  of  the  land,  A.  W.  55,  59. 

Convictions,  enlisted  men,  civil  courts, 
146. 

Enlisted  men  charged  with,  A.  W.  66. 

Fraud  or  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Fraudulent  enlistment,  p.  313,  act  July 
27,  1892. 

Officers  charged  with,  A.  W.  65. 

Trial,  second  time  for  same,  A.  W.  102. 
Currency  Payments  to  Troops : 

See    GMck    or    Currency    Payments    to 

Troops. 
Cuspidors : 

Allowance    for    barracks,    1022. 
Custody  of  Public  Funds: 

Separate   accounts   and   deposits,    584. 

Treasurer   of   the    United    States,    586. 
Customs  Duties: 

Army  to  protect  collection,  485,  p.   102. 


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354 


INDEX. 


Customs  Officers: 

Seamen  and  river  boatmen,  1459. 
Damages  to  Property: 

Accountability,  A.  W.  10. 

Barrack  furniture,   1011. 

Barracks   and   quarters,    1010,    1011. 

Civilian  employees,  688. 

Classification,  682. 

Deserters,  687. 

Enlisted  men,  685,  686,  699,  724,  1178; 

A.   W.  16,  17. 
Examination,  etc.,  surveying  officer,  710, 

713,  715. 

Examination   of   original    packages,    668. 
Fire,  storm,  etc.,  709. 
In  transit,   721,   1141. 
Loaned  mail  contractors,  209. 
Medical   supplies,   1488. 
Mess  property  and  utensils,  301. 
Officers,  683,  685;  A.  W.  15. 
Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,     1530, 

1541. 

Prevention,  674. 

Stoppages  against  pay  of  officers,   1309. 
Surveys  on,  710,  713,  715. 
Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1178. 
Vessels   owned   or  operated  by   the  War 

Department,  709. 
Death  Penalty: 

Concurrence  of   two-thirds   of  the  mem- 
bers of  a  general  court-martial,  A.  W. 

96. 
Confirmation    by    the    President,    A.    W. 

105. 
Incurred  by  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  21-23, 

39,  42-47,  51,  56,  57. 
Incurred  by  officers,  A.  W.  21-23,  41-47, 

51,   56,   57. 

Spies,  p.  313,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 
Deaths : 

Report   of  chaplain,  45. 

Report  of  commanding  officers,  83,  162. 

See  also — 

Deceased   Officers. 

Deceased   Soldiers. 
Deceased  Officers: 

Accounts,  medical  attendance,  etc.,  1478. 
Accounts    for    advertisements,    508. 
Baggage,    professional   books,    etc.,   1137. 
Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  493. 
Cause  of  death,  83. 
Checks  outstanding,  603. 
'  Disposition  of  remains,  87. 
Effects,  84,  85;  A.  W.  125,  127. 
Expenses  of  burial,  87. 
Funeral    honors    and    escort,    396,    418- 

420,  422,  426,  427. 
Half  year's  pay  to  beneficiary,  1385. 
Information   from   records,    824. 
Notification  of  nearest  relative,   87. 
Outside  continental  limits  U.  S.,  87. 
Public   property   or   funds,    86. 
Reports  of  death  and  burial,  45,  83,  87. 
Settlement  of  accounts,  85. 
Transportation    of  horses,    1098. 


Deceased  Soldiers: 

Accounts,  medical  attendance,  etc.,  1478. 

Allotment  ^ay,  1350. 

Arrears  of  pay,  etc.,  165. 

Baggage,  professional  books,  etc.,  1137. 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  493. 

Cause  of  death,  162. 

Certificates  of  merit,  187. 

Clothing  for  use  In  burial,  1173. 

Deposits  of  pay,  1367. 

Disposition  of  remains,  167. 

Effects,  162-165,  1451 ;  A.  W.  126,  127. 

Expenses  of  burial,  167. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  423,   428. 

Half  year's  pay  to  beneficiary,  1385. 

Information  from  records,  824. 

Legal  administration  of  estate,  166. 

Notification  of  nearest  relative,  162,  167. 

Patients  dying  in  hospitals,  1451. 

Payment  of  debts  of,  163. 

Payments,  1333. 

Reports  of  death  and  burial,  45,  167. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  166. 
Deductions : 

Loss  or  damage  to  supplies  in  transit,  721. 
Deeds : 

Military  lands,  705,  915,  1493. 
Deficiencies  In  Public  Property: 

Stoppages  against  pay  of  officers,  1309. 
Definitions : 

Battalion,  15. 

Company,  15. 

Contract,  550. 

Conviction,  p.  301,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion,  132. 

Directions  and  orders  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  761. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  enlisted  men,  169. 

Fiscal  year  and  quarters  of,  620. 

Garrison  prisoners,  928. 

General  and  special  orders,  702,  793. 

General  prisoners,  928. 

•    General    recruiting   stations    and   recruit- 
ing depots,  841. 

Governors  general,   400. 

Indian  country,  472. 

Officer,  p.  301,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Officers  on  duty  without  troops,  1300. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,   1512. 

Personal  service,  519. 

Prisoners  awaiting  trial,  etc.,  928. 

Rank,  7. 

Ration,  1202. 

Roster,  355. 

Sea  travel,  1280. 

Soldier,  p.  301,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Spring  wagons,  1103. 

Traveling  with  troops,  1281. 
Delays : 

Applications,  67. 

Granted  enlisted  men,  107. 

Officers   changing  stations,   68. 

Proceedings,   courts-martial,   A.   W.   93. 

Regarded  as  leaves  of  absence,  70. 
Deliberations : 

Conveying  praise  or  censure  forbidden,  5. 


INDEX. 


355 


Dental  Corps: 

Acting     dental     surgeons.       See     Acting 
Dental  Surgeons. 

Assignments,    1396. 

Assistants,    1397. 

Dental  surgeons,    1239,   1396-1401,   1489. 

Duties,   1398-1403. 

Emergency    work,    1399. 

Materials,   1399,    1401. 

Office  rooms,    1397. 

Operations,   limitation   of,    1400. 

Returns  by  department  and  division  sur- 
geons,   1489. 
Department  Adjutants : 

Assignment,    197. 

Designation,   199. 

Detachments,   367. 

Distribution  of  orders,   803. 

Funds  for  contingent  expenses,  200. 

Returns,   200,   333. 
Department  Commanders: 

Absence    from    headquarters,    196. 

Acting  dental   surgeons,   1395. 

Administration  of  military  affairs,  193. 

Advertising   rates,    505—507. 

Annual    reports,    preparation,    etc.,    193}. 

Appeals  of  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Appeals  referred  to,  for  decision,   195. 

Assignments   to   command,    190. 

Authority  to  command,  191,  192. 

Awards  and  contracts,  543,  544. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1012,  1014-1016, 
1025,    1030. 

Blank   forms,   509. 

Candidates   for    promotion,    33. 

Care,  etc.,  of  posts  and  reservations,  213. 

Change  of  station  of  troops,  193. 

Civilian   employees,    729. 

Clothing  and   equipage,   1149-1151. 

Commutation   of   quarters,    1302. 

Company    commanders,    268. 

Condemned  property,   906,   912,  913. 

Confinement  of  prisoners,  935,  938. 

Contingent    expenses,    200. 

Contracts,   557. 

Controversies    arising    within    command, 
195. 

Councils  of  administration,   318. 

Courts-martial   orders,   984. 

Courts-martial    proceedings,    920. 

Damages  by  fire,  storm,  etc.,  709. 

Deceased    officers,    83. 

Decisions,    pecuniary   responsibility,    318, 
321. 

Deserters,   126. 

Disbursing  officers  on  staff,  745. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139,  161 ;  A.  W. 
4. 

Efficiency  reports,   829. 

Enlisted  men  detailed  with  militia,   105. 

Estimates,    750,    1008. 

Examinations   for   promotion,    29,    30. 

Extra  and  special  duty  details,  171. 

Extra-duty    pay,    177. 

Field  officers  of  the  mobile  army,  247. 

Forage  rations,   1077. 


Department   Commanders — Continued. 
Funeral  escorts,  etc.,  426. 
Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 
Gambling,    593. 
Garrison   schools,    193. 
General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  76. 
General  duties  and  responsibilities,  193. 
General  hospitals,  1439,  1446. 
Hire  of  quarters,  1028,  1029. 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,   1095. 
Hospital  Corps,  1414. 
Hospital  transports,  etc.,  1440. 
Illuminating  supplies,  1051,  1053. 
Indian  country,  472. 
Indian  scouts,  480,  482. 
Insane  soldiers,  467,  468. 
Inspection,    command,    etc.,    coast    artil- 
lery, 303. 

Inspection   reports,  906. 
Inspections,   193,   887. 
Inspectors  general,  879-883. 
Instruction    and    practice    in    signaling, 

1562. 

Jurisdiction  over  prisoners,  944. 
Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  51. 
Loss  of  special  funds,  321. 
Maps  and  reconnaissances,  446. 
Messing  and  cooking,  field  practice,  298. 
Mounted  service,  1095,  1096,  1272. 
Movements  of  troops,  193,  750. 
Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1"044,  1046, 
Officers  under  arrest,  924. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1517,  1518, 

1532, 1538. 

Ordnance  depots,   1515,   1517. 
Organized  Militia,  193,  454,  457,  463. 
Permission  to  hunt  granted  by,  66. 
Personal  leave  beyond  command,  51. 
Post  gardens,  344. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99,  101. 
Printing,  contracts  for,  513,  514. 
Public  moneys  by  express,  1142. 
Quartermaster  supplies,  1003-1007. 
Recruit  depot  posts,  841. 
Recruiting  service,  840. 
Reports,   special   and    annual,    193,    193J, 

196. 

Reports  from  officers,  747. 
Returns  of  troops,  811. 
Sales  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1095. 
Signal  supplies,  1564. 
Small-arms  practice,  350. 
Special     Inspections    and    investigations, 

893. 

Special  inspectors,  903. 
Staff,  199,  200. 

Staff  officers  and  enlisted  men,  743. 
Subsistence,    furloughed   men   or   soldiers 

absent  without  leave,  110. 
Succession  in  event  of  death  or  disability 

of,  196. 

Supervision  of  reservations,  212. 
Supervision  or  control,  191,  192,  304. 
Surveying  officers,  711. 
Target  practice,  193. 
Telegraph  accounts,  1189. 


356 


INDEX. 


Department   Commanders — Continued. 

Telegraphic  code,  1185. 

Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  114,  1411. 

Transfer  of  supplies,  671. 

Transportation,    furloughed    men    or   sol- 
diers absent  without  leave,  110. 

Travel  of  enlisted  men,  191. 

Unimportant  communications,  789. 

Witnesses,  951,  952. 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  999. 
Department  Engineers: 

Assignment,    197. 

Designation,  199. 
Department  Inspectors: 

Assignment,    197. 

Designation,  199. 

Inspections    of    accounts    of    disbursing 
officers,  etc.,  899. 

Supervision  or  control,  879. 
Department  Judge   Advocates: 

Administration  of  oaths,  23,  684  ;  p.  313, 
act  July  27,  1892. 

Annual  reports,   916. 

Assignment,    197. 

Courts-martial  records,   982  ;   p.  314,  act 
June  18,   1898. 

Designation,  199. 

Law  books,  918. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Department  Ordnance  Officers: 

Assignment,    197. 

Designation,  199. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores    in    time 
of  war,  1514. 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies,  1518. 
Department  Quartermasters: 

Assignment,    197. 

Clothing  and   equipage,   1148-1151. 

Commutation    payments,    lost    furloughs, 
1237. 

Contracts,   subsistence  supplies  and  non- 
personal  services,  557. 

Designation,  199. 

Estimates  for  funds,   1008. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1258,  1259. 

Payment  of  troops,  1315. 

Repairs,    barracks    and    quarters,     1017, 
1019. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1243. 
Departments : 

Change  of  station  of  troops,   193. 

Civilian   employees,    headquarters,   728. 

Commanders.     See  Department  Command- 
ers. 

Contingent   expenses,   200. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1102. 

Engineer  officers  on  duty,  1503. 

Establishment,   190. 

Inspections,   879-883,  899,  903,  906. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Movements  of  troops,   193. 

Orders,  805. 

Printing,    510-514. 

Records  of,  discontinued,  821. 


Departments — Continued. 

Registry    of    officers    arriving    at    head- 
quarters, 406,   825. 

Returns,  333,   811,  815. 

Rosters  of  troops,  805. 

Staff  officers,  197,  199. 
Department  Signal  Officers: 

Assignment,    197. 

Designation,  199. 
Department  Surgeons: 

Assignment,    197. 

Certificates  of  disability,   161. 

Condemnation  of  medical   supplies,   1488. 

Dental  surgeons,   1396. 

Designation,  199. 

Hospital   Corps,   1407,   1408. 

Returns,  1489. 

Travels,  mule  litters,  etc.,  1431. 
Depositaries,  Designated : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  590. 

Depositaries,  594,  595. 

Deposits  of  moneys  refunded,  etc.,  1384. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,   590. 
Deposit  Books: 

Deceased  soldiers,  1367. 

Importance  of  preserving,  1364. 

Loss,  1363. 

Record  of  deposits,  1361. 

Soldiers  discharged  by  purchase,   1369. 

Transfer,  sale,  or  pledge  prohibited,  1361. 
Depositions : 

Witnesses,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  91. 
Deposits  by  Enlisted  Men: 

Check  or  currency  payments,  1335. 

Deceased  soldiers,   1367. 

Deposit  books,   1361-1364,   1367,   1369. 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1380. 

Exempt  from  certain  liabilities,  1368. 

Final   statements,    140,    1362-1365,  1369. 

Forfeitures,  1362,  1368,  1370. 

Furloughed    to   the    reserve,    1361,    1362, 
1366. 

Interest,  1366. 

Making  and  recording,  1335,  1361. 

Payments,  1362,   1364,   1365. 

Purchase  of  discharge,  1369. 

Renewal  on  reenlistment,  1365. 

Transfer  or  desertion,   1361,   1362,   1368. 

Unpaid  at  discharge,  1364. 
Deposits  of  Moneys  and  Collections: 

Balances    and    collections,    611-619. 

Certificates,  611,  612,  615,  616,  1521. 

Company,  post  exchange,  etc.,  funds,  324. 

Deserters'  effects,  117. 

Funds  of  other  staff  departments,  613. 

Funds  refunded,  etc.,  1384. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  617-619. 

Quartermasters,  614. 

Received  for  disbursement,  584,  586. 
Depots  of  Supply: 

Annual  inspections,  191,  892,  895. 

Candles,  1215. 

Commanding  officers,  49,  106. 

Court-martial    duty   of   officers,    192. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Plats  of  land,  708. 


INDEX. 


357 


Depots    of    Supply. — Continued. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1002-1004. 

Records  of  discontinued,  821. 

Supervision  or  control,  191,  1002. 
Dencriptive   and   Assignment   Cards: 

(Now  in  Service  Records.) 

Applicants  for  enlistment,  874. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  1535. 

Enlistment  period  noted,  153. 

Laundry  charges,  1169. 

Previous  service  notation   upon  reenlist- 
ment,  153. 

Recruiting  parties,  reenlisting,  847. 

Recruits,   869,   873-876,    1217,   1249. 
Descriptive  Cards: 

Officers'  mounts  at  remount  depot,  1099. 

Public  animals,  280,  1070,  1071. 
Descriptive  Lists: 

(Now  Service  Records.) 

Absent  enlisted  men  discharged,   154. 

Clothing  balances,  1157,  1163. 

Deposits  of  pay,  1361. 

Deserters,   118,  124. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  104,  105,  1535. 

Insane   soldiers,    466. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  133. 

Patients  in  hospitals,.  1451. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99. 

Prisoners,   938. 

Public  animals,   1069. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138,  1337. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  115,  1356. 
Deserters : 

Allotment  pay,  1350. 

Application  for  release,  etc.,  125. 

Apprehended    or    surrendered,     123—126, 

1165,  1166. 

Arrest,   delivery,   etc.,    118;    p.    314,    act 

June   18,   1898. 
Awaiting   trial,   129. 
Clothing   allowance  and   accounts,   1164— 

1166,  1373,   1374. 

Clothing  and  personal  effects,  117,  129. 
Definition,    132. 
Delivery,    121,    122,    125. 
Deposits  of  pay,  1361,  1362,  1368. 
Descriptive  lists,  etc.,  118,  124. 
Disposition  without  trial,  126,  131. 
Enlistment     or     acceptance     prohibited, 

849;  A.   W.   3. 
Evidence   against,    124. 
Forfeitures,   130-132,  1373. 
Identification,    119. 
Inquiry,  liability  to  trial,  125. 
Military  prisoners,  escaped,  121. 
Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  133,  1451. 
Pay  and  allowances,  129,  131,  132,  1372- 

1374. 

Physically  disqualified.  123,  126. 
Preparation  of  charges  against,  120,  124, 

126. 

Property  carried  away  or  lost,  116,  687. 
Reenlistment,  restrictions,  849,  861. 
Reports,    etc.,    120,    124. 
Return  to  service,  130. 
Rewards    and    expenses,    121,    122,    127, 

128,  131. 


Deserters — Continued. 

Statute  of  limitations,  121,   125;  A.   W. 

103. 
Time    lost    to    be    made   good,    130-132 ; 

A.  W.  48. 

Trial,   125,  126,   128,   129. 
Witnesses  against,  127. 

Desertion : 

Advising  or  persuading,  A.  W.  51. 
Charge   not   sustained,    1165. 
Commencement,  definition,  etc.,  132. 
Enlistment  in  other  organizations,  A.  W. 

50. 

Patients  in  hospitals,  1451. 
Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1333. 
Punishment,   A.   W.  47-51. 
Quitting  service,  resignation,  A.  W.  49. 
Reports  of  inspectors,  889. 
Statute  of  limitations,  A.  W.  103. 
Time  lost  made  good,  £  W.  48. 
Trial  after  expiration  of  service,  A.  W. 

48. 
Destitute  Persons: 

Subsistence,    1219. 
Destruction    of    Public    Property: 

Accountability,  destroyed  in  service,  698. 

Civilian    employees,    688. 

Classification,   682,   717. 

Deserters,    116,   687. 

Deteriorated     stores,     infected     clothing, 

etc.,  717. 
Enlisted    men,    685,    686,    699;    A.    W. 

16,  17. 

In   transit,   721,  1141. 
Military  records,   823. 
Military  telegraph  lines,  1563. 
Officers,  683,  685  ;  A.  W.  15. 
.  Ordnance     and    ordnance     stores,     1527, 

1541,  1542. 
Prevention,  674. 
Public  animals,   1073. 
Public  buildings  or  vessels,  709. 
Tableware    and    kitchen    utensils,     1178. 

Detnched  Service: 

Commutation  of  rations,  1238. 
Descriptive  lists,   104. 
Details  of  officers,   39,   40,   265. 
Engineer  officers  and  troops,   1494-1496. 
Enlisted  men  with  Organized  Militia.  105. 
Foreign,   fuel  and  light,   1036,   1057. 
Leaves  of  absence,   51. 
Muster  and  pay  rolls,   808. 
Officers,    service   schools,    etc.,    192. 
Orders  directing  travel,   69. 
Personal   reports,  officers,    826-828. 
Transfer  of  ordnance  stores,  1535,   1536. 

Detachment  Commanders: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12,  13. 
Allotments   of   pay,    enlisted   men,    1348— 

1351. 

Clothing  accounts,  1157-1160. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1153,  1156,  1157. 
Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  931. 
Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  283. 
Deposits  by  enlisted  men,  1361,  1362. 
Deserters,  117,  120. 


358 


INDEX. 


Detachment    Commanders — Continued. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,   148. 

Duties,  etc.,   368,  369. 

Emergency  rations,  1205. 

Final   statements,   1363,  1364. 

Muster  rolls,  810. 

Payments   to   enlisted  men,    1320,    1321, 
1332-1334. 

Pay  rolls,  810,  1318,  1320,  1321. 

Property    responsibility,    661-663,    1089- 
1092;  A.  W.  10. 

Ration  certificates,  1213. 

Ration  returns,  1209. 

Recruiting   service,   840. 

Returns  of  troops,  811,  812. 

Settlement  with  staff  officers,   281. 
Detachments : 

Commanders.        See     Detachment     Com- 
manders. 

Formation,  365-567. 

Fund,  327. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  808. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  on  other  duty, 
366. 

Protecting  laborers,  rosters,  357. 

Ration  certificates,   1213. 

Return  from  duty,  369. 

Returns,  811,  812,  815,  1009. 

Serving  together,   368. 
Details,  Enlisted  Men: 

Clerical  assistant,  judge  advocate,  985. 

Limitations,  extra  and  special  duty,  169, 
171-173. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  270,  311. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  97. 

Roster  duty,  355-357,  364.    • 
Details,  Officers: 

Accountable  for  property,  658,  659,  664. 

Acting  inspectors,   897. 

Aids,  41. 

Detached  service,  staff  duty,  etc.,  39,  40. 

Educational  institutions,  42,  449,  1306. 

Escorts  of  honor,  416. 

General  Staff  Corps,  197,   199,  752,  761, 
765,  773. 

Line  to  staff,  38-40. 

Recruiting  service,  840. 

Roster  duties,  355-364. 

Service  in  a  foreign  country,  horses,  1098. 

Special  inspectors,  897,  903. 
Deteriorated  Stores: 

Destruction,  717. 
Diagnosis : 

Enlisted  men  on  sick  report,  1472. 
Diaries : 

War,  in  campaigns,  446. 
Directions  and  Orders: 

Secretary  of  War,  defined,  761. 
Disability : 

Certificates.    See  Certificates  of  Disability. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140,  159-161. 

Entry  on  muster  roll,  1472. 

Line  of  duty,  161,  1472. 

Permanent,  159. 
Disabled  Soldiers: 

Reenlistment,  etc.,  863. 


Disbnrsements  of  Money: 

Disallowances,  how  charged,  653,  654. 
Inspections,  203,  897,  901,  902. 
Disbursing  Officers : 

Accounts  current,  626-629. 
Acting  in  different  capacities,  586. 
Advances  to,  of  public  moneys,  583. 
Allotments   of   pay,    enlisted   men,    1352, 

1354,  1359. 

Balances  at  close  of  fiscal  year,  625. 
Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  590. 
Bonds,  567,  568,  574-577,  580,  581,  589. 
Ceasing  to  act,  instructions,  588,  630,  902. 
Certificates  of  deposit,  611-613,  615,  616. 
Check  books,  608,  609. 
Checks,  599-607,  610,  635,  638,  643. 
Closing  statement  of  accounts,  902. 
Correspondence,  745. 
Deposit  by,  o.f  funds,  584,  586. 
Duplicate  checks,  602. 
Errors  or  disallowances,  655,  656. 
Funds  kept  in   personal   possession,   586, 

587. 

Gambling,  593. 
Identification  of  payees,  645. 
Inspection  of  accounts,  895,  897,  899-901. 
Insurance   on   public  money   or  property, 

596. 

Interest  in  purchases,  etc.,  591,  592. 
Opening  account,  594. 
Organized  Militia,  452,  455,  456. 
Outstanding  and  unpaid  checks,  588. 
Payments,  accounts,  contract  service,  585. 
Pecuniary  responsibility,  653,  654. 
Rates  of  exchange,  596. 
Receipts,  595. 
Recruiting  officers,  587. 
Refundments,  stoppages,  etc.,  614,   1384. 
Separate  depositary  accounts,  626. 
Settlement     with    legal     representatives, 

652. 
Signature   to   be    furnished    depositaries, 

594. 

Surety  companies,  lists,  573. 
Transfer  of  funds,    589,   597,    598,    639, 

640,  1384. 

Discharge  Certificates: 
Blank  forms,  150. 
By  whom  signed,  147. 
Contents  and  preparation,  148,  149,  152. 
Custody,  150. 

Date,  for  soldier  under  sentence,  157. 
Forwarding,  in  correspondence,  151. 
Furnished  on  discharge,  A.  W.  4. 
Indorsements  concerning  date,  152,  157. 
Issue  of  duplicate,  prohibited,  151. 
Loss,  151. 

Manuscript,  prohibited,  1572. 
Notations  of  final  payments,  1376. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99. 
Previous  service  notation,  153. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135. 
Service  certificates  issued  in  lieu  of  lost, 

151. 
Soldiers    confined    by    civil    authorities, 

1381. 
Use  of,  150. 


INDEX. 


359 


Discharged  Soldiers: 

Certificates  of  merit,  187. 
Enlistment  of  certain,  prohibited,  849. 
Hospital  treatment,  1452,  1453. 
Indebtedness  to  laundry,  341. 
Indebtedness  to  post  exchange,  345. 
Outside    continental    limits    U.    S.,    145, 

1235. 

Payments,  1375-1383. 
Reenterlng  service,  848,  849,  860-863. 
Special  authority  for  enlistment,  861. 
Subsistence  on  transports,  1235. 
Transportation,  145,  1235. 
Travel  allowances,  145,  158,  1378. 
Discharge  of  Enlisted  Men: 
.     Absent  from  organization,  154. 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  179. 

Allotment  pay,   1350,  1358. 

Authority,  in  whom  vested,  139 ;  A.  W.  4. 

Awaiting  trial  or  sentence,  157. 

Before   expiration    of   service,    139,    142, 

159. 

By  reason  of  dependent  parent,  144. 
Certificates.      See   Discharge   Certificates. 
Conviction  by  civil  courts,  146. 
Date  when  discharge  takes  effect,  152. 
Deposits  of  pay,   140,   1362. 
Disability,  140,  159-161. 
Dishonorable,    150,    156,    944,    974,    975; 

p.  314,  act  June  18,  1898. 
Disqualified     through     own     misconduct, 

150. 

Expiration  term  of  service,  143. 
Final    statements,    140-142,    155,    1379, 

1381,  1415. 

Fraudulent  enlistment,  150. 
General  noncommissioned  staff,  103. 
Honorable,  150. 
Imprisonment,  150. 
Indian  scouts,  479. 
Insane"  soldiers,  466. 
Patients  in  hospital,  1451. 
Personal  notice   to   prisoners,   157. 
Philippine  Department,  126,  139. 
Post    noncommissioned    staff,    99,     102, 

958. 

Purchase  of,  139,  144,  1369. 
Qualifications    for   commission   in   volun- 
teers, 149. 

Recruits,  for  disability,  841. 
Reenlisted,  148. 
Sergeants,     first-class,     Hospital     Corps, 

958. 

Serving  sentence,  150,  157. 
Specially  ordered,  150. 
Transportation   and   allowance,   158. 
Without  honor,  126,  150. 
Discharge   of   Officers: 

By   sentence,  or  order  of  the  President, 

A.  W.  99. 
Discipline : 

Authority  of  officers,  24,  54. 

Company,  266. 

Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order,  A.  W. 

62. 
Courtesy  enjoined,  4. 


Discipline — Continued. 

Deliberations  or  discussions,  5. 

Exercise  of  authority,  2. 

Methods,  953. 

Obedience  to,  and  execution  of  orders,  1. 

Post  commanders,  203. 

Praise  or  censure,  5. 

Publications,  5. 

Punishments,  2. 

Respect  to  superiors,  4. 

Superiors  and  inferiors,  3. 

Use  of  influence,  5. 
Disclosing   Parole    or   Watchword: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  44. 
Discontinued   Commands: 

Records,  821. 
Discussions : 

Conveying  praise  or  censure  forbidden,  5. 

Orders,  etc.,  by  adjutants,  252. 
Diseases : 

Chronic,  1476. 

Contagious,  717,  1172,  1454,  1455. 

Prevailing,   reports  concerning,   1387. 

Venereal,   1387. 

See  also  Vaccinations.  . 
Dishonorable  Discharge : 

Date    fixed     by     court-martial     sentence, 
974,  975. 

Effect  and  meaning,  156. 

Pardon,     or    mitigation     of    punishment, 
944. 

Preparation  of  certificate,   150. 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  etc.,  p.  314, 

act  June  18,  1898. 
Disinfectants : 

Routine  issue  prohibited,  1487. 
Dismissal  of  Officers: 

Authority  required,  A.  W.  99. 

Causes  for,  A.  W.  3,  5,  6,  13-15,  18,   19, 
26-28,   38,  54,  59,   61.   65. 

Confirmation  of  sentence,  A.  W.  106-109. 

Cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 

Pay  regulations,  1262,  1265. 
Disobedience  of  Orders: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  21,  24. 
Disorders : 

Correction,  etc.,  by  officers,  A.  W.  54. 

Disturbing  courts-martial,  A.  W.  86. 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Dispatch  Agents,  I'nited  States: 

Correspondence,  officers  and  men,  781. 
Disrespect  or  Disrespectful  Words : 

Commanding  officer,  A.  W.  20. 

President  of  the  United  States,  A.  W.  19. 
Distinguished  Service: 

Certificates  of  merit,  184-188. 

Medals  of  honor,  182,  18S. 
District  Attorney: 

Contumacious     witnesses,     p.     314,     act 

Mar.  2,  1901. 
District  Commanders: 

Changes,  personal   or  staff,  811. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  106,  111. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044,  1048. 

Personal  leave  of  absence,  50. 


360 


INDEX. 


District    Commanders — Continued. 

Relation  toward  higher  authority,  194. 

Staff  officers,  49,  198. 

Surveying  officers,  711. 

Unimportant   communications,    789. 
District  Courts,  United  States: 

Contumacious  witnesses,  p.  314,  act  Mar. 

2,  1901. 
District   of    Columbia: 

Public   buildings   and   grounds,    title   pa- 
pers, etc.,  705,  915,  1493. 
Districts : 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Philippine   Islands,   194. 

Printing,  510-512. 

Staff  officers,  49,  198. 

See  also  Coast  Artillery  Districts. 
Divine  Service: 

Attendance  and  behavior,  A.  W.  52. 
Division    (Tactical)    Commanders : 

Appeals  referred  to,  for  decision,  195. 

Condemned  property,  906. 

Controversies    arising    within    command, 
195. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1095. 

Hospital  Corps,  1409,  1411. 

Inspection  reports,  906. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  51. 

Returns  of  troops,  811. 

Surveying  officers,  711. 

Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  114. 
Divisions  (Mobilized)  : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted   men,   106. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,   1411. 
Division   (Tactical)  : 

Command  of  a  major  general,  14. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1514. 

Records  of  discontinued,  821. 

Returns,  811,  815. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1498. 

Staff  officers,  197. 

Troops,   field   training,   etc.,   193. 
Divisions    (Territorial)  : 

Records  of  discontinued,  821. 
Docking,  Banging,  or  Clipping: 

Public  animals,  1068. 
Domestic  Articles: 

Preference  over  foreign  articles,  518. 
Domestic  Tiolence: 

Protection  of  States  against,  485,  pp.  98, 
101. 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  485,  p.  101. 
Donations : 

Libraries  and  museums,  1144,  1145. 

Post  chapels,  1144. 

Reading  matter,   1144. 
Drills: 

Enlisted  men  awaiting  trial,  etc.,  932. 

Extra  and  special  duty  men,  175. 
Drum  Major: 

Baggage,   1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 


Drunkenness  on  Duty: 

Punishment,    A.    W.    38. 
Dueling : 

Challenges,   A.   W.   26,   27. 

Principals,    A.    W.   26. 

Seconds  or  promoters,  A.  W.  27. 

Upbraiding  for  refusing  challenge,  A.  W. 

28. 
Easements : 

Military   lands,    705,   915. 
Educational  Institutions,  Army: 

See — 

Garrison   Schools. 
Military  Academy,  United  States. 
Post  Schools. 
Service  Schools. 
Educational   Institutions,  Civil: 

Detail  of  officers  at,  42,  449,  1306. 

Graduates,  candidates  for  commissionf.^5. 
Effects  of  Deceased  Officers: 

Delivery  to  legal  representatives,  84,  85. 

Inventories,  84  ;  A.  W.  125. 

Officer  charged  with,  A.   W.   127. 

Sales,  85. 

Swords,  watches,   trinkets,   etc.,   85. 
Effects  of  Deceased  Soldiers: 

Applications  for  proceeds  of  sale,  165. 

Delivery    to    legal    representatives,    163, 
165. 

Inventories,  162 ;  A.   W.   126. 

Officer   charged   with,    A.    W.    127. 

Sale  of  unclaimed,  163,  164. 

Watches,   trinkets,   etc.,    163. 
Effects  of  Deserters: 

Disposition,    117. 
Effects  of  Escaped  Prisoners: 

Inventories,   940. 
Efficiency   Reports : 

See  Reports,  Efficiency. 
Electrician  Sergeants,  Coast  Artillery^ Corps: 

Appointments,  310. 

Baggage,    1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,   9. 

Warrants,  310. 
Electricity : 

Allowance,  1057,  1058,  1061. 
Electric  Power  Plants: 

Inspection      of     installations      and      ap- 
pliances, 913. 

Installation  and  equipment,   1493,   1505$. 

Lighting  buildings  and  grounds,   1060. 
Embezzlement : 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1527. 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  W.  60. 
Emergencies : 

Control  during,  of  troops,  191,  192,  1496. 

Employment  of  militia,  450. 

Express  transportation,  1142. 

Mobs  or  riots,  487-489. 

Movements  of  troops,   193. 

Officers  outside  continental   limits  II.    S., 
71. 

Open-market  purchases,   551—554. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1007. 

Transfers   of    Hospital    Corps,    1414. 

Use  of  tents,   1183. 


INDEX. 


361 


Emergency  nation: 

Composition,    issue,   etc.,    1205. 

Definition,    use,    etc.,    1202. 
Encampments* : 

Private  lands  occupied,   1018. 
Enemy : 

Correspondence  with,  etc.,  A.  W.  45,  46. 
Enforcement  of  the  Laws: 

Alaska,  485,  p.  103. 

Civil  rights,  485,  pp.  98,  99. 

Collection  of  customs  duties,  485,  p.  102. 

Commanding  officers,  484,  486-489. 

Distilleries,   Indian  country,   485,   p.    99. 

Domestic  violence,    485,    pp.    98,   101. 

Extradition  treaties,  485,  p.   100. 

Guano  islands,  485,  p.  102. 

Hawaii  Territory,  485,  pp.  102,  103. 

Indian  country,  485,  p.  99. 

Insurrection,   485,  p.   101. 

Interstate    and    foreign    commerce,    485, 
pp.  101,  102. 

Intruders   on  public  lands,   485,   pp.   99, 
100. 

Invasion,    485,    p.   98. 

Land-grant  railroads,  etc.,  485,  p.  102. 

Mobs  or  riots,  487-489. 

National   parks,   485,   p.   100. 

Neutrality   laws,   485,   pp.    100,    101. 

Peonage,  485,  p.  99. 

Public  lands,  485,  pp.  99,   100. 

Quarantine  regulations,  485,  p.  100. 

Timber  depredations  in  Florida,   485,   p. 
99. 

Trespassers    on    public    lands,    485,    pp. 
99,  100. 

United  States  mails,  485,  p.  101. 
Engineer  Band: 

Appointment     of     noncommissioned    offi- 
cers, 260. 

Assignment,  261. 

Fund,  324. 

Lye  and  Sapolio,  1182. 

Memorial  Day,  440. 

Musical   instruments,   etc.,    262,    1179. 

National  and  patriotic  airs  to  be  played, 
264. 

Saluting,  375,  376. 

"The  Star  Spangled  Banner,"  264,  375, 

378,   437. 
Engineer  Corps: 

See  Corps  of  Engineers. 
Engineer  Department: 

Civilian   employees,   expenses,   738. 

Illuminating   supplies,    1060. 

Management,    1494. 

Maps  and  reconnoissances,  445,  447,  448. 

Open -market   purchases,    etc.,    554. 

Packing,   crating,  etc.,  of  baggage,   1135. 

Permanent  works  of  defense,  214. 

Reconnoissance  equipment,   448. 
See  also — 

Chief    of    Engineers. 
Corps  of  Engineers. 
Engineer  Officers: 

Commander   in   the   field,    1497,    1501. 

Construction   of   works   by   troops,    1499. 


Engineer  Officers — Continued. 
Department    duties,    1503. 
Detached    from   corps,    1495,    1496. 
Directors   of   communications,    1508. 
Efficiency  reports,   829. 
Eligibility   to   command,    18.     , 
General  duties,  1493,  1494. 
Journals   of   daily   events,    1502. 
Journeys    not    involving    change    of   sta- 
tion, 742. 
Office    rooms,     fuel,     and     stoves,     1044, 

1504. 

Plans  of  military  works,  1502. 
Post,  206,   1503. 
Promotions,  24. 
Reports  of  engineering  operations,   1500, 

1501. 

Senior,  with  field  army,  etc.,  1498,  1501. 
Surveys  and  reconnaissances,  1500. 
Transfer  of  public  moneys  and  property, 

1509. 

Travel  allowance  and  mileage,  1507. 
Engineers,  Coast  Artillery  Corps: 
Appointments,  310. 
Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Warrants,  310. 
Engineer  School: 

Detachment  of  officers,  192. 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Location,    Washington    Barracks,    D.    C., 

449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Enlisted  Men: 

Absence    without    leave,    110,    127,    128, 

132,  141  ;  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 
Absent  at  muster,  A.  W.  12,  13. 
Additional  pay,  186,   859,   1338-1346. 
Allotments  of  pay,  1347-1360. 
Altering  or  taking  apart  arms,  292. 
Ammunition,   1530. 
Appeals,  A.  W.  30. 
Arms,  etc.,  In  barracks,  285. 
Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1371,  1381. 
Articles  for  sale  to,  885,  1174J. 
Artificial    limbs    and    appliances,     1490, 

1491. 

Artillery  instruction,  303. 
Attendance  at  funerals,  430. 
Awaiting    trial    or    result   of    trial,    157, 

928,  970,  973. 
Barrack  bag,  286. 
Beard  and  hair,  286. 
Buildings  erected,  places  of  amusement, 

339. 

Care,  etc.,  of  clothing,  286-288. 
Care,  etc.,  of  rooms  and  furniture,  1011. 
Certificates  of  merit,  184-188,  1341. 
Charges    against.      See    Charges    against 

Enlisted  Men. 

Classification  and  rating  1343-1345. 
Cleanliness,    dress,    etc.,    286,    288,    289, 
'  1387. 


362 


INDEX. 


Enlisted  Men — Continued. 

Clothing  accounts,  1157-1166,  1169. 
Clothing  and  equipage.    See  Clothing  and 

Equipage. 

Commutation  of  rations.     See  Commuta- 
tion of  Rations. 

Confinement,  929-933  ;  A.  W.  66,  70. 
Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  20. 
Correspondence    with    War    Department, 

782. 

Damaged  clothing,  911. 
Deceased.     See  Deceased  Soldiers. 
Definition   of   soldier,   p.    301,    sec.    1342, 

R.  S. 

Dental  work,  1398-1403. 
Deposits   of  pay,    140,    1335,    1361-1369, 

1380. 

Deserters.  See  Deserters. 
Desertion.  See  Desertion. 
Designation  of  beneficiary  in  event  of 

death,  1385. 

Detached  service,  104,  105,  808. 
Details.     See  Details,  Enlisted  Men. 
Discharges.      See   Discharge   of   Enlisted 

Men. 

Dispatches  in  the  held,  799. 
Disrespectful  or  contemptuous  words,  A. 

W.  19. 

Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 
Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 
Expert  riflemen,  1345. 
Extra  and  special  duty,  97,  168-177,  279. 
Families  of.     See  Families,  etc. 
First-class  privates,  275,  278,  1009,  1340 ; 

p.  315,  act  March  2,  1913. 
Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 
Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 
Furloughed   to   the   Army    Reserve,   1361, 

1362,  1366,  1375-1379. 
Furloughs.     See  Furloughs. 
Hair  and  beard,  286. 
Hospital    Corps,    1405-1412,    1415-1418, 

1420. 

Hospital  stores,  1473,   1476. 
Individual  cooking,  302,  1205. 
Insane,  464-466. 
Instruction  by  chaplains,  44. 
Instruction  in  signaling,  1562. 
Labor,  494. 

Leaving  post  on  pass,  288. 
Marksmen,  1345. 
Meal  tickets,  1227. 
Medals  of  honor,  182,   183,  188. 
Medical     attendance,     etc..     1473,     1474, 

1476,  1478,  1480. 
Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  302. 
Messing  and  cooking,  296-302,  371. 
Messing  separately  froni   company,   1209. 
Military  history,  774. 
Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  W.  42. 
Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24,  43. 
Navy  and  Marine  Corps,  hospital  charges, 

1460. 

Noncommissioned   officers.      See   Noncom- 
missioned Officers. 


Enlisted  Men — Continued. 

Orders,    regulations,    etc.,    affecting,    766, 

774. 
Payments.      See    Payments    to    Enlisted 

Men. 
Physical      examination     or     vaccination, 

1485. 

Post  schools,  449. 
Presence  at  parades,  436. 
Private  property  lost  in  service,  726. 
Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 
Promotion  from  ranks,  27-33,  1138,  1139, 

1296. 
Property  damaged,  685,  686,  699 ;  A.  W. 

16,  17. 
Purchase  of  articles  of  uniform   clothing 

from  post  exchange,  1174J. 
Purchase  of  discharge,  1369. 
Pursuit  of  deserters,  122.  ,. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24, 

25. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1009. 
Rations.     See  Ration  of  the  Army. 
Reading  matter,  1144. 
Records,  280,  281,  821. 
Recruiting  service,  assignments,  843—845. 
Respect    to    national    airs    when    played, 

378. 

Retired.     See  Retired  Enlisted  Men. 
Retirement,  132,  134,  135. 
Returning  to  United  States  from  foreign 

parts,  111. 

Right  to  trial  by  court-martial,  953. 
.  Roster  details  and  duty,  355-364. 
Sales    to,    of    subsistence    supplies,    1241, 

1242,  1244,  1249. 
Salutes  to  officers,  383-392. 
Sanitary  measures,  286. 
Second-class  privates,  1340. 
Selling  arms,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 
Service,  computation  of  time,  134. 
Sharpshooters,  1345. 
Sick  call,  1471. 
Staff    corps    and    departments,    742,    743, 

1009,   1557. 
Stoppages,    724. 
Straw  for  5edding,   1084. 
Tableware  and   kitchen  utensils,   1178. 
Term  of  enlistment,  855. 
Transfers.       See     Transfers    of    Enlisted 

Men. 

Transmission  by,  of  dispatches,  799. 
Travel    on    duty.      See    Travel   on   Duty, 

Enlisted  Mjen. 
Trunk   lockers,   1021,   1023. 
Unauthorized  sale  of  property,  A.  W.  16, 

17. 

Uniform,  etc.,  289,  1569. 
Violence     to    traders    in    foreign    parts, 

A.  W.  56. 

Waste  of  private  property,  A.  W.  55,  59. 
Witnesses,    military    or    civil    courts,    75, 

951. 

Enlistment  Papers: 
Forms.  857. 
Indian   scouts,   483. 


INDEX. 


363 


Enlistment  Papers — Continued. 

Minors,   853. 

Name  of  recruit,  858. 

Oath,  855. 

Preparation,  etc.,  847,  857. 
Enlistments  and   Reenllstments : 

Additional  pay,  1338-1340. 

Antedating,  859. 

Applicants.      See   Applicants   for  Enlist- 
ment. 

Army  Reserve,  855,  1573. 

Articles  of  War  to  be  read,  856. 

Coast    Artillery    Corps    noncommissioned 
staff,  310,  312. 

Continuous-service  pay,  143,  1340. 

Date,  847,  859. 

Deserters,   849,   861. 

Enlistment    papers,    483,    853,    855,    857, 
858. 

Enticing  by  false  representations,  854. 

Fraudulent,     1380,     1382;     p.     313,    act 
July  27,   1892.    • 

General  noncommissioned  staff,  103. 

Hospital  Corps,  1404,  1409,  1410. 

Indian  scouts,  479,  482. 

Married  men,   852,  1009,  1412. 

Minors,  849,  850,  853  ;  A.  W.  3. 

Oath   of   enlistment,    855. 

Original,  848. 

Prohibited  classes,  849;  A.  W.  3. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1009. 

Recruiting    officers,    850,    851,    853,    854, 
860. 

Reenlisted  pay,  1338,  1339. 

Reenlistments,    101,    153,   859-863,    1340, 
1365,  1412. 

Reentering  service,  848,  860,   861. 

Signal  Corps,   1557. 

Special  authority  required,  861,  862,  877. 

Unlawful  enlistments,  A.  W.  3. 

Without  discharge,  A.  W.  50. 
Ensigns,  -Navy: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Envelopes : 

Confidential  communications,  778. 

Penalty,  834-837,  839. 
Envoys,  American  or  Foreign: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,   376,  400,  403. 
Epidemics : 

Transfers  of  Hospital  Corps,  1414. 
Equipage : 

See  Clothing  and  Equipage. 
Equipments : 

Ambulances,   1429. 

Bands,   257,   262. 

Barrack  regulations,  285. 

Care  and  perservation,  287,  288. 

Coast  Artillery  Corps  bands,   257. 

Company,   266. 

Embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Field   cooking  device,   302. 

Fitting  and   changing,  294. 

Horse,   1520,   1521,   1537,    1538. 

Leather    dressing   material,    293. 

Marking,   257,   295. 

Militia,   1143. 


Erasures : 

Checks,   609. 

Proposals,  supplies  and  services,  534. 
Escaped   Prisoners: 

See  Prisoners. 
Escorts : 

Commanders,    20. 

Honor,   composition,   etc.,   416. 

Insane   soldiers,   467,   468. 
Estimates : 

Alterations  of  approved,   1468. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1012,  1014,  1016. 

Blanks   forms,    1013. 

Channels,  785. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1147-1152,  1154- 
1156. 

Examination,  revision,  and  approval,  749, 
750. 

Extensions,  alterations,  etc.,  to  buildings, 
1017. 

Forwarding,   1013-1015. 

Heating,     plumbing,    and    water    supply, 
1012. 

Hospitals,   1466,   1468. 

Preparation,  etc.,  748,   1012,   1013,   1016, 
1017. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1008. 

Quarters   for  sergeants,   first   class,    Hos- 
pital Corps,  1466,  1468. 

Repairs    to    public    buildings,    etc.,    1012, 
1013. 

Tableware   and  kitchen    utensils,    1177. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1074. 
Evidence : 

Against   deserters,    124. 

Previous  convictions,   954,  956,  962. 

Proceedings,   surveying  officers,  712,  713. 

Relief  of  officers  from  responsibility,  712, 

713. 
Examination,  Boards  of: 

See  Boards  of  Examination. 
Examination  for  Appointment  and   Promotion: 

Candidates,  second  lieutenants,  28-31. 

Character    or    efficiency    records,    officers, 
26. 

Gunners,  1343,  1344. 

Hospital   Corps,   1405. 

Line  of  Army,   25. 

Medical   officers,   1388,   1389. 

Officers,  coast  artillery,  303. 

Post   noncommissioned   staff,   96. 

Staff    corps   and    departments,    24. 

Veterinarians,  88. 
Examination  of  Accounts   and  Betnrns: 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  655,  702,  703. 

Errors  or  disallowances,  656,  702,  703. 

Refundment    for    deficient    articles,    702, 

703. 
Examinations,  Physical : 

See  Physical  Examination. 
Exchange,  Post: 

Beer,  wine,  or  intoxicating  liquors,  346. 

Civilian  employees,  1457. 

Council,    316-318. 

Council    book,    211. 

Custodian  of  fupds,  316,  324. 


364 


INDEX. 


Exchange,  Post — Continued. 

Erection  of  building  by   labor   of   troops, 
339. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,   345. 

Fuel,  1044. 

Fuud,  316,  320,  321,  324,  335. 

Indebtedness  of  soldiers,  345,  1370. 

Inspection,  889. 

Profits  paid  to  regimental  fund,  325. 

Sale  of  certain  articles  of  uniform  cloth- 
ing,   1174J. 

Sales  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1241. 

Seeds  for  post  gardens,  343. 
Exchange  or  Barter: 

Supplies  from  quartermaster,  1247. 
Exchange  or  Surrender: 

Public  animals,  1072. 
Exchange  or  Transfer: 

See  Transfers,  etc. 
Execution  of  the  Laws: 

Obstructing  or  hindering,  485,  p.  101. 
Expeditions : 

Escort  commanders'  duties,  20. 
Expenditures: 

Ammunition,  350,   1528-1531. 

Appropriations  for  support  of  Army,  740. 

Commanding  officers,  751. 

Disallowances,  how  charged,  653. 

Exceeding  appropriations,  582. 

Obedience  to  orders,  653. 

Posts  and  reservations,  207. 

Special  funds,  316,  320,  325,  326. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  supplies,  1075. 
Expenses : 

Arrest,  etc.,  of  deserters,   121,   122,   127, 
131. 

Attendants,      horses,      mounted     officers, 
1098. 

Burial  of  officers  and  soldiers,  87,  167. 

Contingent,  200,  623. 

Escaped  military  prisoners,  121. 

Recovery  of  public  property,  692. 

Sea  travel,  1280. 
Experimental  Trials: 

Tests  of  arms  or  munitions  of  war,  1553- 

1555. 

Expert     Accountant,     Inspector     General's     De- 
partment : 

Transportation  and  expenses,  733,  737. 
Expert  Riflemen: 

Additional  pay,  1345. 
Expiration  of   LeaTe: 

Defined,  58,  60. 
Expiration  of  Term  of  Service: 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  143 ;  A.  W.  4. 

Payments  to  officers,  1255. 

Trial  of  deserters,  A.  W.  48. 
Explorations : 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1526. 

Outfits,  672. 

Travel  alowance.   officers,   1295. 
Ex-Presidents   of  the   United  States: 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 
Express   Transportation: 

Letters  or  packages,  838. 

Limited  to  emergencies,  1142. 


Express  Transportation — Continued. 

Pay  of  troops,  1316,  1320-1324,  1333. 

Public  moneys,  1142. 
Extensions : 

Furloughs,  107. 

Leaves  of  absence,  51,  52,  67. 

Limits,  officers  under  arrest,  923. 
Extra  and  Special  Dnty: 

Artificers,   wagoners,  etc.,   173. 

Attendance,   drills,  and  inspections,   175. 

Classes  excepted  from  detail,  171-173. 

Defined,  169. 
•   Employment  of  troops  in  labors,  168. 

Hours  of  labor,  176. 

Labor  in  camp  or  garrison,  169. 

Mode  of  detail,  169. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  171,  172. 

Pay,  169,  170,  172,  174,  176,  177,  329. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff  officers,  97. 

Rates  of  pay,  170,  329. 

Restrictions  in  employment,  169,  177. 

Tailors,  279. 
Extradition  Treaties: 

Protection    of    persons    extradited,    485, 

p.  100. 
Extra-Duty  Pay: 

Allotment  of  funds,  169,  177. 

Computation  of  time,  176. 

Debarred   by    additional    pay    for   foreign 
service,  170,  1342. 

Enlisted  men  of  staff  departments,  172. 

Payment,   169,   174,  177. 

Rates,  170,  329. 
False  Alarms: 

Punishment  for  occasioning,  A.  W.  41. 
False  Certificates: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  13. 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 

Pay  of  the  Army,  A.  W.  13. 
False  Musters: 

Man  or  horse,  A.  W.  14. 

Persons  not  soldiers,  A.  W.  5. 
False  Papers: 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 
False   Representations : 

Enticing  into  service,   854. 
False  Returns: 

Troops  and  property,  A.  W.  8. 
Families  of  Officers,  Soldiers,  etc.: 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  493. 

Enlisted  men  absent  abroad,  1248. 

Fuel,  1038. 

Hospitals,  medicines,  etc.,  1459. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1038,  1054. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1473,  1476. 

Sales    to,    of    subsistence    supplies,    1239, 
1248. 

Services  of  Army  nurses,  1424. 
Farriers   and   Horseshoers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  275,  278. 

Extra-duty  detail.   173. 

Indian  scouts,   482. 

Instruction  by  veterinarians,  91. 

Stoves  for  shops,  1044. 
Fatigue  Dress : 

Worn  by  enlisted  men,  when,  289. 


INDEX. 


365 


Fatigue  Dnty: 

Performed  by  roster,  357. 
Fees: 

Administering  oath,  649. 

Passports,  63. 

Tipping,  1280. 
Ferries : 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1128. 

Purchase,  use,  etc.,  of  tickets,  1127. 
Field  Armies: 

See  Armies,  Field. 
Field  Artillery: 

Administrative    unit,    245. 

Animals,    1097. 

Battery,    designation    in    Army    Regula- 
tions, 15. 

Gunners,  additional  pay,  1343,  1344. 

Inspections,  283. 

Mounted  pay,  officers,  1272. 

Practice,   351-353. 

Precedence,  6. 

Quartermaster    sergeants,    9,    256,    1044, 
1136. 

Rated   positions,  additional  pay,    1344. 

Standards  and  guidons,  231,  236. 
Held  Music: 

Instruments,  1180. 

Memorial  Day,  440. 

Saluting,   375-377,  437. 
Field  Notes  and  Sketches : 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  444—446. 
Field  Officers: 

Assignments  to  posts  and  stations,  247. 

Pers  mal   reports,    828. 

Returns  of  detached  companies,  813. 
Field  Service  and  Duties: 

Barrack  furniture  and  equipage,   1023. 

Cooking,  296,  302,  1205. 

Details  by  roster,  356. 

Emergency  ration,   1202. 

Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1497-1502, 
1508,  1509. 

Field    training,    divisions    and    brigades, 
193,  194. 

Hospital  Corps,  1433-1438. 

Post  commanders,  203. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1087. 

Route    maps     and     journals    of     march, 
444-446. 

Signal  Corps,  1558,  1561. 
Fieldworks,  etc. : 

Engineer  officer's  duties,  1493,   1499. 

Journals  of  daily  events,  1502. 

Plans,  etc.,  1502. 

Working  parties,   1499. 
Filipino  Ration: 

Composition,  issue,  etc.,  1205. 

Computation  of  cost,  1221. 

Definition,  use,  etc., '1202. 

Savings,   1220. 

Value,   1207. 
Filipinos : 

Admitted     to     United     States     Military 

Academy,  graduating  leave,  53. 
Final  Payment,  Enlisted   Men: 

Notification  to  quartermaster,   155. 


Final   Statements : 

Absence  without  leave,   141. 

Blank  forms,  150. 

Clothing  balance,  1163. 

Date  of  discharge,  152. 

Deposits  of  pay,  140,  1362-1367,  1369. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140,  142,  155, 
1235,    1379,   1415. 

Erroneous,  155. 

Forfeitures    and    deductions,     141,    341, 
345. 

Fraudulent  enlistments,  1380. 

Lost  or  mislaid,  1377. 

Money  amounts,  method  of  stating.  648. 

Patients  discharged  from  hospital,   1451. 

Payments    to    discharged    soldiers,    341, 
345,    1375-1377,    1381. 

Post   noncommissioned   staff,    807. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,   135. 

Transportation,  1235,  1378,  1379.    ' 
Firemen,  Coast  Artillery  Corps: 

Appointment,    310. 

Baggage,    1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank    and   precedence,   9. 

Travel    accommodations,    1128. 

Warrants,   310. 
Firms : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  573. 

Contracts,  559. 

Money   vouchers,   641,   643. 

Proposals,   532. 
First-Aid   Treatment : 

Instruction,    1419,    1420. 
First  Lieutenants: 

Baggage,   1136. 

Forage,   1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  422,  426. 

Promotion  to  grade,  25. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,   1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 
First  Sergeants: 

Baggage,   1136. 

Indian  scouts,  480. 

Instruction,   270. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,   1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  276,  277. 

Reproving,   270. 

Return  to  grade  of  sergeant,  273. 

Roll  calls  and  inspections,  370. 

Selection  and  appointment,  270,  273,  275. 

Warrants,  274. 
Fiscal   Tear: 

Abstracts,  622,  626. 

Accounts  current,   622,   623. 

Balances,    625,    626. 

Contingent  expenses,   623. 

Defined,   620. 

Divisions,   620. 

Remittances  of  funds,  621. 
Fish: 

Ration,    1205. 
Flag  Officer  of  the  Nary: 

Funeral  honors,  420. 


366 


INDEX. 


Flags : 

Advertising   and   recruiting,    224. 

Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  220. 

Boat  flags  and  pennants,  240. 

Ceremonies  on   lowering,  at  retreat,  437. 

Chaplains,    224*. 

Dipping  of,  at  military  posts,  405. 

Garrison,  post,  and  storm,  223. 

Geneva   Convention,   225. 

Halfstaff,  418,  420-426. 

Hospital  and  ambulance,  225. 

Memorial   Day,   440. 

Names  of  battles,  244. 

National   cemeteries,    223. 

National  festivities,  foreign  vessels,  413. 

Post,   223. 

President    of  the  United   States,   217. 

Provisional    organization,    242. 

Recruiting,   224. 

Regimental,   names   of   battles,   244. 

Secretary  of  War,  219. 

Storm,    223. 

Target   practice,    351. 

United  States  or  national,  215,  216,  397, 
398,   437,   440. 

Use  of  unprescribed,  243. 

Vessels   of  war   flying   President's,   415. 
Flavoring  Extracts: 

Ration,   1205. 
Flogging: 

Sentences  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  98. 
Florida : 

Timber  depredations,  485,  p.  99. 
Flour : 

Ration,    1205. 

Target  practice,  351,  1215. 
Food   and  Cooking: 

Daily   inspections,   283. 

Examination  by   medical   officers,   1387. 

Prisoners'  food,  300. 
Forage : 

Allowance     to     mounted     officers,     1080, 
1081. 

Contracts   for,   or   purchase,   515,   557. 

Furnished  by  Quartermaster  Corps,  1000. 

Issue,  1079. 

Military    attache,    1100. 

Mounted   officers,    1082,    1083,   1096. 

Organized     Militia,     mobilization    camps, 
456. 

Ration,    1077,    1078. 

Straw    for   bedding,    1084,    1085. 

Transportation    at    posts,    1106. 

Unconsumed,   1083. 
Forage  Masters: 

Interest    or    concern    in    purchases,    etc., 

1093. 
Forcing   Safeguards : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  57. 
Foreign  Articles: 

Preference  to  be  given  domestic  articles, 
518. 

Purchase  abroad  for  importation,  517. 
Foreign-Commerce    Laws: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  485,  pp. 
101,  102. 


Foreign  Correspondence : 

Officers  and  men,  781. 

Penalty  envelopes,  839. 
Foreign  Countries : 

Accounts  for  printing,  511. 

Correspondence,  781,   839. 

National   airs  respected,   378. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  visiting,  61—63, 
109. 

Sureties,  contractors'  bonds,  570,   578. 
Foreign-Service  Officers : 

See   Officers,   Foreign   Service. 
Foreign  Vessels  of  War: 

Celebration  of  national  festivities,  413. 

Flying    sovereign's    standard,    415. 

Salutes  and  honors,  399. 

Visits  and   courtesies,   407,  410-413. 
Forfeitures : 

Absence    without    leave,    132,    141^. 

Beginning  of  sentence,  970. 

Deposits  of  pay,  1368,  1370. 

Deserters,  129-132,  1373. 
•    Good-conduct  time  of  prisoners,    942. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  976—978. 
Forgery : 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 
Forms : 

See  Blank  Forms. 
Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.: 

General  hospital,  1212,  1439,  1445,  1446, 

1460. 
Fortifications : 

Alterations,  etc.,    1505. 

Buildings  near,   1493,  1505. 

Change    of    station    of    constructing    offi- 
cers, 742. 

Communication  with  naval  radio  stations, 
409. 

Construction  and  repairs,  706,  707,  1493, 
1505,   1505J. 

Courts-martial  duty  of  officers,  192. 

Descriptions,  written  or  pictorial,  348. 

Electrical  equipment,  installation  and  re- 
pair,  1493,   1505  J. 

Engineer  officer  on  duty,   1503. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704. 

Fire  control,   1556. 

Information   concerning,   348. 

Notification  of  completion,   1506. 

Occupation  by  troops,  1506. 

Permanent    works    of   defense,    191,    214, 
348. 

Photographic  views,  348. 

Salutes  with  cannon,  393-397. 

Supervision,  191. 

Visits  to  lake  and  seacoast  defenses,  347. 
Fort  Leafenworth,  Kang.: 

Service  schools — 

Army  Field  Engineer  School,  449. 
Army    Field    Service    and    Correspond- 
ence School  for  Medical  Officers,  449. 
Army  School  of  the  Line,  449. 
Army  Signal  School,  449. 
Army  Staff  College,  449. 
Fort  Monroe,  V.-i. : 

Service  school,  coast  artillery,  449. 


INDEX. 


367 


Fort    Kiloy, 

Service  school,  mounted  service,  449. 
Forts: 

Construction  and  repairs,  706,  707. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704. 

Permanent  posts,  styled,  202. 

Plats  of  land,  708. 

Records  of  artillery  firing,  1550. 
Fort  Sill,  Okla.: 

Service  schools — 

School  of  Fire  for  Field  Artillery,  449. 
School  of  Musketry,  449. 
Frauds : 

Crimes  against  the  United  States,  A.  W. 
60. 

Investigation  of  alleged,  884. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  100. 
Fraudulent   Enlistment: 

Declared  a  military  offense,  p.  313,  act 
July  27,  1892. 

Deposits  of  pay,  1380,  1382. 
Frays : 

Quelling,   A.   W.  24. 
Freight   Transportation: 

Letters  or  packages,  838. 
Fresh  Meats: 

Contracts  for,   or  purchase,   557,   1200. 

Ration,  1205. 
Fuel: 

Allowance,   monthly,   1044. 

Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515,  557. 

Engineer   officers,    1504. 

Extra  issues,  1006. 

Families  of  regular  or  volunteer  soldiers, 
1038. 

Increased  allowance,  1044,  1049. 

Issued  to  officers  or   troops,   1042,   1043. 

Kindling  wood,  1041. 

Messes,  301. 

Military  attache's,   1100. 

Nurse   Corps,   1045. 

Officers  and  families,   1036,  1039-1041. 

Organized    Militia,    mobilization    camps, 
456. 

Outside    continental   limits   TJ.    S.,    1036, 
1037. 

Retired  officers  and  men,  137,  1037. 

Sales,  1037. 

Standard  and  equivalents,  1040. 

Unconsumed,    1042. 

Veterinarians,  89. 
Fund  Book: 

Coast    Artillery    Corps    bands,    326. 

Regimental,   258,   325. 
Funds,  Special: 

Band,  324,  326,  327. 

Company,    316,    320-322,    324    327-329, 
343,   344,   1208. 

Custodians,   316,   324. 

Detachment,   327. 

Hospital,  317,  324,  327,  1459,   1462. 

Inspection,  889. 

Mess,   316,  320-322,    324,    329,    330. 

Post   exchange,   324. 

Projects  requiring  specific  authority  from 
War  Department,   323. 


Funds,  Special — Continued. 

Regimental,  262,  321,  322,  324,  325. 

Transfers,  324. 
Funeral  Expenses: 

Settlement   from    decedent's   estate,    109. 
Funeral  Honors: 

Assistant    Secretary   of   War,   418,   429. 

Civil  functionaries,  421. 

Enlisted  men  at  posts,  423. 

Escorts,  426-428,  433. 

Flag  officer  of  the  Navy,  420. 

Flags   at  halfstaff,  418,   420-426. 

General   officers,    418-420. 

Minute    guns,    419-421. 

Mourning,   431-434. 

Officers  at  posts,  422. 

President  of  the  United  States,  417. 

Retired  officers,  418. 

Salutes   with  cannon,   396,   417-419. 

Secretary   of   War,   418,   426. 
Furloughs : 

Arms  and  accouterments,  113. 

Commutation     of     rations,     1229,     1238, 
1234,  1236-1238. 

Delays,    107. 

Exceeding  limits,   109,   1229. 

Granted  by  whom,  106,   107;  A.  W.  11. 

Gunners,   1343,  1344. 

Lost,    1237. 

Number   limited    to    5    per    cent    of   any 
command,    106. 

Orders,  1233. 

Outside  continental  limits  U.  S.,  Ill,  134. 

Payments  while  absent,   113. 

Period  and  extensions,   106,   107  ;  A.  W. 
11. 

Previous,   109. 

Reenlistments,  conditions,  107. 

Subsistence,  returning,  110. 

Suspension,    108. 

To    Army    Reserve,    1361,    1362,    1368, 
1375-1379. 

Transportation,1  110,  112,  1111. 

Visiting  foreign  countries,  109. 

When  not  granted,  106. 
Furniture : 

Barrack,  1011,  1022,  1023. 

Mess  and  table,  301,  1023. 

Office  military  attache",  1100. 

Officers'   quarters,   1020. 

Policing  in  barracks,   237. 
Gambling : 

Disbursing  officers,  593. 
Gardens : 

Distribution  and  sale  of  products,  344. 

Grounds  set  aside,   342. 

Regulations,   344. 

Seeds,    343. 

Supply  of  vegetables  for  posts,  1206. 

Garrison  Flag: 

Description  and  when  used,  223. 

Salutes  and  honors,  398. 

Saluting,    397. 
Garrison  Prisoners: 

See   Prisoners,   Garrison, 


368 


INDEX. 


Garrison  Ration: 

Composition,   issue,  etc.,   1205. 

Computation  of   cost,    1221. 

Definition,    use,    etc.,    1202. 

Savings,  1220. 

Value,   1207. 
Garrisons : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31. 

Engineer  officers  on  duty,  1503. 

Inspections,    888,    889. 

Roster  duty  details,   356. 

Uniform,  enlisted  men,  289. 

Violence    to    traders    in    foreign    parts, 

A.  W.   56. 
Garrison  Schools: 

Officers  of   the   Army,   449. 

Regulations    governing,    449. 

Superintendence,  etc.,  193,  194. 
Gas: 

Allowance,  1057,  1058,  1061. 
General   Courts-Martial: 

See  Courts-Martial,   General. 
General  Grant  National  Park: 

Trespassers  or  intruders,  485,  p.  100. 
General  Hospitals: 

Annual   inspections,   191. 

Commanding  officers,  49,  106. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1212. 

Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,   1439,  1445,  1446, 
1460. 

Hot     Springs,     Ark.,     1441-1444,     1446, 
1460. 

Regulations  and  control,   1439. 

Sanitary  inspections,  1387. 

Walter  Reed,  D.  C.,  1436. 
General  Mess: 

Accounts,  audit  and  inspection,  316,  330. 

Companies  withdrawing,  etc.,  330. 

Cooks  and  attendants,  329. 

Council,  316-318,  329,  330. 

Extra  compensation  to  attendants,  329. 

Fuel  and  lights,  301. 

Fund,  316,  320-322,  324,  329,  330. 

Furniture,  brooms,  brushes,  etc.,  296,  301. 

Instruction  and  supervision,  296. 

Management,  330. 

Recruit  depots,  329. 

Time,  in  garrison,  371. 

Visits  to  hall,  204. 
General  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Appointment,    promotion,   reduction,   103, 
1557. 

Composition,  etc.,  103. 

Discharge  and  reenlistment,  103,  1557. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 

Warrants,  103,  1405,   1410. 
General  of  the  Army: 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,   418,  426. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375,  400,  401,  403. 
General    Orders : 

See  Orders. 
General   Prisoners: 

See  Prisoners,  General. 
General  Recruiting   Service: 

See  Recruiting  Service. 


General  Staff  Corps: 

Aim  of  establishment,  753,  769  ;  note,  p. 
145. 

Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army,  753,  761-769. 

Composition,  etc.,   303,  752. 

Current  business,  special  staff  corps,  758. 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,   199. 

Details  for,  40,  752,  761,  773. 

General  officers  not  entitled  to  aids,  41. 

Mounted   officers,    1272. 

Serving  with  troops,  197,  199,  757,  770- 
772,  1044, 

Supervisory  powers  and  duties,  753-756. 

Vacancies,  773. 

War  Department  General  Staff,  757,  759, 

760. 
General  Staff  Serving  with  Troops: 

Assignment  to  duties,  767. 

Chief  of  staff  of  a  command,    197^  199, 
771,  772. 

Composition,  etc.,  757,  770. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Senior  officer,  chief  of  staff,  771. 
Geneva  Convention: 

Flag,  225. 

Recognition  of  rights,  1438. 
Gestures : 

Reproachful  or  provoking,  A.  W.  25. 
Good-Conduct  Time: 

Prisoners,  942,  943, 
Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane: 

Admission,  etc.,  of  insane  patients,  464— 
468,  1451. 

Classes  of  persons  admitted,  464. 

Release  of  patients,  470. 
Government  of  the  United  States: 

Enforcement  of  laws  by  the  Army,  484- 

489. 
Governor   of  Philippine  Islands: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  408. 
Governors  General: 

Definition,  400. 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 

Visits    and    courtesies,    408. 
Governors  of  States  and  Territories : 

Disrespect  or  contempt,  A.  W.   19. 

Funeral    honors,    421. 

Public  property  in  use  by  militia,  460. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Graduates  of  the  Military  Academy: 

Baggage  transportation,   1138,   1139. 

Graduating  leave,   53. 

Mileage   to  first   station,   1296. 

Pay,   1314. 
Grants : 

Military    lands,    705. 
Gratuitous  Issues: 

Accounts,   1159. 

Articles  of  band  uniforms,  etc.,  1167. 

Clothing,     special     cases,      1167,      1168, 
1172,   1173,    1455. 

Toilet   articles,   etc.,    1216-1218. 


INDEX. 


369 


Graves : 

Battle-ground   cemeteries,   491,   492. 

Headboards,  492,  494,  495. 

Post  cemeteries,  494,  495. 
Guam: 

Enlisted      men      returning      to      United 

States,    111. 
Gnano  Islands: 

Protection  of  rights  of  discoverers,  485, 

p.   102. 
Guaranties : 

Advertisements,    524—536. 

Blanks,   536. 

Evidence  of  bidders'  ability  in  lieu,  547. 

Execution,   536. 

When  required,  535. 
Guarantors : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  579. 

Corporate,  573,  575-577,   580,  581. 

Noncorporate,    578. 
Gnard  Duty: 

Exemptions,    363. 

Manual,    441. 

Old,  exemptions,  363. 

Rosters,  interior  and  stable,   357. 

Sentences,  courts-martial,  964. 
Gnardhouseg : 

Confinement     of     noncommissioned     offi- 
cers,  929. 

Fuel    and   stoves,    1044. 

Iron   bunks,   1084. 

Men    awaiting    trial,     summary    courts, 
933. 

Police,  daily,  374. 

Visits,  post  commander  and  surgeon,  204. 
Guards : 

Candles,  1215. 

Deserters,    127. 

Duties,  etc.,  441. 

Excused  from  Saturday  inspections,  283, 

Guard  report,  211. 

Interior,   357. 

List  of  articles  in  charge,  443. 

Military   prisoners,   938. 

Military  prisons,    170. 

Officer  commanding,   A.    W.   67-69. 

Prisoners  en  route,  938,   939. 

Property  used  for  police,  etc.,  442,  443. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.   W.  40. 
Guidons : 

Cavalry,  235. 

Engineers,  237. 

Field  artillery,  236. 

Signal  Corps,  238. 
Gunners : 

Coast  artillery,  1343. 

Field  artillery,  1344. 
Guns: 

Funeral  honors,  417-421. 

Morning  and  evening,  210. 

Saluting,  393-400,  440. 
Gymnasiums : 

Erection  of  building  by  labor  oj.  troops, 
339. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Transportation  of  property,  340,  1144. 


Habeas  Corpus: 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 

Hawaii  Territory,  485,  pp.  102,  103. 

Returns,  997-999. 

State  courts  or  judges,  997,  998. 

United  States  courts  or  judges,  999. 
Uair  and  Beard: 

Enlisted  men,  286. 
Harboring   the   Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 
Harbors  and  Rivers: 

Change  of  station  of  officers,  742. 

Harbor  boat  officers,   travel  accommoda- 
tions, 1128. 

Improvements,  1493. 
Harness : 

Ambulance,  1428. 

Dressing,  293. 

Purchase  and  repair,  1105. 
Hash: 

Ration,  1205. 
Haversack  Ration: 

Composition,  issue,  etc.,  1205. 

Definition,  use,  etc.,  1202. 

Supplemented,   1202. 
Hawaiian   Department : 

Allotments  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1350. 

Commanding  officer.     See  Hawaiian  De- 
partment, Commanding  Officer. 

Disbursing  officers,  625. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  111. 

Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1073,  1095. 

Inspections,  1284. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  60. 

Payments  to  troops  in,  1317. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 
Hawaiian  Department,  Commanding  Officer : 

Condemned  property,  907. 

Contracts,  557. 

Damages  by  fire,  storm,  «tc.,  709. 

Supervisory  powers  and  duties,  193. 

Transfer  of  supplies,  671. 

Transfer  of  troops,  193. 

Travel  on  duty,  officers,  emergency  cases, 
71. 

Travel  orders,  1284. 
Hawaii  Territory: 

Contracts  for  supplies  and  services,  557. 

Enforcement  of  the  laws,   485,   pp.   102, 
103. 

Enlisted    men    returning    to    the    United 

States,  111. 

Militia,  485,  pp.  102,  103. 

Payments  to  troops,  1317. 

Pay  of  enlisted  men,  1342. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 
Hay: 

Bedding,  1085. 

Forage  ration,  1077. 
Hazing : 

Commissions  for  cadets  expelled  for,  37. 
Hindering : 

Execution  of  the  laws,  485,  p.  101. 
Hiring  of  Dnty: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  36,  37. 


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INDEX. 


Hominy : 

Ration,  1205. 
Honorable  Discharge: 

Preparation  of  certificate,  150. 
Honors,  Courtesies,  and  Ceremonies: 

Boarding  visits,  407,  411. 

Ceremonies,  435-440. 

Escorts  of  honor,  416. 

Funeral  honors,  417-434. 

Salutes,  375-405,  411-413. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  406-414. 

See  also  Ceremonies. 
Horse  Equipments: 

Indian  scouts,  479. 

Repairs,  1520,  1537,  1538. 

Sales,  1520,   1521. 
Horses : 

Field  service,  Hospital  Corps,  1434. 

Indian  scouts,  479. 

Military  attach^,   1100. 

Militia   officers,  456. 

Mounted  officers.     See  Horses  of  Mounted 
Officers. 

Philippine  Islands,   1095,  1098. 

Public.      See  Public  Animals. 

Return   from  Philippine   Islands   not  al- 
lowed, 1098. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1101. 
Horseshoeing : 

Animals  pertaining  to  militia,  456. 

Instructions  by  veterinarians,  91. 

Shoes  and  nails,  1097. 
Horseshoers : 

See  Farriers  and  Horseshoers. 
Horses  of  Mounted  Officers: 

Care  at  remount  depot,  1099. 

Field  officers  of  the  mobile  Army,  1272. 

Forage,  1080-1083. 

Inspection,  889,  1099. 

Officers    on    service    in    foreign    country, 
1098. 

Purchase  and  sale,  1073,  1095. 

Shoeing,  etc.,  1096,   1097. 

Stallions,   1099. 

Transportation,  1098. 

Veterinary  attention,  90,  1096,  1099. 
Hospital  Corps: 

Appliances     for     transporting     sick     and 
wounded,  1427-1432,  1435. 

Assignment  to  duty,  1416-1418,  1448. 

Assistant  to  dental  surgeon,   1397. 

Attendance  at  ceremonies,  1413. 

Corporals,  1405,  1407,  1410. 

Enlistments     and     reenlistments,     1404, 
1409,  1410,  1412. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  172. 

Field  service,  1433-1438. 

First-aid  treatment,  1420. 

Fund  of  a  detachment,  327. 

Hospital    and    ambulance    flags    or    gui- 
dons, 225. 

Inspection  and  musters,  889,  1413,  1447. 

Issue  of  firearms  to,  1438. 

Lance  corporals,  1405,  1407,  1408,  1410. 

Litter  bearers,  1420. 
.Military  duties,  1413. 


Hospital  Corps — Continued. 

Pay  and  clothing  accounts,  1415. 

Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  ft, 

Privates,  1405,  1410,  1417,  1418. 

Privates,  first  class,  1405,  1407,  1410. 

Quota  for  posts,  etc.,  1416-1418. 

Ration,  1210. 

Recruits,  1410. 

Sergeants,  1405,  1407,  1410.  1412. 

Sergeants,  first  class,  9,  958,  1044,  1136, 
1405-1407,  1410,  1467,  1468. 

Service,  1404. 

Transfer  of  members,  1414. 

Transfer  to,  of  enlisted  men,  114,  1409, 
1411,  1412. 

Warrants,  noncommissioned  officers,   103, 

1405,  1410. 
Hospitals : 

Army  and  Navy,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  1441- 
1444,  1446,  1460. 

Attendants,  1455. 

Buildings,   construction,   etc.,    1464-1470. 

Candles,  1215. 

Charges,  1460,  1461. 

Civilians,  734,  1457-1461. 

Deaths,  87,  167. 

Field,  instruction,  supplies,  etc.,  1436. 

Flags,  225. 

Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  1445,  1446,  1460. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Fund,  317,  324,  327,  1459,  1460,  1462. 

General,  1212,  1436,  1439-1446,  1460. 

Hospital  Corps,  1418,  1447,  1448. 

Indebtedness  to,  1461. 

Inspections,  895,  1387,  1447. 

Library,  1463. 

Management,  1447. 

Matrons,    1044,    1203,    1210,    1448,    1449, 
1473. 

Mess  rooms,  1044. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  808. 

Nurses,  1045,  1421,  1423. 

Post    commander   and   surgeon    to   visit, 
204. 

Property   and   stores,    1454,    1456,    1473, 
1476. 

Sick,    283,    327,    1450-1453,    1455,    1471, 
1472. 

Supervision  or  control,  191,  1439. 

Surgeon,  post  and  assistants,  204,  1447, 
1448. 

Transports,    boats,    and    railway    trains, 

1440. 
Hostilities  Between  Indian  Tribes: 

Preventing  or  terminating,  485,  p.  99. 
Hot  Springs,  Ark.: 

General  hospital,  1441-1444,  1446,  1460. 
Hours  of  Labor: 

Civilian  employees,  731. 

Extra-duty  men,  176. 
Housewife : 

Issue  to  squad,  1215. 
Hunting : 

Absence  while,  not  deemed  leave,  65. 

Ammunition,  350,  354,  1526,  1531. 

Large  game,  354. 


INDEX. 


371 


Hunting — Continued. 

Periods,  66. 

Permission  to  hunt,  66. 

Report  and  certificate,  65. 
Hygiene : 

Duties  of  surgeons,  1387. 
Hypothecation : 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1258. 
Ice: 

Allowance  and  issue,  1215. 

Contracts  for,  or  purchase,  557,  1215. 
Identification : 

Cards,  774. 

DeserterS,  119. 

Discharged    soldiers'    merit    certificates, 
187. 

Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1375. 

Soldiers  killed  in   battle,  491,   492. 

Unknown  payees,  645. 
Illuminating  Supplies: 

Acetylene,  1057. 

Candles,  1052,  1215. 

Chimneys,  1052,  1054. 

Cost  and  maintenance,  1050,  1059,  1060. 

Daily  inspections,  283. 

Electricity,  1057-1061. 

Families  of  officers,  1054. 

Families  of  soldiers,  1038. 

Gas,  1057,  1058,  1061. 

Lamps,  283,  1054. 

Lanterns,  1052. 

Matches,  1215. 

Messes,  301. 

Mineral  oil,  1006,  1052-1054,  1056,  1061, 
1199. 

Noncommissioned    officers,    1054,    1057- 
1059. 

Officers,  1054,  ,1056,  1057,  1059. 

Regulations  governing  use  of,  1051. 

Veterinarians,  89. 

Wicks,  1052,  1054. 
Imprisonment : 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  965—969. 
Independence   Day : 

Salute  to  the  Union,  398. 
Indian  Reservations: 

Embraced  in  Indian  country,  472. 
Indians : 

Agents,  474. 

Hostilities  between  tribes,  485,  p.  99. 

Indian  country,  471-473,  475,  485,  p.  99 ; 
553. 

Ownership  of  animals,  474. 

Prisoners  of  war,  477. 

Purchases  from,  478,  553. 

Scouts,  479-483,  1361. 

Subsistence,  etc.,  477. 

Supplies,  stores,  and  property,  476. 
Indian  Wars: 

Field  service  of  Hospital  Corps,  1438. 
Indorsements : 

Official  correspondence,  776. 
Infantry : 

Administrative  unit,  245. 

Colors,  229. 

Precedence,  6, 


Information : 

Concerning  sick  and  wounded,  824. 

Forbidden,  In  regard  to  permanent  worka 
of  defense,  348. 

Furnishing,  from  military  records,  824. 

Military,  foreign  countries,  62. 

Tests  of  arms  or  munitions  of  war,  1553. 
Inks: 

Colored,  In  records  and   correspondence, 

822. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C. : 

Clothing  and  subsistence,  181. 

Insane,  464. 

Qualifiwtions,    178,    179. 

Transportation  to  the  home,   180. 
Insane  Officers. 

Public   property   or  funds,    86. 
Insane  Persons: 

Enlistment     or     acceptance     prohibited, 

849;  A.   W.   3. 
Insane  Soldiers: 

Government     Hospital    for    the    Insane, 
464,   466-468,  470,   1451. 

Philippine  Department,   469. 

Porto  Rico,  469. 
Inspection  Reports: 

Barracks    and   quarters,    1010,    1012. 

Copies,   883,   892. 

Damaged  clothing,  911. 

Efficiency  or  inefficiency  of  officers,  831, 
883,  889,   890. 

Final   disposition,  900,   912-914. 

Inspector    General,    831,    894,    901,    906, 
914. 

Libraries,  337. 

National    Home   Disabled   Volunteer   Sol- 
diers, 894. 

Ordnance    and     ordnance  •  stores,     1537, 
1543. 

Organized  militia,  193. 

Preparation  and  scope,  887,   890,  891. 

Private   buildings   and   lands,    1018. 

Proceedings,    surveying   officers,    725. 

Surgeons  of  posts,    1387. 

Troops,   stations  and  accounts,  900. 
Inspections : 

Animals  pertaining  to   militia,   456. 

Annual,   887-889,    892,      894,    895,    1012. 

Appliances     for     transporting    wounded, 
1432. 

Army  transports,   898. 

Arsenals,  191. 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  443. 

Authority  of  the  Secretary,  of  War,  913. 

Bakers,  cooks,  etc.,   329. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1010,  1012,  1467. 

Biennial,   889,   895. 

Brigade  commanders,   194. 

Cavalry  and  field  artillery,  283. 

Chaplains,  46. 

Classification,  886. 

Clerical  aid  to  inspectors,  881. 

Coast  artillery  troops,  203,  886. 

Colors,   standards,  and   guidons,   239. 

Company  fund  accounts,   328. 

Daily  and  Saturday,  283. 


372 


INDEX. 


Inspections — Continued. 

Damaged  clothing,  911. 

Department  commanders,   193. 

Depots  of  supply  departments,  191. 

Detachments  of  recruits,  868. 

Disbursements    and    accounts,    897.    901, 
902. 

Electrical    and    mechanical    installations 
and  applicances,  913. 

Extra  and  special  duty  men,  attendance- 
175. 

Garrisons,  888,  889. 

General  hospitals,  191. 

General   recruiting  depots,    191. 

Hawaiian   Department,    1284. 

Horse  equipments,    1520. 

Hospital   Corps,   1413,  1447,   1467. 

Libraries,  337. 

Medical,  of  posts,  1387. 

Methods  of  conducting,   887-892,   901. 

Military    Academy,    896. 

Military  commands,  879. 

Musters,   439. 

National  cemeteries,  895. 

National    Home   Disabled   Volunteer   Sol- 
diers,  894. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  913,  1537, 
1543. 

Organized  Militia,  193,  456. 

Philippine  Department,   1284. 

Tost    commanders,    203. 

Posts    and    places    exempted    from    con- 
trol of  territorial  commander,  191. 

Private  buildings  and  lands,  1018. 

Public   property    for    condemnation,    678, 
679,   903-914,   1073. 

Quarters  for  sergeants,   first  class,   Hos- 
pital Corps,   1467. 

Recruits  sent  to  organizations,  868. 

Reports.     See  Inspection  Reports. 

Service  schools,  896. 

Soldiers'   Home,  D.  C.,  894. 

Special,   893,   895. 

Subjects  embraced,  887. 

Tactical,  regulations,   887. 

Tours  of  inspectors,  880,  881. 

Transports,  898. 

Troops,  stations,  etc.,  889. 

Ungarrisoned   posts,  889. 

United      States      Military      Prison,      or 
branches,   191. 

United  States  penitentiary,  895. 

Weekly,  283,  287,  1447. 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army: 

Information     to    department    inspectors, 
899. 

Inspection    reports,    831,    887,    894,   900, 
901,  906,  914. 

Reports  to,  of  inspectors,  880. 

Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  894. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Inspector   General's   Department : 

Annual  inspections,   887-889,   894. 

Blank  forms,  901,  904. 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  901. 


Inspector  General's  Department — Continued. 
Eligibility  of  officers  to  command,  18. 
Expert  accountant,  733,  737. 
General  provisions,   878-884. 
Property  for  condemnation,  903-914. 
Special  duties,  885,  893. 
Sphere  of  inquiry,  878. 
Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 

See  also — 

Inspector  General  of  the  Army. 
Inspectors  General. 
Inspectors,  Civilian: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  730. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  '732,  733. 
Inspectors,   Small-Arms   Practice : 

Duties,   etc.,   197. 
Inspectors   General : 

Accusations  against  officers,  883. 

Acting,    897,    903. 

Annual     reports     and     recommendations, 

880. 

Clerks  and  messengers,  879. 
Comments  or  conversations,  882. 
Condemnation     of     property,     337,     903, 

906-908. 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 
General    duties,   878-884. 
Injustice,    organizations    or    individuals, 

883. 

Irregularities  and  deficiencies,  882. 
Joining  station,  880. 
Medical  supplies,  1488. 
Mileage,  1284. 
Notice  of  inspections,  881. 
Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Orders,  880,  882. 
Personal  reports,  880. 
Power  to  administer  oaths,  884. 
Promotion,  24. 

Reports  concerning  officers,  883. 
Signal  supplies,  1566. 
Special,  897,  903. 
Special   duties,   885. 
Subsistence   supplies   for   sale,   885. 
Supervision  or  control,  879. 
Tours  of  inspection,  880. 
Inspectors  General  of  Departments: 

See  Department  Inspectors. 
Instruction : 

Coast  artillery  practice,  313.  . 

Cooking,  296. 

Enlisted  men,  signaling,  1562. 

Field  practice,  messing  and  cooking,  296, 

1205. 
First    aid    to    sick    and    wounded,    1419, 

1420. 

Signal  Corps,  1556,  1558. 
Use   and   preservation   of   reconnaissance 

instruments,   447,  448. 
Instruments : 

Meteorological,  etc.,  1556. 
Musical,  262,  1144,  1151,  1179,   1180. 
Surveying,  447,  448. 
Transportation  by  express,  1142. 
Veterinary,  1074-1076. 


INDEX. 


373 


Insurance : 

Public  money  or  property,  596. 

1  nsii  r  reel  in  us  : 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  485,  p.  101. 
Intelligence  to  the  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  46. 
Interior,  Department  of  the: 

Contracts,  542,  561,  563. 

Indians,  477. 

Insane   soldiers,   466. 
Interlineations : 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  534. 
Interments : 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  491,  492. 

Deceased   officers   and   soldiers,    87,    167, 
1173. 

Post  cemeteries,   493,   497,  498. 
Interpreters,    Military    Courts : 

Pay  and  allowances,  988. 
Interstate    Commerce    Laws : 

Enforcement  by  Army,  485,  pp.  101,  102. 
Intoxicated   Persons : 

Enlistment  or  acceptance  prohibited,  849  ; 

A,  W.  3. 
Intoxicating  Liquor: 

Sale  of,  in  exchanges  forbidden,  346. 

Unlawful  introduction  into  Indian  coun- 
try, 471. 
Intruders : 

Indian  country,  473,  485,  p.  99. 

National  parks,  485,  p.  100. 

Public  lands,  485,  pp.  99,  100. 
Invalid   Soldiers: 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128. 
Invasion : 

Protection  of  States  against,  485,  p.  98. 
Inventories : 

Condemnation  of  property,  904-906,  909. 

Deceased  officers'  and  soldiers'  effects,  84, 
162,  1367,  1451 ;  A.  W.  125,  126. 

Detects  or  shortage,   668. 

Escaped  military   prisoners'   effects,   940. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1543. 

Public  property,  deceased  officers,  86. 

Public  property,  insane  officers,   86. 

Public  property  in  use  by  militia,  460. 

Quartermaster   stores,   1094. 

Unserviceable  property,  678,  679,  725. 
Inventors : 

Presence  at  tests,  1555. . 
Investigations : 

Alleged  attempts  to  defraud  the  Govern- 
ment, 884. 

Irregularity  or  misconduct  of  officers  in1 
•  agents,   883,   884. 

Loss  of  special  funds,  321. 
Invoices  of  Honey  and  Property: 

Funds   transferred,   639. 

Notation  of  checks,   640. 

Public  property  in  use  by  militia,  460. 

Transfers,   665. 
Irons : 

Placing  in,  of  prisoners,  93o. 
Isolated  Stations: 

Issues  of  clothing,   1158. 


Issues : 

Ambulances,   1428. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1157,  1158,  1167- 
1173,  1455. 

Disinfectants,   1487. 

Extra,  quartermaster  supplies,  1215-1218. 

Firearms   to   Hospital   Corps,   1438. 

Forage,  1079. 

Fuel,  1042,   1043. 

Gratuitous.     See  Gratuitous  Issues. 

Hay  for  bedding,   1085. 

Hospital  stores,  1473. 

Litters,  hand  and  mule,  1430,  1431. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,    1513- 
1519,   1522,'  1524-1526. 

Public  animals,   1071. 

Public   property,   673. 

Shoeing  material,   1097. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1219-1222. 

Transportation      requests,      1116,      1119, 
1121,    1125,    1126,    1279. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  supplies,  1075. 
Jam: 

Ration,  1205. 
Jeopardy : 

Trial    second  time,   same  offense,   A.   W. 

102.  9 

Job  Printing: 

Accounts,   511. 

Blank  forms,  books,  etc.,  514. 

Contracts,  510. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Special,  513. 
Joining  Station: 

Inspectors  general,  880. 

Nurses,   1123. 

Professional    books,    papers,    etc.,    1138, 
1139. 

Travel  allowances,   1296.    1297. 
Journals : 

Engineer  officers,   1502. 

Field  operations,  816. 

Marches,  446. 

War  diaries,  446. 
Judge  Advocate   General: 

Correspondence     with    judge    advocates, 
920. 

Data  for  reports,  916. 

Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  788. 

Records,   military  courts,  915,  917-920 ; 
A.  W.  113,  114. 

Reports  requiring  President's  action,  921. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Judge  Advocate  General's  Department: 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  915. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 
See  also — 

Judge  Advocate  General's   Office. 
Judge  Advocates. 
Judge  Advocate   General's   Office: 

Deeds,  title  papers,  etc.,  705,  915. 
Judge  Advocates: 

Acting,  916,  918,  1044,  1272. 

Correspondence     with     Judge     Advocate 
General,  920. 


374 


INDEX. 


Judge  Advocates — Continued. 

Courts-martial.     See  Judge  Advocates  of 

Courts-Martial. 
Departments.      See     Department     Judge 

Advocates. 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 
Law  books,  918. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  915. 
Promotion,  24.  « 

Judge  Advocates  of  Courts-Martial: 

Adminsitration  of  oaths,  23,  684  ;  p.  313, 

act  July   27,    1892;   A.   W.   84,  92. 
Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  74. 
Civilian  witnesses,  military  courts,  993. 
Clerical  assistant,  985. 
Closed   sessions,   949 ;    p.    313,    act   July 

27,  1892. 

Counsel  for  accused,  A.  W.  90. 
Death    or    disability    after    decision    of 

court  on  sentence,  979. 
Interpreters,  988. 
Oath,  form  of,  A.  W.  85. 
Power  to  compel  witnesses,  952 ;  p.  313, 

sec.   1202  R.   S. 

Preparation    and    authentication    of   rec- 
ord, 979,  980.  , 
Reporters,  986. 

Transmission  of  record,  981 ;  A.  W.  113. 
Witnesses,    950,    952,    993 ;    p.    313,    sec. 

1202  R.  S. 
Judge  Advocates  of  Departments: 

See  Department  Judge  Advocates. 
Judges  of  State  Courts: 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  997,  998. 
Judges  of  United  States   Courts: 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 
Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  999. 
July  4: 

Salute  to  the  Union,  398. 
Jurisdiction : 

Lands  used  for  military  purposes,  704. 
State  courts,  habeas  corpus,  997,  998. 
See  also — 

Courts-Martial. 
Military  Commissions. 
Justice,  Department  of: 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  995,  996. 
Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  75. 
Justices,  United  States  Courts: 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 
Keepsakes : 

Escaped  prisoners,  940. 
Keys: 

Meters,   1058. 
Storerooms,   etc.,   674. 
Kitchens : 

Daily  inspections,  283. 
Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 
Management  and  regulations,  297. 
Tableware,  utensils,  etc.,  297,  301,  1177, 

1178. 
Laborers,  Civilian: 

Employment,  etc.,  677,  727,  730. 
Hours  of  labor,  731. 


Laborers,  Civilian — Continued. 

Payment    by    contractor    for    labor    and 
material,  572. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732,  734. 
Labor  of  Troops: 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Buildings  for  amusement,  etc.,  339. 

Extra-duty  pay,  169. 

In  arrest  or  confinement,  932. 

Maintenance  of  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Military  works,   357. 

Unnecessary,  on  Sunday,  205. 
Lamps : 

Chimneys,   1054. 

Daily  inspections,  283. 

Sales  to  officers,  etc.,  1054. 
Lance   Corporals: 

Hospital  Corps,  1405,  1407,  1408,  1410. 

Selection,  appointment,  etc.,  272  1405. 
Land-Grant  Ballroads: 

Rights  of  Government,  485 ;  p.  102. 
Lands : 

-Abandoned,  records  of  bureau,  774. 

Plats  of  military,  708. 

Purchase  for  military  purposes,  704. 

Title  papers,   705,   915. 
Language : 

Reproachful,  provoking,  A.  W.  25. 

Upbraiding,  A.  W.  28. 
Lanterns : 

Candles,   1215. 

Stable   use,   1052. 
Larceny : 

Punishable    by    military    courts,    A.    W. 

58. 
Lard,   or  Lard   Substitute: 

Ration,  1205. 
Laundries : 

Charges,   319,   341,   1169. 

Company,   327. 

Indebtedness  of  soldiers,  341. 

Post,  341. 
Lanndrymen : 

Purchase  of  subsistence  stores,  1245. 
Law  Books : 

Judge  advocates  of  departments,  918. 
Laws : 

Obstructing  or  hindering,  485,  p.  101. 
Leases : 

Military  lands,   705. 

Rooms  for  offices,  1046. 
Leaves  of  Absence: 

Applications,  etc.,  51,  55-57,  67,  1187. 

Beyond  limits  of  command,  51,  57,  60. 

Change  of  station,  1292-1294. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  58—60.- 

Commutation  of  quarters,   1301. 

Computation,    1276. 

Contract  surgeons,   1393. 

Cumulative,    1033,    1275. 

Custodians  of  special  funds,  324. 

Delays,   70. 

Detached   service,   51. 

Duration,   58,  60. 

During  active   operations,    54. 

Full  pay,  1275. 


INDEX. 


375 


Leaves  of  Absence — Continued. 

Graduates  of  Military  Academy,  53. 

Granted,  by  whom,  49,  51,  52. 

Granted  in  months  and  days,  58. 

Instructors,  service  schools,  1277. 

In  the  field,  59. 

Leave  year,  how  reckoned,  1276. 

Notations  on  rolls  and  returns,  64. 

Nurses,    1425. 

Officers  In  charge  of  public  property,  659. 

Officers  returning  to  United  States,  60. 

On  special  duty,  59. 

Orders  to  rejoin  station,  1289,  1290. 

Payments   to   officers,    1275-1277. 

Payments  to  officers  resigning,  1263. 

Periods  and  extensions,  49-53,  55,  57,  67. 

Periods  defined,   58,   60. 

Permission  to  hunt,  65,  66. 

Personal,  restrictions,  50,  51. 

Professors,  etc.,  Military  Academy,  1277. 

Quarters,    1033,    1035. 

Reports,  etc.,  by  officers,  59,  64. 

Sick,   57,  1035,   1301. 

Take  effect,  59. 

Telegraphic    application,    1187. 

Temporary  duty,  1278,  1289-1291. 

Tender  of  resignation,   81. 

Travel    allowances,    1289-1294. 

Verbal  permits,  64. 

Visiting   foreign    countries,    61-63. 

When  not  granted,  54,  55. 
Leave  Tear: 

Reckoned,    1276. 
Legal  Representatives : 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  84,  85,  87, 
163,  165,  187  ;  A.  W.  127. 

Settlements  with,   by  disbursing  officers, 

652. 
Legislation : 

Efforts  to  Influence,  5. 
Length  of  Service: 

Rules  for  computing  longevity  pay,  1271. 
Letter  Heads: 

Wording  and   matter,  512. 
Letters,  Official: 

Applications  for  official  opinions,  788. 

Briefing,    776. 

Channels,  782-785,   787,   788. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  787. 

Colored  inks,  822. 

Commanding  officers,   787. 

Confidential  communications,  778. 

Courtesy  required,   790. 

Courts-martial   proceedings,   919-921. 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  996. 

Inclosures,  776. 

Indorsements,  776,  786. 

Letterheads,  form,  512. 

Messages  by  telegraph,  1561. 

Models  furnished  from  A.  G.  O.,  776. 

Penalty  envelopes,  834-837,  839. 

Post-office  address,  777. 

Preparation,  folding,  etc.,  775. 

Signatures,  779. 

Title,  officer  addressed,  780. 


Letters,  Official — Continued. 

Transmission  by  freight  or  express,  838. 

Unimportant  and  trivial,  789. 

See  also  Correspondence. 
Libraries : 

Abandoned  or  discontinued  posts,  338. 

Acknowledgment  of  books  received,  336. 

Books  damaged  or  lost,  334. 

Company,  1144. 

Hospital,  1463. 

Inspections,   337,  889. 

Librarians,  331,  334. 

Military  Academy,  1145. 

Military   Service   Institution,   1145. 

Newspapers  and  periodicals,  331. 

Post,  331,  332,  334-338,  340,  1044,  1144. 

Repair  of  books,  335. 

Returns,  332,  333. 

Rooms  provided,  331. 

Transportation,  340,  1144,  1145. 

Use  of,  by  officers,  331. 
License : 

Civilians  on  reservations,  212. 

Military  lands,  705. 
Llentenant   Colonels : 

Assignment  to  command,  247. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Forage,   1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  422,  426. 

Promotion  to  grade,  25. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Roster  duty,  358. 
Llentenant  Commanders,  Navy: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Lieutenant  General  of  the  Army: 

Aids,  41. 

Appointment  to  grade,  22. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Forage,  1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  418,  426. 

Military  secretary,  41. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375,  400,  401,  403. 

Staff  officers,  change  of  station,  etc.,  71. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Llentenantg : 

First,  9,  25,  422,  426,  1136. 

General  duties,  267,  269. 

Rosters,   358. 

Second,  9,   422,  426,   1136. 
Lieutenants,  Nary: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Lieutenants,  Navy,  Junior: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Lighting: 

Contracts  for,   557. 
Lights: 

Extinguished  at  taps,  370. 
Limitation : 

Age,  recruits,  849. 

Appointees    to    second    lieutenancies,    28, 
31,  34. 


376 


INDEX. 


Limitations — Continued. 

Court-martial  sentences,  968. 

Detached  service,  39,  40,  265. 

Emergency  purchases,  1007. 

Expenditures,  posts,  etc.,  207,  707. 

Express  transportation,  1142. 

Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  302. 

Personal  staff  duty,  41. 

Publication  of  advertisements,  503. 

Punishments,  963,  964,  968 ;  A.  W.  38,  98. 

Reentering  Army,  861. 

Repairs  to  buildings  at  posts,  707. 

Special  funds,  322. 

Statute    of,    concerning    deserters,    121, 
125;  A.  W.  103. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1098. 
Limits : 

Absence  from  camp  without  leave,  A.  W. 
34. 

Arrested  officers,  923. 

Furloughed  enlisted  men,  109. 
Litters : 

Hand  and  mule,  1430-1432. 
Lookers : 

Permanent  barracks,  1021,  1023. 
Longevity  Pay: 

Computing   service,   1271. 
Loss  of  Funds: 

Fraud  or  neglect,  1309. 

Special  funds,  321. 

Stoppages,  1309. 

Transported  by  express,  1142. 
Loss  of  Property: 

Accountability  for,  if  lost  in  service,  698. 

Civilian  employees,  688. 

Classification,  682. 

Deserters,  687. 

Enlisted  men,  685,  686,  699 ;  A.  W.  16,  17. 

In  transit,  721,  1141. 

Loaned  to  mail  contractors,  209. 

Mess  property  and  utensils,  301. 

Officers,  683,  685;  A.  W.  15. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,     1527, 
1530,  1541. 

Prevention,  674. 

Stoppages,  1309. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1178. 
Lye  and  Sapollo: 

Allowance,   1182. 
Lying   Out  of   Quarters: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  31. 
Machine  Guns: 

Target  practice,  351-353. 
Mall   Contractors : 

Aid  by  post  commandars,  209. 
Mails,  United  States: 

Obstructing  or  retarding,  485,  p.  101. 
Major  Generals: 

Aids,  41. 

Appointment  to  grade,  22. 

Appropriate  command,   14. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Changing  station,  71. 

Forage,  1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  418,  426. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 


Major  Generals — Continued. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375,  400,  401,  403. 

Staff  officers,  change  of  station,  etc.,  71. 

Travel  beyond  limits  of  command,  71. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 
Majors : 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Forage,  1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  422,  426. 

Promotion  to  grade,  25. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Roster  duty,  358. 
Manslaughter : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Manuals : 

Army  cooks,  296,  299. 

Coast  Artillery,  1552. 

Courts-martial,  963. 

Firing  regulations,   349. 

Guard  duty,  441. 

Staff  departments,   1570. 
Maps   and   Reconnaissances: 

Duties,  Engineer  Corps,  1493,  1500,  1502. 

Journals  of  march,  445,  446. 

Purchase  of  maps,  521. 

Route  maps,  444,   445. 

Surveying  instruments,  447,  448. 

System  of  scales,  444. 
Marches : 

Journals,   446. 

War  diaries,  446. 
Marine  Corps: 

Deserters  from,  enlisted  in  the  Army,  133. 

Precedence    of,     on    occasions    of    cere 
mony,  6. 

Rations,  1204. 

Relative  rank  with  other  corps,  10 ;  A.  W. 

.    122. 
Marine  Corps  Officers: 

See  Officers,  Marines. 
Marking: 

Boxes  for  transportation,  1547. 

Company  property,  295. 

Condemned  property,  907. 

Donations,   1144,   1145. 

Forbidden,     as     court-martial     sentence, 
A.  W.  38,  98. 

Graves,  491,  492,  495. 

Packages  for  shipment,  1140. 

Public  property,  676. 

Regimental  property  and  equipments,  257. 
Marksmen : 

Additional  pay,  1345. 
Marriages : 

Report  of  chaplains,  45. 
Married   Men: 

Enlistment    or    reenlistment,    852,    1009, 
1412. 

Transfer  to  Hospital  Corps,  1412. 
Marshals : 

Apprebeusiou  of  deserters,  118,  121. 


INDEX. 


377 


Martial  Law: 

Hawaii  Territory,  485,  pp.  102,  103. 
Master  Electricians: 

Coast  Artillery  Corps,  9,  310,  1044,  1136. 

Quartermaster     Corps,     9,     1009,     1044, 
1136. 

Signal  Corps,  9,  1044,  1136. 
Master  Gunners,  Coast  Artillery  Corns: 

Appointments,  310. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Warrants,    310. 
Matrons,    Hospital : 

Allowance  to  post  hospitals  and  arsenals, 
1449. 

Appointment,  1448. 

Fuel,    1044. 

Hospital   stores,   1473. 

Rations,  1203,  1210. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1239. 
Mayhem : 

Punishable    by    military    courts,    A.    W. 

58. 
Meals  and  Lodgings: 

Civilian  employees,  733. 

Enlisted  men,  371,  1227. 
Meat,  Canned: 

Ration,  1205. 
Mechanics : 

Appointment,  etc.,  275,  278. 

Extra-duty  details,  173. 
•Mechanics,  Civilian: 

Armament  districts,  1539. 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727,  730. 

Hours  of  labor,  731. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732,  734. 
Medals  of  Honor: 

Announcement  of  award,  183. 

Applications,  182. 

Conditions  of  award,  182,  188. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  182,  188. 

Unauthorized  possession,  report,  189. 
Medical  Attendance: 

Accounts,   1476-1485. 

Civilian     physicians,     1476-1479,     1484, 
1485. 

Indians,  477. 

Medical  officers,  1473,  1474. 

Military     prisoners,     14;  3,     14 Y6,     1478. 
1480. 

Prisoners  of  war,  1473. 

Recruiting  service,  1475. 
Medical  Certificates: 

Disability,  159-161. 

Insane    soldiers,    466. 

Sick  leave,  officers,  57. 
Medical  Department: 

Acting  dental  surgeons,  1390-1892,  1395. 
1396. 

Ambulances  and  litters,  225,  1105,  1404, 
1427-1432,   1435. 

Artificial  limbs,  1490-1492. 

Blank  forms,   1477.    ' 

Civil  hospital  accounts,  1481. 

Contract  surgeons,  1390-1394. 


Medical  Department — Continued. 

Dental  Corps,  1395-1403. 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  19. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  1386. 

Hospital  Corps.     See  Hospital  Corps. 

Hospitals.     See  Hospitals. 

Hospital   transports,   etc.,    1440. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  477,  1473-1485. 

Medical  officers.     See  Medical  Officers. 

Medical  Reserve  Corps,  1138,  1296,  1389. 

Medical  supplies,  515,  1486-1488. 

Medicines.      See  Medicines. 

Nurse  Corps,  1421-1426. 

Publications  for  hospital  libraries,  1463. 

Returns,  1489. 

Service  of  hospitals,  1447-1463. 

Sick  call,  1471,  1472. 

Special  nurses,  1482. 

Special  regulations,  note,  p.  269. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 

Surgeon  General.     See  Surgeon   General. 
Medical  Inspections  and  Examinations: 

Accounts,  1484,  1485. 

Applicants   for  enlistment,   871. 

Enlisted  men,  1485. 

Hospital  Corps,  1410. 

Posts  and   reservations,   1387. 

Recruits,   865-871,    1484. 
Medical  Museum: 

Transportation  of  donations,  1145. 
Medical  Officers: 

Ambulances,   1105,  1427,   1429. 

Appointments,    qualifications,    etc.,    1388. 

Arrests,  etc.,  925. 

Assignment  of  quarters,  1025. 

Barracks  and  quarters,   1025. 

Boards  of  examination,   30. 

Certificates  of  disability,  160,  161. 

Clothing  accounts,  Hospital  Corps,  1415. 

Department     surgeons,     161,     197,     199, 
1396,  1407,  1408,  1431,  1488,  1489. 

Deserters,  126. 

Detail,  duties,  etc.,  204,  206,  1387,  1447, 
1448. 

Diagnosis  furnished,  etc.,  1472. 

Division  surgeons,  161,  1396,  1405,  1408, 
1477,  1488,  1489. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Eligibility  to  command,  19. 

Field  service,  1433,  1434. 

First-aid  treatment,  1420. 

General  hospitals,  1439. 

Hospital  buildings,  1464,   1466-1468. 

Hospital    Corps   detachment,    1415.    1420. 

Hospital  duties,   1447,   1448,   1451,   1462. 

Hospital  fund,  1462. 

Hospitals  at  Hot  Springs  and  Fort  Bay- 
ard,  1446. 

Hospital   transports,   etc.,   1440. 

Hygiene  and  sanitation,   204,  1387. 

Insane  soldiers,   465,   466. 

Instruction  to   Hospital   Corps,   1420. 

Invalid  soldiers,  1128. 

Medical     and     hospital     supplies,     1456, 
1457. 


378 


INDEX. 


Medical  Officers — Continued. 

Medical  attendance,  1473,  1474. 

Medical  chests,   1139. 

Mileage  to  first  station,  1296. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Official  address  at  posts,  206. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1451,  1472. 

Pay,  etc.,  Hospital  Corps,  1415. 

Physical  examination,  militia,  455,  457. 

Post  surgeons,  204,  206,  829,  1025,  1387, 
1415,  1462. 

Promotion,    24,    1388. 

Quarters  for  sergeants,  first  class,   Hos- 
pital Corps,  1466-1468. 

Ration   returns,    1210. 

Recruits,  867,  868,  870,   871. 

Reports,    incapacitated    or    deceased    of- 
ficers, 83,  890. 

Reports  to,  of  discharges  for  disability, 
160. 

Responsibility     for     remains     of    officers 
and  soldiers,  87,   167. 

Retirement,  1388. 

Returns     of,     by     department     surgeons, 
1489. 

Service  schools,  449. 

Sick  call,   1471,  1472. 

Sick  leave,  officers,   57. 

Surgeons,   24,   491,   492,   1489. 

Transfers    to    Hospital    Corps,    1411. 
Medical  Reserve  Corps: 

Appointments  in  Medical  Corps,  1389. 

Assignment  of  officers,   1389. 

Baggage  transportation  for  officers,  1138. 

Mileage,  1296. 
Medical  Supplies: 

Books   and    publications,    1463,    1488. 

Chests,   1139. 

Contracts  for,  or  purchase,  515. 

Disinfectants,   1487. 

Hospital     property     and     supplies,     617, 
1452,   1453,   1456,   1457,   1459. 

Medicines.      See   Medicines. 

Proceeds  of  sales,  617. 

Purchases,    1486. 

See    also    Surgical    Appliances. 
Medicines : 

Accounts,    1477,    1480,    1483. 

Charges,    Organized    Militia,    1460. 

Dispensed,  to  whom,  1473. 

Families    and   servants,    1476. 

Indians,  477. 

Officers  and   men  not  on  duty,   1476. 

Purchased    from    druggists,    1478,    1480, 
1483. 

Retired  officers  and  enlisted  men,  1474. 

Veterinary,   1074-1076,   1096. 
Members  of  a  Royal  Family: 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 
Members  of  Courts-Martial: 

Appointment,   945. 

Behavior,  A.  W.   87. 

Challenge  by   accused,   A.   W.   88. 

Disorderly  conduct,  948. 

Duty  with  command,  946. 

Oath,  A.  W.  84. 


Members   of   Courts-Martial — Continued. 

Officers,  Marine  Corps,  A.  W.  78. 

Officers,    Regular   Army,    A.    W.    77. 

Requisite  number  not  at  posts,   etc.,  A, 
W.  76. 

Sit  according  to  rank,  945. 

Voting,  A.  W.  95. 
Members  of  Courts  of  Inquiry: 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  116. 

Oaths,  A.  W.  117. 
Members  of  the  Cabinet: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,   400,   403. 
Memorandum  Receipts: 

Company  records,  281. 

Cooking  apparatus,  1252. 

Ordnance  stores,  1524. 

Quartermaster      supplies,       1020,      1076, 
1089-1092. 

Relief  from  responsibility,  657. 
Memorial  Day: 

Observance,  440. 
Mess,  General: 

See  General  Mess. 
Messengers : 

Employment,  payment,   etc.,   728,  730. 

Extra-duty  pay,  170. 

Inspectors  general,  879. 

Street-car   and    ferry    tickets,    1127. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732. 
Messing  and  Cooking: 

Broken,  lost,  or  damaged  articles,  301. 

Brooms,  brushes,  fuel,  and  lights,  301. 

Cooking  apparatus,  1252. 

Enlisted  men,  296-302. 

Field  ranges,  etc.,  296. 

General    mess,    204,    296,    301,    317,    318, 
320,  321,  329,  330,  371. 

Inspections,  889. 

Kitchen  tableware  and  furniture,  301. 

Management  of  kitchens,  297,  301. 

Manual  for  Army  cooks,  296,  299. 

Meals  for  enlisted  men,  371. 

Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  302. 

Mess  sergeants,  1346. 

Mess  stewards,  329. 

Prisoners'  food,  300. 

Rations,  care,  savings,  etc.,  298. 

Removal  of  outfits  from  barracks,  1023. 

Rooms  for  officers,  1034. 

Supervision,  company  and  general  mess, 
296. 

Use  of  hospitals,  1470. 

Yearly  field  practice,  296,  1205. 
Mess  Rooms: 

Hospitals,  1044. 
Mess  Sergeants: 

Authorized,  1346. 
Meteorological  Instruments : 

Supervision,  control,  etc.,  1556. 
Meters : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1058-1060. 
Mileage : 

Approval  of  journey,  1285. 

Arsenals,  1295. 

Authority,  1284,  1285. 


INDEX. 


379 


Mileage — Continued. 

Baggage  transportation,  1122. 

Civilian  employees,  737. 

Coast  defense  commands,  1286. 

Delays  en  route,  1283. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1378. 

Engineer  officers,  1507. 

Explorations,  military,  1295. 

Inspectors,  1284. 

Joining  first  station,  1296,  1297. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1289-1294. 

Lines  of  travel,  1287. 

Orders,  71,  1284-1288. 

Payments,  1279,  1283,  1507. 

Philippine  Department,  1284. 

Public  works,  1295. 

Rates  and  computation,  1279,  1282. 

Return  journeys,  1285. 

Route  of  travel,  1282,  1287. 

Sea  travel,  1280. 

Surveys,  military,  1295. 

Traveling  with  troops,   1281. 

Travel  without  troops,  1279. 

Unauthorized,  1297. 

Urgent  duty,'  1285. 

Witnesses,    75,    990-993,    1298;    p.    314, 

act  Mar.  2,  1901. 
Military  Academy,  United  States: 

Annual  report  of  superintendent,  193J. 

Cadets,  9,  27,  449,  1271,  1312-1314. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  192. 

Donations  to  library  and  museum,  1145. 

Eligibility  of  ex-cadets  for  commissions, 
37. 

Graduates,  53,  1138,  1139,  1296,  1314. 

Graduating  leave,  53. 

Inspection,   896. 

Leaves  to  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Mounted  officers,   1272. 

Pay  of  graduates,  1314. 

Quartermaster,  1313. 

Supervision  and  regulations,   191,  449. 

Treasurer,   1312. 
Military  and  Medical  Records: 

Volunteer  armies   and   permanent   estab- 
lishment, 774. 
Military  Attache's: 

Allowances,  etc.,  596,  1100. 

Baggage,   1136,  1138. 

Mounted  pay,  1272. 
Military  Authority: 

Exercise,  2. 

Subordination   to   civil   authority,  A.   W. 

59. 
Military  Cable  Lines: 

Construction,  maintenance,  etc.,  1556. 
Military  Commands: 

See  Commands. 
Military  Commissions: 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 

Jurisdiction,  p.  313,  sec.   1343  R.   S. 

Proceedings,  917. 

Records,  915. 

Reports,  193J. 
Military  Control: 

Emergencies,   191,   192. 


Military  Correspondence : 

See   Correspondence. 
Military  Defenses: 

Sites,  plans,  and  estimates,  1493. 
Military  Discipline: 

See  Discipline. 
Military  Education: 

Graduates  of  civil  institutions,  35. 

List  of  institutions,   449. 

Regulations   governing   institutions,    449. 
Military  Information: 

See  Information. 
Military  Justice: 

Administration  of  oath,  p.  313,  act  July 

27,   1892. 
Military  Prison: 

See  United  States  Military  Prison. 
Military  Record: 

Deserters,  124. 

Indorsed    on    discharge    certificate,    148, 
149. 

Officers  for  retirement  or  promotion,  26. 
Military  Reservations: 

See  Posts  and  Reservations. 
Military  Roads,  Railroads,  and  Bridges: 

Construction  and  repair,  1493,   1508, 
Military  Secretary: 

Lieutenant  general,    41. 
Military  Service  Institution: 

Transportation   of   donations,    1145. 
Military  Signaling  and  Signal  Duties: 

Code   cards   and  instructions,    1564. 

Communication    between    the    Army    and 
Navy,    409,    1561. 

General  service  code,  1561. 

Instruction,    enlisted    men,    1562. 

In  the  field,  1558,  1561. 

Precedence   of   messages,    1561. 

Supervision,  control,  etc.,  1556,  1558. 

Visual  signaling,  use  between  Army  and 

Navy,   409,   1561. 
Military  Telegraph  and  Telephone  Lines: 

Commanding   officers,    1559. 

Confidential     communication,    1560. 

Construction,     maintenance,    etc.,     1556, 
1559. 

Destruction    or    obstruction,    1563. 

In  the  field,   1561. 

Personal  and  press  messages,   1561. 

Signal    officers,    1559. 

Use   of   cipher,    1561. 
Military  Works: 

Laborers    and    armed     working    parties, 

357. 
Militia,  Organized: 

Adjutant    General    of    the    Army,    The, 
105,   774. 

Admission  to  hospitals,   1459,   1460. 

Annual  returns  of,  for  Congress,  774. 

Arming  and  equipping,  455,  463,  1143. 

Arms,   etc.,   shipment  by   supply  depart- 
ments, 455. 

Authority  of  the  President,  450. 

Called    Into    service,    transportation    and 
subsistence,    455. 

Chief  of  Staff,  supervisory  powers,  764. 

Coast   Artillery   Reserves,   457. 


380 


INDEX. 


Militia,  Organized — Continued. 

Company  rendezvous   denned,   452. 

Concentration  camps  defined,  452. 

Correspondence,    105,   774. 

Custody  of  records  after  muster  out, 
774. 

Disbursing  officers,  452. 

Encampments,    reports   of,    774. 

Engineer  supplies,   1510. 

Enlisted  men,  Army,  detailed  with,  105. 

En    route    to    concentration    camps,    455. 

En  route  to  mobilization  camps,  455,  456. 

Equipment,    etc.,    741. 

Equipping,  forwarding,  etc.,  in  time  of 
war,  193,  194. 

Examination  of  members,  for  appoint- 
ment in  Army,  35. 

Governors  of  States,  etc.,  452,  455,  460. 

Hawaii  Territory,  485,  pp.  102,  103. 

Horses,  sales  to  United  States,  456. 

Inquiries  on  requests  from  subordinates, 
463. 

Inspection,    193. 

Mobilization    camps    defined,    432. 

Mobilization  of  troops,  454-457,  462, 
463. 

Muster  into  United  States  service,  455, 
457,  459. 

Muster  out,   461. 

OfQcers,  See  Officers,  Militia. 

Officers,   Army,   serving  with,   454,   1261. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1511, 
1514. 

Pay  and  allowances  while  in  United 
States  service,  451. 

Pensions,  458. 

Physical  examinations,  455,  457,  461. 

Property  and  equipments,  inventories, 
460. 

Public  property  in  use  by,  460. 

Purchases,  fuel  and  forage  at  mobiliza- 
tion camps,  456. 

Relative  rank  with  Regulars,  Marine 
Corps  and  Volunteers,  6,  10 ;  A.  W. 
122,  124. 

Reports  and  returns,  105,  193,  774. 

Secretary  of  War,  450. 

Signal  supplies,  1565. 

Strength  of  organizations,  453. 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  64. 

Subsistence  charges,  field  hospitals,  1460. 

Transportation  for,  456. 
Militia  Affairs,  Division  of: 

Blank  forms,  455. 

Reports,  quarterly,  105. 
Milk: 

Ration,  1205. 
Mine  Planters: 

Commanding  officers,  49,  106. 
Mineral  Oil: 

Allowance,  1053,  1061. 

Extra  issues,  1006. 

Purchased  by  soldiers'  families,  1038. 

Requisitions  for,  and  issue,  1052. 

Sales,  1054. 

Storage  in  or  near  storehouses,  1199. 

Unconsumed,  105G. 


Ministers,  American  or  Foreign: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Minors : 

Consent  of  parent  or  guardian  to  enlist- 
ment, 850,  853  ;  A.  W.  3. 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1380. 

Enlistment    of,    under    18    years    of    age, 
prohibited,  849. 

Penalty  for  officers  enlisting,  A.  W.  3. 
Minute  Guns: 

Funerals,  419-421. 
Misappropriation : 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  W.  60. 
Misbehavior  Before  the  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Miscellaneous  Receipts : 

Proceeds  of  sale,-  611,  618. 
Misconduct : 

Cause  of  death,  83,  162. 

Officers  or  agents,  884,  900. 
Misconduct  in  Time  of  War: 

Abandoning  post,  A.  W.  42. 

Casting  away  arms,  A.  W.  42. 

Changing  parole  or  watchword,  A.  W.  44. 

Correspondence    with    or   intelligence    to 
the  enemy,  A.  W.  46. 

Cowardice,  A.  W.  42,  100. 

Disclosing  parole  or  watchword,  A.  W.  44. 

False  alarms,  A.  W.  41. 

Forcing  safeguard,  A.  W.  57. 

Misbehavior  before  the  enemy,  A.  W.  42. 

Plunder  or  pillage,  A.  W.  42. 

Quitting  colors,  A.  W.  42. 

Relieving,    harboring,    or    protecting    the 

enemy,  A.  W.  45. 
Mitigation : 

Punishment,  944,  972;  A.  W.  112. 
Mixed  Corps: 

Commanders,  10,  817;  A.  W.  122. 
Mobilization  Camps: 

Arms,  etc.,  shipment  to  militia,  455. 

At  a  garrison  post  of  the  Regular  Army, 
455. 

Denned,  Organized  Militia,  452. 

Location  of,  457,  462. 

Militia  en  route  to,  455. 
Mobs: 

Employment  of  troops  against,  489. 
Money  Accountability : 

Appropriations,   620-625. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  611-616. 

Checks,  587,  599-607. 

Disbursing  officers,  583-596. 

Division  staff  officers,  197. 

Funds  by  express,  1142. 

Liquid  coffee  purchases,  1208. 

Money  accounts.     See  Money  Accounts. 

Money  vouchers.     See  Money  Vouchers. 

Official  check  books,  608,  610. 

Pecuniary  responsibility  of  officers,   141, 
155,  653,  654. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  254. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  611,  617-619. 

Transfer  on  succession,  17,  630. 

Transfers,  589,  597,  598. 
See  also  Public  Moneys. 


INDEX. 


381 


Honey  Accounts: 

Abstracts,  626,  1250. 

Accounts  current,  615,  623,  626-629,  635, 
1492. 

Administrative  examination,   655,   656. 

Amounts  to  be  in  dollars  and  cents,  635. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  615. 

Closing  statements,  disposition,  902. 

Contingent  expenses,  623. 

Deceased  officers,  86. 

Disbursing  officers,  589. 

Disposition,  626. 

Foreign   currency,   635. 

Fractions  of  cents,  635. 

Insane  officers,  86. 

Inspection,  895,  897,  899-901. 

Military  attaches,  1100. 

Orders  and  papers  supporting,  627-629. 

Ordnance  .Department,  1511. 

Original  vouchers  required,  628. 

Preparation  and  rendition,  626,  627. 

Rates  of  exchange,  1100. 

Subsistence  sales,  1250. 

Vouchers  to  accompany,  627,  628. 
See  also — 

Public  Moneys. 

Receipts  for  Money  and  Property. 
Honey  Vouchers: 

Artificial  limbs,  1492. 

Certificate  of  correctness,  632-634,  642- 
644. 

Coin  or  currency,  635. 

Commanding  officers,  751. 

Completion    before   certified   by    creditor, 
638. 

Corporations,  641-644. 

Currency  payments  to  be  noted,  640. 

Fees  of  civil  officers,  649. 

Firms  and  individuals,  641,  644. 

Fractions  of  cents,   635. 

Identification,   when   required,   645. 

Invoices  and  receipts  for  funds,  639,  640. 

Mode  of  purchase,   636. 

Money  amounts,  635,  638,  648. 

Number,  date,  and  amount  of  check,  640. 

Number  of  copies  to  be  made,  631. 

Original,  to  accompany  account,  628. 

Original  bills,  634. 

Payment  with  check,  643. 

Payment  with   currency,  642. 

Quartermaster   and   subsistence   supplies, 
633. 

Receipts  in  blank  prohibited,  637. 

Services,  not  personal,  633,  636. 

Services,    personal,    633,    651. 

Signature   and   heading,   646. 

Signing   of    checks    in    blank    prohibited, 
637. 

Small  sums  for  occasional  services,  644. 

Supplies,  633,   636. 

Telegraphic  service,  644,  1186. 

Unpaid  accounts,  650. 

Witnesses  to  signature  by  mark,  647. 
Monthly  Payments: 

Enlisted  men,   1315. 

Officers,    1256. 


Honthly  Reports: 

Chaplains,  45. 

Superintendents,  national  cemeteries,  490. 
Monthly  Returns: 

Effective   strength   in   campaigns,   815. 

Enlisted  strength  of  the  Army,  811,  813, 
815. 

General  prisoners,  937. 

Medical  officers,  1489. 
Hops: 

Allowance,   1181. 
Horning  Reports: 

Company,  280. 

Post,  211. 

Regimental,  258. 
Mounted  Officers: 

Accouterments,    horse    equipments,    etc.t 
1520. 

Forage,   1080-1082. 

Horses,  90,  889,  1095-1098. 

Militia,    456. 

Mounted   pay,    1272-1274. 

Public   animals,    1081. 

Rank  or  conditions  requiring,  1272. 
Mounted  Service: 

Additional   pay,    1272-1274. 

Authority   for   mounting,   1272. 

Policing  stables,   etc.,    1106. 

Sale  of  public  horses  to  officers,  1095. 
Mounted  Service  School: 

Detachment  of  officers,  192. 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Location,   Fort  Riley,  Kans.,  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Mourning : 

Badge,  431. 

Colors,  434. 

Drums,  433. 

Family,  432. 

Wearing,  restrictions,  431. 
Movement   of  Troops: 

Accommodations,  1114. 

Hawaiian  Department,  193. 

Notice  sent  by  quartermaster,  1113. 

Orders    and    returns    of    command,    1110, 
1111. 

Philippine  Department,  193. 

Reported  by  department  commander,  193. 

Routes,  1112. 

Staff  officers,  750. 

Timely  notice  to  be  given,  750,  1107. 
Hnles : 

Mule  shoes  and  nails,  1097. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1101. 
Murder : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Museums : 

Transportation  of  donations,  1145. 
Musical  Instruments: 

Bands  and  field  music,  262,  1179,  11801 

Post  chapels,  1144. 

Requisitions,  1151. 
Musicians : 

Appointment,  etc.,  260,  263,   275,  278. 

Competition  with  civilian,  261. 


382 


INDEX. 


Musicians — Continued. 

Fuel,   1044. 

Music  pouches,  1167. 

Roster  duties,  358. 

Separation  from  companies,  261. 

Signals  for  roll  calls,  etc.,  373. 

Transfer    to    Hospital    Corps    prohibited, 
1411. 

Whistles,  1180. 

See  also — 

CMef  Musicians. 
Principal  Musicians. 
Mustering  Officers: 

Correction  and  changes,  muster  rolls,  810. 

Muster  'in  of  militia,  457,  458. 

Muster  out  of  militia,  461. 
Muster  into  Service: 

Militia,  when  called  forth,  457-459. 
Master  Ont: 

Regulations  for,  of  militia,  461. 
Master  Bolls : 

Absentees,  808;  A.  W.  12,  13. 

Absent  without  leave  notations,  132. 

Calculations,  810. 

Character  notations,  148. 

Corrections  or  changes,  810. 

Dates  of  service,  134. 

Designation  on,  of  companies,  809. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  808. 

Disability    originating    in    line    of   duty, 
1472. 

Discharge  notations,  152. 

Duties,  post  surgeons,  1448. 

Hospital  Corps,   1448. 

Manuscript,  prohibited,  1572. 

Militia,  at  muster  In,  458. 

Notations,  discharged  soldiers,  152. 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  807. 

Retained,  810. 

Sick  in  hospital,  808. 
See  also  Pay  Rolls. 
Masters : 

Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  W.  6. 

Bakers,  cooks,  etc.,  329. 

Certificates  of  absentees,  A.  W.  12,  13. 

Designation  of  officers  to  assist,  438. 

False,  A.  W.  5,  14. 

Hospital  Corps,   1413. 

Inspection   and   review,   439. 

Monthly,    for   pay,    438,    439. 

Muster  and   pay   rolls,   807-810. 

Sunday,   439. 
Mutiny  and  Sedition: 

Beginning,  exciting,  joining,  etc.,  A.  W. 
22. 

Compelling   surrender    of   troops,   A.    W. 
43. 

Disobedience   of   orders,   A.   W.   21,   24. 

Failure  to  give  information,  A.  W.  23. 

Quelling  quarrels,   frays,   disorders,   etc., 
A.  W.  24. 

Striking   superior  officer,   A.   W.   21,   24. 

Suppression,    A.   W.   23. 
Mutton : 

Ration,    1205. 


National  Airs: 

Foreign,   378. 

United    States,    264,    378,   437. 
National  Cemeteries: 

Biennial  inspection,  895. 

Burial  of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers, 
167. 

Flag,  223. 

Supervision,    records,    reports,    etc.,    490. 
National  Colors: 

Salute,  377. 
National   IVsthitios: 

Foreign   war  vessels  in   port  or  harbor, 

413. 
National  Flag: 

Description,  215,   216. 

Displayed  at  time  of  firing  salute,  397. 

Displayed  in  action,  437. 

Memorial   Day,   440. 

Salute  to,  398. 

Stars  in  union,  216. 
National  Home  for  Disabled  Tolunteer  Soldiers: 

Annual  Inspection,  894. 

Insane  inmates,  464. 
National  Parks: 

Trespassers  or  intruders,  485,  p.  100. 
National  Salutes : 

Fourth  of  July,  398. 

Memorial  Day,  440. 

Number  of  guns,  398. 

Ships  of  war,  399. 
Navy: 

Deserters    from,    enlisted    in    the    Army, 
133. 

Signal    communication    with    the    Army, 

409,   1561. 
Navy  Officers: 

See  Officers,  Navy. 
Neutrality  Laws: 

Enforcement  by  the  Army,  485,  pp.  100, 
101. 

Post  commanders,  889. 
Newspapers : 

Advertisements,  499,  500,  502-509 ;  note, 
p.   105. 

Dismissals,    cowardice    or    fraud,    A.    W. 
100. 

Post  libraries,  331. 

Readvertisements,   501. 
Nomenclature : 

Posts  and  reservations,  201,  202. 
Nominations : 

Transfer   or  exchange  of  officers,   47. 
Nonromniissioner  Officers : 

Arrest,    etc.,    927,   929;    A.    W.    24. 

Baggage  transportation,   1136-1138. 

Bands,  260. 

Battalion  staff,  254,  256. 

Coast  Artillery  Corps,  271,  274,  308,  310- 
312. 

Company,  9,  270-278,  297,  358,  370,  480, 
1044,  1180. 

Extra-duty  details,  171,  172. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 

General  noncommissioned  staff,  103,  1009, 
1557. 


INDEX. 


383 


Noncommissioned  Officers — Continued. 
Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  37. 
Hospital    Corps,    1405-1408,    1410,    1416, 

1418. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1054,  1057-1059. 
Insane  soldiers,  467. 
Ordnance  Department,  103. 
Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128. 
Post    noncommissioned    staff.      See   Post 

Noncommissioned  Staff. 
Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24. 
Quartermaster  Corps,  103,  1009. 
Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1036,  1044. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Reduction  to  the  ranks,  276,  277,  1009. 
Regimental,  9,  253,  256,  257,  1044,  1181. 
Salutes,  commanding  detachments,  385. 
Signal  Corps,  103,  1557. 
Transfers,  276. 

Travel  under  orders,  1124,  1125. 
Trial  by  courts-martial,  958 ;  p.  315,  act 

March  2,  1913. 
Ungarrisoned  posts,  1065. 
Warrants,  101,  103,  256,  274,  310,  1405, 

1410. 
Notary  Public: 

Administration  of  oaths,  684. 
Note  Heads: 

Wording  and  matter,  512. 
Nurse  Corps    (Female)  : 

Appointments  and  assignments,  1421. 

Baggage,  1123. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1223,  1443. 

Duties,  1422-1425. 

Fuel  and  quarters,  1045. 

Medical     attendance,     etc.,     1473;     1476, 

1478,  1480. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128. 
Pay  and  allowances,  1426. 
Presents  for  services  prohibited,  1426. 
Private  cases,  1425. 
Rations,  1203,  1212. 
Services  in  families  of  officers  and  men, 

1424. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1239. 
Superintendent,    1045,    1422,    1476,   1478, 

1480,  1483. 
Nurses,  Special: 

Employment  and  pay,  1476,  1482. 
Oaths : 

Administration  by  civil  officers,  684. 
Administration  by  judge  advocates,  684. 
Administration    by   recorders    of   boards, 

684,  714. 

Administration  by  surveying  officers,  714. 
Enlistment,  855  ;  A.  W.  2. 
Fee  for  administering,  649. 
Judge  advocates,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  85. 
Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  84. 
Members  of  courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  117. 
Of  office,  Army  officers,  23. 
Power  of  inspectors  to  administer,  884. 
Purchasing  or  contracting  officers,  563. 
Recorders,  courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.   117. 
Witnesses,    military    courts,    p.    313,   act 

July  27,  1892 ;  A.  W.  92,  118. 


Oaths  of  Office: 

Administration  by  civil  officers,  23. 
Officers  of  the  Army,  23. 
Oats: 

Forage  ration,   1077. 
Obstructing  or  Hindering: 

Execution  of  the  laws,  485,  p.   101. 
Offenses : 

See  Crimea  and  Offenses. 
Officer : 

Definition,  p.  301,  sec.  1342  R.   8. 
Officer  of  the  Day : 

Exemptions  from  duty,  363. 
Old,   exemptions   from   duty,    363. 
Property  used  for  police,  etc.,  442,  443. 
Officer  of  the  Guard: 

Duties  of,  as  to  prisoners,  A.  W.  67-69. 
Officers,  Army: 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31,  33,  40. 
Absent  at  muster,  A.  W.  12,  13. 
Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 
Acceptance,   etc.,   of  civil  office,   82. 
Accepting  presents,  A.   W.  6. 
Accompanying    troops    changing    station, 

193. 

Accountability,   1549 ;  A.  W.   10. 
Additional  pay,  1267-1274. 
Administration  of  oaths,  23,  684,  714. 
Appeals,  A.  W.  29. 
Appointment  and  promotion,  21-37. 
Arrest,   etc.,   922-927,    1371;   A.    W.    65, 

70,  71. 

Articles  for  sale  to,  885. 
Articles    of    War    to    be    subscribed,    A. 

W.  1. 
Artificial    limbs    and    appliances,     1490, 

1491. 

Attendance  at  funerals,  430. 
Baggage   transportation,    1135-1139. 
Barrack  furniture  and  rooms,  1011. 
Boards.     See  Boards  of  Officers. 
Boat  flags  and  pennants,  240. 
Change  of  station,  1098. 
Charges  against,  A.  W.  71. 
Civil    institutions    of    learning,    42,    449, 

1306. 

Coast  artillery,  303. 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  10 ;  A.  W.  122. 
Commissions,  774. 

Commutation  of  quarters,    1299-1307. 
Contempt     or     disrespect     toward     com- 
manding officer,  A.  W.  20. 
Correspondence    with    War   Department, 

782,  786. 

Courteous  correspondence,  790. 
Court-martial   service  with   mixed   corps, 

A.  W.  77,  78,  124. 
Deceased.     See  Deceased  Officers. 
Definition    of    officer,    p.    301,    sec.    1342 

R.  S. 

Dental  work,  1398-1401. 
Desertion,   A.   W.   47,    49-51. 
Designation    of   beneficiary    in    event    of 

death,  1385. 

Detached  service,  temporary  duty,   192. 
Detailed  with  militia,  454. 


384 


INDEX. 


Officers,  Army — Continued. 

Details.     See  Details,  Officers. 

Discharge,   A.   W.   99. 

Dismissal.     See  Dismissal  of  Officers. 

Dispatches  in  the  field,  798. 

Disrespect  or  contempt,  A.  W.  19. 

Divine  service,  A.   W.   52. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28". 

Duties  of  Chief  of  Staff  in  matters  af- 
fecting, 765-767. 

Effects  of  deceased  officers  or  soldiers, 
A.  W.  127. 

Efficiency  reports,  829-833. 

Equipage   allowance,   1146. 

Equipments  of  enlisted  men,  294. 

False  musters,  A.  W.  5,  14. 

Families.     See  Families,  etc. 

Forage,  1080,  1081. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1036,  1037,  1039-1044, 
1048. 

Garrison  schools,   449. 

General  Staff  Corps.  See  Officers,  Gen- 
eral Staff  Corps. 

Grades  of  rank,  9. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  37. 

Horses.     See  Horses  of  Mounted  Officers. 

Hospital  charges,  1460,  1461. 

Hospital  stores,  1473. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1054,  1056,  1057, 
1059. 

Incapacitated,  193,  194,  890. 

Insane,   86,   464-466,    1297. 

Inspection  reports  concerning,  831,  883, 
889,  890. 

Investigation  of  accusations  against,  883, 
884. 

Issue  of  clothing,  1157,  1158. 

Leaves  of  absence.  See  Leaves  of  Ab- 
sence. 

Longevity  pay,  1271. 

Medals  of  honor,  182,  183,  188. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1473,  1474, 
1476,  1478,  1480,  1483. 

Messing  and  cooking,  296-302. 

Military  attache's,  1100. 

Military  history,  774. 

Militia  encampments,  774. 

Misconduct  or  irregularity,  83,  884, 
900  ;  A.  W.  42. 

Mounted,   1272-1274. 

Mounted,   addressing  superior,  381. 

Mourning,  431,  432. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24,  43. 

Oath  of  office,  23. 

Oaths  of  enlistment,  A.  W.  2. 

Offenders  against  civil  authority,  A.  W. 
55,  59. 

On  duty  without  troops  defined,  1300. 

Orders,  regulations,  etc.,  affecting,  766, 
774. 

Orders  eulogizing  living,  797. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1520- 
1522,  1542. 

Outside  continental  limits  U.  S.,  60,  71, 
1098. 


Officers,  Army — Continued. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128-1134. 
Payments.     See  Payments  to  Officers. 
Pecuniary   interest   in    victuals,    etc.,    A. 

W.  18. 

Pecuniary   responsibility,   653,   654. 
Personal  reports,  59,  62,  64,  826-828. 
Presence  at  parades,  436. 
Private  property  lost  in  service,  726. 
Profanity,    A.    W.    53. 
Promotion,  21-26. 
Property    damaged,    lost,    or    destroyed, 

683-685;   A.    W.    15. 
Public  animals,  1081. 
Purchase  of  clothing,  etc.,  1174. 
Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24, 

25. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1174. 
Quarters,   1024-1035,   1044.' 
Rank  and  precedence,  9,  11. 
Registry  on  arival  at  Washington,  D.  C., 

or  at  headquarters  of  a  territorial  de- 
partment, 406,  825. 
Relative      rank      with      Marine      Corps, 

militia,    and    volunteers,    10 ;    A.    W. 

122,  124. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 
Reproving  noncommissioned  officers,  270. 
Resignation.      See    Resignation    of    Offi- 
cers. 
Respect    to    national    airs   when    played, 

378. 

Retired.     See  Retired  Officers. 
Retirement,  causes  for,  76-78. 
Returns  of  public  property,  A.  W.  8. 
Returns  of  troops,   A.  W.   7,   8. 
Roll  calls,  370. 

Roster  details  and  duty,  355-364. 
Salutes  by  enlisted  men,  383-392. 
Salutes  with  cannon,  393-397. 
Saluting,  380-382,  392. 
Scandalous  conduct,  A.  W.  42,  60,  100. 
Sea  travel  expenses,  1280. 
Special    duty    under    Secretary    of    War, 

191,  192. 

Special  or  distinguished  services,  765. 
Staff    corps    and    departments,    197-199, 

742,  743,  746,  750,  806. 
Staff  duty  details,  38. 
Status,    returning   to    United    States    on 

leave,  60. 

Stoppages  against  pay,  1308-1311. 
Subsistence  supplies,   1239,   1240,   1242- 

1244,  1246. 
Suspended  from  duty  or  command,  1033, 

A.  W.  101. 

Telegraphic  service,  1186. 
Transfer  or  exchange,  47,  48,  303,  1297. 
Travel  on  duty,   68-75,  800,  1122,  1123, 

1125-1134. 
Trials,  A.  W.  79. 
Uniform  and  equipment,  1569. 
Unlawful  enlistments,  A.  W.  3. 
Use  of  post  libraries  and  reading  rooms, 

331. 
Use  of  transportation  facilities,  1108. 


INDEX. 


385 


Officers,  Army — Continued. 

Violence    to    traders    in    foreign    parts, 

A.  W.  56. 

Visiting  foreign  countries,  62,  63. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  240,  403,  406-414. 
Volunteer  or  militia  service,  1261. 
Waste  of  private  property,  A.  W.  55,  59. 
Witnesses,   military   or   civil   courts,    75, 

951. 

Wrongfully  selling  arms,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 
Wrongs,  redress  of,  A.  W.  54. 
Officers,  Foreign  Service: 

Official  salutes  and  honors,  376,  402,  403. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  407. 
Officers,  General  Staff  Corps: 
Aids,  41. 
Assignments  to  duty,  752,  761,  765.  767, 

773. 

Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 
Chief    of    Staff    of   the    Army,    752,    756, 

759-769;  note,  p.  145. 
Current  business,  758. 
Detail,  eligibility,  etc.,  752,  761,  765,  767, 

773. 

Limitation  of  service,  752. 
Selection  and   detail   of  general  officers, 

773. 
Serving  with  troops,  197,  199,  757,  770- 

772. 

Special  powers  and  duties,  753-756,  758. 
War  Department  General  Staff,  757,  759, 

760. 
Officers,  Marines: 

Command     of     mixed     corps,     10,     817 ; 

A.  W.  122. 

Courts-martial,  Army,  A.  W.  78. 
Hospital  charges,  1460. 
Rations,  1204. 
Relative  rank  with  regulars,  militia,  and 

volunteers,   10,  A.   W.   122,  124. 
Reports,  817. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  390,  402,  403. 
Officers,  Militia: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  10,  817 ;  A.  W. 

122. 

Private  mounts,  456. 
Relative     rank     with     regulars,     Marine 

Corps,  and  volunteers,  10;  A.  W.  122, 

124. 

Reports,  817. 

Salutes  and  honors,   376,   390,  402,  403. 
Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1261. 
Officers,  Navy: 

Funeral  honors,  420. 
Hospital  charges,  1460. 
Rations,  1204. 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Salutes  and  honors,  376,   390,  402,   403. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  407-414. 
Officers,  Volunteers: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  10 ;  A.  W.  122. 
Qualifications  of  enlisted  men  as,  149. 
Relative     rank     with     regulars,     Marine 

Corps,  and  militia,  10  ;  A.  W.  122. 
Salutes  and   honors,   376,   390,  402,  403. 
Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1261. 

90651—17 25 


Officers'  Mess: 

Quarters,  1034. 
Offices : 

Brooms  and  mops,  1181. 

l»ye  and  sapolio,  1182. 

Military  attache's,  1100. 

Rented,  1046. 

'  Rooms,  fuel  and  stoves,  1044,  1046,  1047. 
Official  Letters: 

See  Letters  Official. 
Official  Records  Union  and  Confederate  Armies: 

Publication  and  distribution,  774. 
Oleomargarine : 

Ration,  1205. 
One-Mile  Limit: 

Absence  from  camp  without  leave,  A.  W. 

34. 
Onions : 

Ration,  1205. 
Open-Market  Purchases: 

Emergencies,  etc.,  551-554. 
Opinions : 

Applications  for  official,  788. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  119. 

Judge    Advocate    General's    Department; 

915. 
Orders : 

Acting  commanding  officers,  16. 

Addressed  to  commander,  796. 

Appointing  courts-martial,  945. 

Approval  before  issue,  794. 

Authorizing  payment  of  mileage,  71. 

Change  of  station  of  officers,  68. 

Channels  of  communication,  801. 

Circulars,   791. 

Classification,  issue,  etc.,  791. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1305.  1307. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1230,  1231. 

Condemned  property,  912,  914. 

Copies  furnished,  796,  801,  805. 

Councils  of  administration,  318. 

Court-martial  duty,  emergencies,  192. 

Courts-martial     proceedings,     917,     970, 
981,  984. 

Delays  in  obeying,  70. 

Detaching   officers,    service   schools,   etc., 
192,  449. 

Disobedience,  A.  W.  21,  24. 

Distribution  and  file,  802,  803. 

Emanating   from   War  Department,   766, 
774. 

Engineers,  diverted  service,  1496. 

Eulogizing   living   officers,    797. 

Executed  by  whom,  796. 

Expenditures  and  issues,  653,  696,  697. 

Field  orders  defined,  791. 

Furlough,   1233. 

General,    defined,    792. 

General   court-martial,   791,  984. 

Inspections,  893,   899,   1284. 

Inspectors,   880-882. 

Library  books,  abandoned  posts,  338. 

Liquid   coffee,   1208. 

Mounted  service,   1272. 

Obedience  to,  and  prompt  execution,  1. 


386 


INDEX. 


Orders — Continued. 

Personal   journeys,   brigade   commanders, 
194. 

Preparation,  etc.,  795. 

Publication   in   field,    camp,   or   garrison, 
804. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  122. 

Qualifications  of  enlisted  men,  1343-1345. 

Rations  to  destitute  persons,  1219. 

Regimental  files,   259. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  134,  135. 

Return  journeys,   71,   1285. 

Salutes   and   saluting  stations,   399,   404. 

Secretary  of  War,  defined,  761. 

Sentences  of  general  prisoners,  774. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  74. 

Signaling     and     telegraphy     instruction, 
1556. 

Signal  parties  in  the  field,  1558. 

Source  and  authority,  795. 

Special,  defined,   793. 

Staff  ofiicers,   travel,   72. 

Summary  court  trials,  957. 

Target   practice,   349,   352,   353. 

Title,   oflacer  designated,    780. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  115. 

Transmission  in  the  field,  798,  799. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1110,  1111. 

Travel   allowances,   1284-1288. 

Travel  on  duty,  68-74,  800,  803. 

Witnesses,  military  or  civil  courts,  951. 
Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores: 

Accountability,  etc.,  1511. 

Arm  chests  for  storage,  1542. 

Care  and  preservation,  1552. 

Cartridges  for  hunting  purposes,  354. 

Condemned,   913,   1543. 

Definition,  1512. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Expenditure  of  ammunition,   1528—1531. 

Horse  equipments,  1520. 

Inspections,   1537,   1543. 

Issues,  1513-1519, 1522,  1524-1526. 

Loans,  1523. 

Loss,  etc.,  by  civilian  employees,  1527. 

Materials,  ordnance  establishments,  1548. 

Militia,    1143. 

Packing,   1544-1546. 

Price  lists,  1541. 

Proceeds   of  sale,   617. 

Requisitions,    1517-1519. 

Sales,  1520,  1521,  1526,  1543. 

Serviceable  surplus,  1532,  1533. 

Stamps  for  sealing  packages,  1546,  1547. 

Sufficiency  of  supplies  at  depots,  1517. 

Supply  table,  1519. 

Surplus  or  damaged,  1532-1542. 

Transfer,   671,   701,   1524,   1535,   1536. 

Transportation,   1547,   1548. 

Unserviceable,   1517,   1534,   1537-1540. 
See   also   Arms   and  Accouterments. 
Ordnance  Corps: 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  172. 

Officers,  18,  24,  206,  1044,  1516. 


Ordnance  Department: 

Blanks  and  blank  books,  1551. 

Civilian    employees,    traveling    expenses, 
738. 

Cooking  devices,  302. 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 

Field  service,   Hospital  Corps,   1434. 

General   provisions,    1511,    1512. 

Leather  dressing,  etc.,  293. 

Materials,  ordnance  establishments,  1548. 

Packing,  crating,  etc.,  of  baggage,  1135. 

Returns  and  reports,   1549—1551.. 

Special  regulations,   note,  p.   290. 

Stamps,  official,  for  sealing  boxes,  1546. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 

Target  practice,  315,  351. 

Tests  and  experimental  trials,  1553-1555. 
See  also — 

Chief  of  Ordnance. 
Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores'' 
Ordnance  Depots: 

Arm  chests,  1542. 

Establishment    and    maintenance,     1511, 
1515. 

Issues,  1516,  1517. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance     stores,     1513, 
1514. 

Requisitions  for  stores  not  on  hand,  1518. 

Sufficiency  of  supplies,   1517. 

Supervision  and  control,  1516. 

Surplus  ordnance  stores,  1532,  1533. 

Unserviceable    and    unsuitable    supplies, 

1517. 
Ordnance  Funds: 

Accountability,  etc.,  1511. 
Ordnance   Officers: 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stores,  1044. 

Ordnance  depots,   1516. 

Police  supplies,  442,  443. 

Post,   206,   701,   1537,   1538. 

Promotion,  24. 
Ordnance  Sergeants: 

Appointments,  duties,  etc.,  93-98,  100. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Discharge  and  reenlistment,  99,  101,  102, 
958. 

Military  control,  99. 

Personal  reports,  100. 

Qualifications,  93,  95. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,   102,  958. 

Special-duty  details,  97. 

Stationary,  1065. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  958. 
Organized  Militia: 

See  Militia,  Organized. 
Original  Packages: 

Examination,  verification,  etc.,  668,  669. 
Ontpost  Duty: 

Roster,   357. 
Outstanding  Liabilities : 

Accounts  for  advertlsments,   508. 

Checks,  588,   603,  605-607,  901,  902. 

Debts,   625,  630. 


INDEX. 


387 


Overpayments : 

Failure    to    refund,    1309. 

On   erroneous   final   statements,    155. 

Stoppages,    1309. 
Overseers : 

Hours  of  labor,   731. 
Packages : 

Original,    examination,    verification,    etc., 
668,669. 

Public    property,    transmission    by    mail, 

837. 
Pack  Animals: 

Allotment  for  departments,   1102. 
Packers : 

Employment,    payment,   etc.,   730. 

Hours  of   labor,    731. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732. 
Packing  and  Crating: 

Oflicers'     baggage,     1135-1138. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores,    1544- 
1546. 

Over-sea  shipments,  1136,  1138,  1545. 

Professional   books,   etc.,   1136,   1139. 

Regimental     and     company     desks,     etc., 

1139. 
Pallbearers : 

Funerals,  military,  429. 
Panama  Canal  Zone: 

Pay  of  enlisted  men,  1342. 
Parade : 

Absent  without  leave,  A.  W.  33. 

Daily,   436. 
Pardon: 

Punishment  imposed  by  a  court-martial, 

944;  A.  W.,  112. 
Parlor  and  Sleeving  Cars: 

Accommodation    in,     to    whom    allowed, 
1128. 

Applicants,    artificial    limbs,    etc.,    1491. 

Charter,    1132. 

Civilian    employees,    733,    735. 

Fare    excluded    from    travel    allowances, 
1279. 

Reimbursements  to   officers,   1134. 

Requests,   1129-1131,   1138. 

Unused    requests,    1133. 

Witnesses  before  military  courts,  989. 
Parole : 

Disclosing  or  changing,  A.  W.  44. 

General  prisoners,  943. 
Partnerships : 

Acceptance  of  partners  as  sureties,  573. 

Contracts,    559. 
Passports : 

Oflicers  visiting  foreign  countries,  63. 
Patients  In  Hospitals: 

Admission,  etc.,  1441-1446,  1471. 

Arms   and   accouterments,    1450. 

Captured,    1451. 

Contagious   diseases,   1455. 

Diseased,    1451. 

Descriptive   lists,   1451. 

Desertion,    1451. 

Discharged  for  disability,  1451. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1452,  1453. 

Excused  from   Saturday   inspection,  283. 


Patients  In  Hospitals — Continued. 

Information     to     company     commander, 

1472. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  808. 
Return  to  duty,  1451. 
Savings  of  rations,  327. 
Services  of  Army  nurses,  1423. 
Transferred,   1451. 
Pay  Accounts,  Officers: 

Hypothecation  or  transfer,   1258. 
Leaving  service,  1262. 
Pay  and  Clothing  Accounts: 
Clothing,  1157-1166,  1169. 
Deserters,  124,  1164-1166,  1373,  1374. 
Detached  enlisted  men,  104. 
Enlisted    men    of    Quartermaster    Corps, 

1009. 

Hospital  Corps,  1415. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99. 
Pay  Clerks,  Quartermaster  Corps: 
Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Subject  to  rules  and  Articles  of  War,  p. 

314,  act  March  3,  1911. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  737. 
Payments : 

Accounts  and  under  contract,  585. 

Acting  dental  surgeons,  1266. 

Cadets,  1312,  1313. 

Checks  on  presentation,  603,  604. 

Civilian  witnesses,   military  courts,   989, 

991,  993 ;  p.  314,  act  March  2,  1901. 
Commutation  of  rations,  1212,  1231. 
Computation  of  time  of  service,  651. 
Contract  surgeons,  1266. 
Ferry  and  bridge  transportation,  1126. 
General  provisions,  1254,  1255. 
Graduates,  Military  Academy,  1314. 
Horses  sold  to  mounted  officers,  1095. 
Interpreters,  courts-martial,  988. 
•    Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1476, 

1477. 

Mileage,  1283. 
Outstanding  checks,   607. 
Prisoners  on  release,  978. 
Reporters,  courts-martial,  738,  986. 
Savings  of  rations,  1222. 
Seeds  for  post  gardens,  343. 
Signing  receipts  or  checks  in  blank,  637. 
Soldiers  furloughed  to  the  reserve,  1375- 

1379. 
Telegraph    and    telephone    service,    1186, 

1187,  1189,  1191-1194. 
Transportation  to  Soldier's  Home,  D.  C., 

180. 
Traveling    expenses,    civilian    employees. 

738. 

Turnpike  transportation,  1126. 
Unauthorized  advertisements,  507. 
Payments  to  Discharged  Soldiers: 
By  whom  made,   155,   1337. 
Dates  included,  1376. 

Deduction  for  absence  without  leave,  141. 
Fraud  in  enlistment,  1380. 
Identification  before  payment,  1375. 


388 


INDEX. 


Payments  to  Discharged  Soldiers — Continued. 
Loss    or    nonreceipt    of   final    statements, 

1377. 
Made    on    final    statements,    155,    1375, 

1381. 

Notations  on  discharge,  1376. 
Recruits,  1382. 
Transferred  claims.  1383. 
Travel  allowances,  1378-1380. 
Payments  to  Enlisted  Men: 
Additional,  186,  1338-1346. 
Arrested  by  civil  authorities.   1371. 
Awaiting  result  of  trial,  970. 
Certificates  of  merit,  186,  1341. 
Check    or     currency,     1316,     1319-1335, 

1337. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1232-1238. 
Continuous-service  pay,   132,   1340. 
Dates  included,  1255. 
Deposits  of  pay,  1364-1366. 
Deserters,  1372-1374. 
Expert  riflemen,  1345. 
Extra-duty  pay,  174,  329. 
Final.       See     Payments     to     Discharged 

Soldiers. 
Forfeitures    and    deductions,     132,    341, 

345,  976-978,  1249,  1370. 
Fnrlonghed  soldiers,  113. 
Furloughed  to  the  reserve,  1375-1379. 
Gunners,  1343,  1344. 
Incorrect,  1336. 

Mode  of  forwarding,  1322,  1323. 
Monthly,  1315. 
Outside   continental   limits   U.    S.,    1317, 

1342. 
Pay  rolls,  1318-1321,  1326,  1329,  1332- 

1334,  1337. 

Personal,  by  quartermasters,  1316. 
Posts  and  places  exempted  from  control 

of  territorial  commander,  191. 
Quartermaster  designated,  1337. 
Beenlistment,  1338,  1339. 
Retired,  137,  138,  1337,  1341. 
Witnessed   by   officers,   810,   1318,    1319, 

1326,  1332,  1394. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  1298. 
Payments  to  Officers: 
Absent  from  station,  1257. 
Additional,   1267-1270,  1272,   1273. 
Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1371. 
Collection  for  credit  sales,  1243. 
Commutation  of  quarters,  1299-1307. 
Dates  included,  1255. 
Dismissed  by  sentence,  1262,  1265. 
Entering  or  leaving  service,   1260,  1262, 

1263. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1275-1277. 
Longevity  pay,   1271. 
Mileage.     See  Mileage. 
Monthly,  1256. 
Mounted  service,  1272-1274. 
Outside  continental  limits  U.  8.,  1317. 
Pay  accounts,  1256,  1258,  1262. 
Promotions,  1260. 
Resigning,  1262,  1263. 
Retired,  1257. 


Payments  to  Officers — Continued. 

Retiring  from  active  service,   1264. 

Serving  beyond  sea,  1259. 

Serving  with  volunteers  or  militia,  1261. 

Stoppages  against  pay,  1308-1311. 

Travel    allowances.      See    Travel    allow- 
ances. 
Pay  of  the  Army: 

Additional   to   enlisted   men,   186,    1338- 
1346. 

Additional  to  officers,  1267-1274. 

Allotments,  enlisted  men,   1347-1360. 

Certificates  of  merit,  186,  1341. 

Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army,  74O. 

Companies,  266. 

Continuous  service,  1339,  1340. 

Deposits  by  enlisted  men,  1361-1369. 

Deserters,  129,  131,   1372-1374. 

Extra  duty,  169,  170,  172,  174,  176,  177. 

False  certificates,  A.  W.  13. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  976,  1370. 

General  provisions,  1254,  1255. 

Indian  scouts,  479. 

Longevity,  1271. 

Militia  while  in  service,  451. 

Miscellaneous,  1384. 

Nurses,  1426. 

Rates,   1338-1345. 

Reenlisted,  1338,  1339. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  137,  138. 

Secretary  of  War,  740. 

Stoppages  against  officers,   1308-1311. 

Suspension  from  command,  A.  W%  101. 

Veterinarians,  89. 

Volunteers  or  milita.   1261. 
Pay  Bolls: 

Additional  pay  notations,  1343-1346. 

Allotments  of  pay  notations,  1357. 

Cadets,  Military  Academy,  1312. 

Calculations,  810,  1318. 

Charges,    flO,    116,    127,   341,    345,    686, 
687,  699,  724,  1166,  1178,   1236. 

Check  or  currency  payments,  1320,  1321, 

'     1326,  1329-1335,  1337. 

Clothing  balances,  1160,  1164. 

Corrections   or   cbanges,   810. 

Credit  sales  to  enlisted  men,  1249. 

Damages  to  property,  686,  699,  724,  1178. 

Deserters'    pay,     127,    687,    1164,    1166, 
1373,  1374. 

Designation  on,  of  companies,  809. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  808. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1370. 

Forwarded  to  quartermaster,  1319. 

Incorrect  payments,  1336. 

Laundry  charges,  341. 

Manuscript,  prohibited,   1572. 

Money  amounts,  648. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1337. 

Post  exchange  dues,  345. 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  807,  1329. 

Property  lost  or  destroyed,  686,  687,  699, 
1178. 

Retained,  810,  1318,  1332. 

Sick  in  hospital,  808. 

Signatures  of  enlisted  men,  1319. 


INDEX. 


389 


Fay  Bolls — Continued. 

Stoppages,  1370. 

Witness   to   payment,   1318,   1319,   1326, 

1332,  1333.     See  also  Muster  Rolls. 
Peaehes : 

Ration,   1205. 
Penalties : 

Contractors'  bonds,  569,  578. 

Destroying   or   obstructing   military   tele- 
graph lines,  1563. 

Disbursing  officer's  bond,  568. 
Penalty  Envelopes : 

Use  for  official  business,  834-839. 
Penitentiaries : 

Abatement  term  of  confinement,  942. 

Exercise  of  clemency,  944. 

Imprisonment,  966,  967  ;  A.  W.  97. 

Inspection,  895. 
Pennants : 

Boat  flags  and  pennants,  240. 
Pensions: 

Evidence,  etc.,  from  records,  824. 

Militia,  disabled,  etc.,  458. 

Notation  of  degree  of  disability,  161. 
Peonage  Laws: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  485,  p.  99. 
Pepper : 

Ration,  1205. 
Periodicals : 

Post  libraries,  331. 
Perjury : 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 
Permanent  Buildings: 

Construction  and  repairs,  706,  707. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704. 
Permanent  Posts: 

Establishment,  201. 

Styled  forts,  202. 
Permanent  Works  of  Defense: 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  192. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  704. 

Supervision  or  control,  191,  214. 
Personal  Reports: 

See  Reports,  Personal. 
Personal  Serrices: 

Bills  to  contain  no  charge  for  material, 
519. 

Definition,  519. 

Rules  for  computation  of  time,  651. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 

Wages  discharged  employees,  650. 
Persuading  to  Desert: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  51. 
Philippine  Department: 

Allotments  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1350. 

Commanding  officer.     See  Philippine  De- 
partment,  Commanding    Officer. 

Disbursing  officers,  625,  652. 

District     commanders,     relation     toward 
higher  authority,  194. 

Fuel,   1044. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  111. 

Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1073,  1095. 

Inspections,  1284. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  60. 


Philippine  Department — Continued. 

Ordnance     property,     detached     soldiers, 

1536. 

Public  buildings,  repairs,  1014. 
Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 
Shipments  to,  via  commercial  lines,  721. 
Philippine  Department^  Commanding  Officer: 
Condemned  property,  907. 
Contracts,  557. 

Damages  by  fire,  storm,  etc.,  709. 
Efficiency  reports,  829. 
Insane  soldiers,  469. 
Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Printing,  511. 

Supervisory  powers  and  duties,  193. 
Transfer  of  supplies,  671. 
Transfer  of  troops,  193. 
Travel  on  duty,  officers,  emergency  cases, 

71. 

Travel  orders,  1284. 
Philippine  Islands: 

Civil  governor,  400,  403,  408. 
-     Contracts  with  firms,  559. 

Enlisted  men  returning  to  United  States, 

111. 

Payments  to  troops  in,  1317. 
Return  of  animals  to  United   States  not 

allowed,  1098. 

Vice  governor,  400,  403,  408. 
Philippine  Scouts: 
Colors,  234. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1223. 
Deposits  of  pay,  1361. 
Deserters,  apprehension  and  delivery,  121. 
Subsistence,    1202,    1205. 

Photographs : 

Permanent  works  of  defense,  348. 
Physical  Examination: 

Applicants  for  enlistment,  841,  847,  848, 

862,  864-867,  871,  1484. 
Enlisted    men,    1485. 
Hospital    Corps,    1410. 
Members    recruiting    parties    reenlisting, 

847. 

Militia  at  muster  out,  461. 
Militia    called    into    U.    S.    service,    455, 

457. 

Recruits,  774,  864,  865,  870,  1484. 
Physicians : 
See — 

Civilian  Physicians. 
Medical  Officers. 
Pickles: 

Ration,    1205. 
Pillaging: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Plans  and  Specifications: 
Alterations,    1468. 
Hospitals,   1464-1466,   1468. 
Quarters  for  sergeants,  first  class,  Hospi- 
tal Corps,   1466,   1468. 
Platoon: 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 
Plats: 

Military  lands,  708. 


390 


INDEX. 


Plundering : 

Punishment,   A.   W.  42. 
Police : 
Barracks,    286,   287. 

Daily  duties  of  parties,  374. 

Guards  and  property,  441—443. 

Kitchens  of  enlisted  men,  297. 
Police  Officers: 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  118,  121. 
Porto  Bico: 

Civilian  witnesses,  990. 

Deposits  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1361. 

Furlough,  enlisted  men,   111. 

Insane  soldiers,  469. 

Pay  of  enlisted  men,  1342. 
Posse  Comitatus: 

Employment    of    national    forces,    484— 

489. 
Post  Cemeteries: 

Care  and  maintenance,  494,  496. 

Headboards  for  graves,  494,  495. 

Inclosed  with  wall  or  fence,  494. 

Inspection,   889. 

Interments,    167,   497,   498. 

Suitable  ground  to  be  set  apart,  493. 

Walks,  496. 
Post  Commanders,: 

Aid  to  chaplains,  44. 

Allotments  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1360. 

Animals  in  possession  of  Indians,  474. 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  29. 

Articles   used    for   police   purposes,    etc., 
442. 

Authority  as  to  discipline,  953. 

Authority  as  to  prisoners,  300,  942,  943. 

Barrack  furniture,  1011,  1023. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1010-1012,  1024- 
1028. 

Boarding  visits,  407. 

Buildings  for  amusement,  etc.,  339. 

Care,  etc.,  of  posts  and  reservations,  213. 

Chaplains'  reports,  45. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1147,  1148,  1157, 
1158,  1168. 

Clothing  for  general  prisoners,  1171. 

Company  commanders,  268. 

Company  fund,  328. 

Councils  of  administration,  317,  318,  320. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  961. 

Courts-martial  proceedings,  919. 

Damages  by  fire,  storm,  etc.,  709. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  163,  164. 

Delegation  of  duties,  203. 

Dental  surgeon,  operating  room,  1397. 

Deposits  by  enlisted  men,  1369. 

Deserters,  118-120,  125. 

Deserters'  effects,  117. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  148,  160. 

Discipline,  instruction,  etc.,  203,  953. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Escaped  prisoners,  121. 

Escorts  of  honor,  416. 

Estimates,   749,   1014. 

Extra  and  special  duty  details,  171. 

Final  statements,  1369. 

Fuel,  301,  1038. 


Post  Commanders — Continued. 
Funeral  escorts,  etc.,  426. 
Furloughs,  enlisted  men,  106,  111. 
General  duties  and  responsibilities,  203, 

204. 

General  mess,  330. 
General  officers,  106,  114,  198,  203.  - 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1095,  1096. 
Hospital  buildings,  1464. 
Hospital  charges,  1460. 
Hospital  matrons,  1448. 
Hospital  service,  1448,  1452. 
Hospital  transports,  etc.,  1440. 
Illuminating    supplies,    301,    1038,    1051, 

1052. 
Indians,    Indian    reservations,    471,    473, 

474. 

Insane  soldiers,  466,  468. 
Irregularities,  etc.,  891,  892. 
Kitchen  and  tableware,  301. 
Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  49. 
Mail  contractors,  209. 
Mess  furniture,  301,  1023. 
Messing  and  cooking,  296. 
Military  personnel  and  employees,  203. 
Monthly  inspections,  203. 
Neutrality  laws,  889. 
Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Payments  to  enlisted   men,    1321,   1324- 

1330,  1334. 

Pecuniary  interest  forbidden,  A.  W.  18. 
Permission  to  hunt  granted  by,  66. 
Personal  leave  of  absence,  50. 
Policing  stables,  etc.,  1106. 
Post  cemeteries,  493. 
Post  exchanges,  346. 
Post  gardens,  342,  1206. 
Post  libraries,  331,  322,  334. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  97. 
Private  buildings,  1018. 
Property  responsibility,  658. 
Proposals,  supplies  and  services,  543. 
Rations,  1209-1211,  1213,  1214. 
Records  of  post,  211. 
Recruit  depot  posts,  841. 
Recruiting   service,    840,    868,    869,    875, 

876. 

Reports,   incapacitated   officers,   890. 
Reports,   issues,    and   roll   calls,   373. 
Requisitions,  749. 
Retirement   of   enlisted   men,    134. 
Returns   of   general    prisoners,    937. 
Returns   of  troops,   811. 
Roll  calls,  370. 
Sales  of  subsistence  supplies,  322,  1247, 

1248. 

Small-arms  practice,  350. 
Staff,    198,    206. 
Summary    courts-martial,    pp.    313,    314, 

act  June  18,  1898. 
Surgeons  of  posts,  1387. 
Surveying  officers,   711,  1023. 
Tableware    and    kitchen    utensils,    1178. 
Telegraphic   code,   1185. 
Transfer,    etc.,    enlisted    men,    114. 
Transfer  of  prisoners,   938. 


INDEX. 


391 


Post  Commanders — Continued. 

Verification    of    original    packages,    669, 

Visitors  to  posts,  403. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240,  407,  408. 
Post  Engineer  Officer: 

See  Engineer   Officers. 
Post  Exchange: 

See  Exchange,   Post. 
Postmaster  General: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes   and  honors,   376,  400,  403. 
Post  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Accountability,  etc.,  for  property,  98,  695. 

Appointment,  duties,  etc.,  93-97,    100. 

Assignment   to   stations,    743. 

Baggage,    1136. 

Brooms,    brushes,    and   mops,    1181. 

Discharge  and  reenlistment,  99,  101,  102, 
958. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  97,  172. 

Funeral   honors   and   escort,   428. 

Military   control,   99. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  807. 

Payments,  1337. 

Personal  reports,  100. 

Qualifications,  93,  95. 

Quarters,  fuel,   and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the   ranks,   102,  958. 

Stationery,   1065. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  958. 

Warrants,  101. 
Post  Office  Department: 

Property     loaned    to    mail    contractors, 

209. 
Post  Ordnance  Officers: 

See   Ordnance   Officers. 
Post  Quartermasters : 

See  Quartermasters. 
Post  Quartermaster  Sergeants: 

See  Quartermaster  Sergeants. 
Posts  and  Reservations: 

Address,  official,  of  staff  officers,  206. 

Ambulances   and   harness,    1428. 

Beer,  wine,  or  intoxicating  liquors,  346. 
471. 

Boarding  visits,  411. 

Bowling  alleys,  339. 

Brooms  and  mops,  1181. 

Buildings,    construction    or    repair,    706, 
707,   1015-1017. 

Buildings   for  amusements,  etc.,   339. 

Care  and  preservation,  213. 

Cemeteries,   167,  493-498. 

Chapels,  331,  1044.  1144. 

Civilians  residing  on  reservation,   212. 

Coast  defense  commands,  203. 

Commanders.     See  Post  Commanders. 

Council,  117,  163,  164. 

Deeds,  title,  and  other  papers,  705,  915. 

Designation,  202. 

Discontinued,  821. 

Duty  and  labor  on  Sunday,  205. 

Engineer  officer  on  duty,  1503. 

Establishment,  201. 

Exchanges.     See  Exchange,  Post. 


Posts  and  Reservations — Continued. 

Extra-duty  pay,  177. 

Flags,  223,   §97,  398. 

Foreign  vessels,  national  festivities,  413. 

Funeral    honors,    420-434. 

Gardens,  342-344,  1206. 

Garrison  schools,  193,  194,  449. 

General    officers    commanding,    106,    114, 
198,  203. 

General  prisoners,  932,  936,  937,  943. 

Guards,   441-443. 

Gymnasiums,  339,   340,  1144. 

Hauling  forage,  1106. 

Hospital  buildings,   1464-1470. 

Hospital  Corps,  1416,  1418. 

Illuminating   supplies,   1051-1061. 

Improvement   of  grounds,    213,   707. 

Inspection,  889,  892,  895,  1387. 

Jurisdiction  of  States,  704. 

Laundries,  341. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Libraries,  331,  334-338,  340,  1044,  1144. 

Limitation   of  expenditures,   207. 

Lye  and   sapolio,    1182. 

Means  of  transportation,  1105,  1106. 

Memorial   Day,   440. 

Morning  and  evening  guns,   210. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  133. 

New,  purchase  of  sites,  704. 

Nomenclature,   201,   202. 

Official  correspondence,  783,  785. 

Orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath,  205. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1316-1319. 

Plats  of  land,  708. 

Policing   stables,    1106. 

Post  schools,  331,  340,  449,  1044. 

Quartermaster  supplies,   1086. 

Reading  rooms,  331,  340,  1044. 
'Records,  211,  495,  497,  821. 

Removal  of  trespassers,  212. 

Repairs  to  ordnance  stores,   1537. 

Repairs  to  roads,  walks,  etc.,   1016. 

Returns,  477,  811,  815,  1185. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375-377,  380-405. 

Sanitary  condition,   1387. 

Spring  wagons,   1103. 

Staff  of  commanding  officer,   198,  206. 

Supervision,  212,  214. 

Unauthorized  use  of  volatile  oils,   1053. 

Ungarrisoned,    214,   889,    1065,    1158. 

Veterinary    hospitals,    92. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  403,   406-414. 

Water  supply,   1387. 

Wharves  and  piers,  707. 
Post  Schools: 

Enlisted  men,  449. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Quarters,  331. 

Regulations  governing,  449. 

Teachers,  extra-duty  pay,  170. 

Transportation  of  articles,  etc.,  340. 

Post  Signal  Officers: 

See  Signal  Corps  Officers. 

Post  Surgeons: 

See  Medical  Officers. 


392 


INDEX. 


Potatoes : 

Ration,  1205. 
Powder : 

Storage  in  or  near  storehouse,  1199. 
Practice  Marches,  Field  Maneuvers,  etc. : 

Field  practice,  messing  and  cooking,  296, 

302,  1205. 
Praise : 

Discussions,  etc.,  conveying,  forbidden,  5. 
Precedence : 

Arms  of  service,  6. 

Commissioned  officers,  9,  11. 

Different  corps  of  the  Army,  10 ;  A.  W. 

122,  124. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  9. 
Presents : 

Mustering  officers,  A.  W.  6. 
Nurses,  1426. 
President  of  the  United  States: 

Administration  and  control  of  Army,  761. 
Appointment    of    courts-martial,    p.    314, 

act  Mar.  2,  1913. 
Assignments  by,  to  command,  190  ;  A.  W. 

122. 

Certificates  of  merit,  184. 
Colors,  218. 

Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  19. 
Corps  of  Engineers,  1493. 
Courts-martial,  appointment,  proceedings, 

etc.,  917,  921. 
Courts-martial  sentences,  A.  W.  105,  106, 

108,  111. 

Death  of,  honors  paid  at  posts,  417. 
Departments  and  commanders,  190. 
Detail  of  line  to  staff,  38. 
Directions  and  orders  to  Chief  of  Staff, 

761,  762. 
Directions    and    orders    to    Secretary    of 

War,  761. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  1-39 ;  A.  W.  4. 
Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W. 

99. 
Enforcement    of    the    laws    with    troops, 

485,  p.  101. 

Exercise  of  command  of  the  Army,  761. 
Flag,  217. 

General  officers,  General  Staff  Corps,  773. 
Information    or    advice,    Chief   of    Staff, 

761. 
Limitation  of  punishments,  963  ;  p.  313, 

act  Sept.  27,  1890. 
Officers  of  staff  departments,  18. 
Organized    Militia    in    service,    450,    453, 

741. 
Pardon,    or    mitigation    of    punishment, 

944. 
Relations  to  and  with  the  Chief  of  Staff, 

761. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375,  400,  403. 
Traveling  on  vessels  of  war,  415. 
Vessels  of  war  flying  flag,  415. 
Volunteers    in    service,    equipment,    etc., 

741. 

President  pro  tempore  of  the  Senate: 
Funeral  honors,  421. 
Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 


Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.: 

Service  school,  bakers  and  cooks,  449. 
"Previous   Convictions : 

Consideration    and    evidence,    954,    956, 

962. 
Price  Lists: 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1146. 

Ordnance    and    ordnance    stores    lost    or 

damaged,    1541. 
Subsistence  supplies,   1251. 
Prices : 

Tailors,  company  and  civilian,  279. 
Principal  Musicians: 
Baggage,   1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Rank   and   precedence,  9. 

See   also   Musicians. 
Printing : 
See — 

Advertisements. 

Job  Printing. 
Prisoners : 

Arraignment,  A.   W.  89. 

Awaiting  trial  or  result  of  trial,  928,  932. 

Bedding  and  bunks,  1084. 

Beginning   and    expiration    of   term,    969. 

Classes  to  be  confined  separately,  932. 

Classification  and  designation,  928. 

Clothing,    911,    938,    939. 

Copy  of  proceedings,  etc.,  courts-martial, 

A.  W.  114. 

Counsel,  961 ;  A.  W.  90. 
Discharge  from  the  Army,   personal  no- 
tice, 157. 

Escaped,  121,  940 ;  A.  W.  69. 
Food    supplies,    rations,    etc.,    300,    1203, 

1212. 

Garrison.      See  Prisoners,   Garrison. 
General.      See  Prisoners   General. 
General  courts-martial   proceedings,   919. 
Good-conduct  time,  942. 
Irons,  935. 
Keepsakes,   940. 
Medical     attendance,     etc.,     1473,     1476, 

1478,   1480. 
Pardon,    or    mitigation    of    punishment, 

944.  972. 
Payments    on    release    from    confinement, 

978. 

Personal  effects  of  escaped,  940. 
Place  of  confinement,  971. 
Punishment  for  allowing  escape,  A.  W.  69. 
Rations,    1203,    1212. 
Reward  for  escaped,   121. 
Right  of  challenge,  A.  W.  88. 
Standing  mute,  etc.,  A.  W.  89. 
Transfer    to    place    of    confinement,    938, 

939. 

Trials.  961,  962. 

Undergoing  more  than  one  sentence,  973. 
With  no  record  of  charges,  934. 
Writ  of  habeas  corpus,  998,  999. 
Prisoners,  Garrison: 

Abatement  of  term  of  confinement,  942, 

943. 
Defined,  928. 


INDEX. 


393 


Prisoners,  Garrison — Continued. 

Kept  apart  from  general  prisoners,  932. 

Probation,  943. 
Prisoners,  General: 

Abatement  of  term  of  confinement,  942, 
943. 

Application  for  clemency,  944. 

Clothing,   939,    1170,   1171. 

Confined  at  posts,  932,  936,  942. 

Defined,   928. 

Discharge  papers,  938. 

Insane,  464. 

Jurisdiction  in  case  of,  998,  999, 

Kept  apart  from  other  prisoners,  932. 

Parole,  943. 

Place  of  confinement,  936,  965-967. 

Release  from  confinement,  941,  1170. 

Remitting  of  sentence,  774,  944. 

Reports  and  returns,  937. 

Sewing  machines,  1216. 

Sick  in  hospital,  1212. 

Special  rules  and  regulations,  936. 

Toilet  articles,  etc.,  1216. 

Transfer   to    place   of    confinement,    938, 

939. 
Prisoners  of  Wars 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1473. 

Rations,  1203. 
Private  Correspondence : 

Officers  and  men  beyond  the  seas,  781. 
Private  Property: 

Claims  under  act  of  Mar.  3,  1885,  726. 

Waste  or  spoil,  A.  W.  55,  59. 
Privates : 

See  Enlisted  Men. 
Probation : 

Garrison  prisoners,  943. 
Proceedings : 

See — 

Councils  of  Administration. 
Courts-Martial. 
Courts  of  Inquiry. 
Proceeds  of  Sale: 

Deserters'  effects,  117. 

Disposition,  etc.,  611,  617-619. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  940. 

Horses  sold  to  mounted  officers,  1095. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1520,  1521, 
1543. 

Surplus  garden  products,  344. 

Transfers  of  public  property,  619. 
Profanity : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  53. 
Professional  Books  and  Papers: 

Transportation,  1136,  1137,  1139. 
Promotion : 

Enlisted  men  from  the  ranks,  27-33,  35, 
36,  1138,  1139,  1296. 

Medical  officers,  1388. 

Officers,  21-26. 

Payments  to  officers,  1260. 

Signal  Corps  men,  1557. 

Travel  allowances  joining  station,  1296. 
Property   Accountability   and   Responsibility: 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  442,  443. 

Articles  issued  to  general  prisoners  or  to 
recruits,  1216,  1217. 


Property    Accountability    and    Responsibility — 

Continued. 
Bake  ovens,  1252. 
Branding  before  issue,  676. 
Breakage  of  china  and  glass  ware,  1178. 
Captured  property,  819  ;  A.  W.  9. 
Company     commanders,     281,     661-663 ; 

A.  W.  10. 

Condemned,  680,  681. 
Cooking  apparatus,    1252. 
Damaged,  lost,  destroyed,  or  stolen,  682- 

692,  1178;  A.  W.  15-17. 
Defined,  657. 
Detachment   commanders,   281 ,   661-663 ; 

A.  W.  10. 

Details  separating  from  property,  664. 
Division  staff  officers,  197. 
Enlisted  men,  280,  663,  695. 
Expenditures  under  orders,  696-698. 
Failure  to  sign  receipt,  667. 
Insurance  of  public   money   or  property, 

596. 

Issues,  663,  673. 
Keys  of  storerooms,  etc.,   674. 
Means  of  transportation  at  posts,   1106. 
Military  telegraph  lines,  1559. 
Miscarried  or  missing  stores,  666. 
Musical  instruments,  1179,  1180. 
Officers  separated  from  commands,  659. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  701,  1511, 

1520-1529,    1535,    1549. 
Original   packages,   668,   669. 
Post  commanders,  203,  658. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  98,  254,  695. 
Preservation  and  repairs,  675. 
Prevention  of  loss  or  damage,  674. 
Public  property  in  use  by  militia,  460. 
Quartermaster  supplies,  1086-1094,  1167. 
Receipts  in  blank  prohibited,  670. 
Recruiting  officers,  1218. 
Relief  by  surveying  officers,  712,  713. 
Removal  of  all  officers,  660. 
Returns,  693-703,  1167,  1520-1522,  1527, 

1549. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  695. 
Signal  supplies,   1564. 
Street  car  and  ferry  tickets,  1127. 
Subsistence  supplies,  1198. 
Supplies  in  transit,  721,  1141. 
Surveying  or  exploring  expeditions,   672. 
Tent  pins,  helves,  etc.,  1176. 
Transfer  on  succession,  17,  630. 
Transfers,  bureaus  and  departments,  671. 
Transfers   involving   accountability,    665, 

701. 

Transfers  to  Indians,  476. 
Unauthorized  sales,  A.  W.  16,  17. 
Unserviceable  property,  678,  679. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1075,  1076. 
Proposals : 

Abstracts,    541-543,    548,    549. 
Advertisements,  503,  522-526. 
Bidders,   524,   527-541,   545-547. 
Delivery,  537. 

Disposition  of  copies,  542,  543. 
Erasures  or  interlineations,   534. 
Firm  or  corporation,  532. 


394 


INDEX. 


Proposals — Continued. 

Folding  and  numbering,  542. 

Guaranties,   535,  536. 

Opening,   537,   539,  541. 

Posts  and  department  headquarters,  543, 
544. 

Preparation,  etc.,  531,  533. 

Safe-keeping,  539. 

Separate  for  labor,  etc.,  each  place,  53S. 

Withdrawal,  540. 
Protecting  tke  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 
Protection : 

Laborers,  etc.,  on  military  works,  357. 
Proving   Ground,   Sandy   Hook,   N.   J.: 

Annual  inspection,  895. 
Provisional  Commands: 

Flags  for  opposing  forces,  242. 

Journals  of  march,  446. 
Provisions  for  Soldiers: 

Sales  in  garrison,  forts,  etc.,  A.  W.  18. 

Violence    to    traders    in    foreign    parts, 

A.   W.  56. 
Provoking  Speeches  or  Gestures: 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  25. 
Provost  Marshal  General's   Bureau: 

Care  and  custody  of  records,  774. 
Provost  Marshals: 

Duties  of,  as  to  prisoners,  A.  W.  67,  69. 
Prunes : 

Ration,  1205, 
Pnblic  Animals: 

Ambulance,  1429. 

Assignment  to  riders  or  drivers,  1072. 

Branding,  907,  1067. 

Care  and  treatment,  90,  91. 

Condemned,  680,  907,  1073. 

Descriptive  cards,  280,  1070,  1071. 

Descriptive  lists,  1069. 

Docking,  banging,  or  clipping,  1068. 

Draft  and  pack,  1102. 

Exchange  or  surrender,   1072. 

Forage  ration,  1077,   1078. 

Furnished  by  Quartermaster  Corps,  1000. 

Inspection,  889. 

Inspection    of    unserviceable,    904,    907, 
1073. 

Issue  or  transfer,  1071. 

Purchased  under  contract,  1066. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  689-692. 

Return   from   Philippine   Islands   not   al- 
lowed, 1098, 

Sales  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1073, 
1095. 

Salt,  1215. 

Shoeing  and  materials,  1097. 

Sick,  injured,  or  infected,  1073. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1085. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1102. 

Use  of,  by  mounted  officers,  1081,  1096. 

Vinegar,  1215. 
See    also — 
Horses. 
Mules. 


Publications 

Articles  of  War  to  the  Army,  A.  W.  128. 
Dismissal  for  cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W. 

100. 

Medical  and  official,  1463. 
Private  transactions,  5. 
Pnblic  Buildings: 

Bonds  and  contracts,  572. 
Construction  or  repair,  706,  707,  1017. 
Estimates  for  repairs,  1012,  1013. 
Inspection  and  condemnation,  904,  912. 
Public  Buildings  and  Grounds,  D.  ('. : 

Title  and  other  papers,  705,  915,  1493. 
Pnblic  Health: 

Enforcement  of  quarantine,  485,  p.  100. 
Public  Lands: 

Intruders  or  trespassers,  485,  pp.  99,  100. 
Title  papers,  military,  915. 
Unlawful  inclosures,  485,  p.   100. 
Pnblic  Moneys: 

Balances  at  close  of  fiscal  year,  625. 
Balances  on  deposit  unchanged,  590. 
Collections,  611-619. 
Contracts     involving     future     payments, 

515,  582. 

Covering  into  Treasury,  590. 
Custody  of,  584,  586. 
Deceased  officers,  86. 
Disbursing   officers   ceasing   to  act,    588, 

630,  902. 

Failure  to  account,   1308. 
Illegal  disbursements,  1309. 
Insane  officers,  86. 
Insurance,  .596. 

Miscellaneous   receipts,   etc.,   611. 
Outstanding   checks   or   drafts,    588, 606. 
Overpayments,  1309. 
Personal  possession,  586,  587. 
Receipt  for  amounts  not  paid,  A.  W.  60. 
Receipt  for  transfer,  etc.,  1384. 
Received    for    disbursements,    583,    584, 

586,  587,  595. 

Stealing,    embezzling,   etc.,   A.    W.   60. 
Transfer,   589,   595,   597,  598,    1509. 
Transfer  to  the  Treasury,   611. 
Transportation  by  express,   1142. 
Use  and  expenditures,  582. 

See  also— 

Deposits  of  Moneys  and  Collections. 
Money  Accountability. 
Public  Property: 

Branding  and  marking,  257,  295,  676. 
Care  and  preservation,   193,   203. 
Commanding  officers,  751. 
Company   commanders,   290,   291. 
Condemnation.       See     Condemnation     of 

Property. 

Condemned.      See    Condemned    Property. 
Damaged.     See  Damages   to  Property. 
Deceased  officers,  86. 
Defect  or  shortage,  668. 
Deficiencies,  etc.,  1309. 
Destruction,     etc.      See     Destruction     of 

Public  Property. 
Deteriorated  or  deteriorating  stores,  717, 

904. 


INDEX. 


395 


Pablic  Property — Continued. 

Expended   In    the    military    service,   698. 

Expenditures   under   orders,    696,    697. 

Failure  to  account,   1308. 

Fuel  and  oil  unconsumed,  1042,  1056. 

Insane  officers,  86. 

Inspection,  903-914. 

Insurance,  596. 

Intrusted,   657. 

Issues,   care  required,   673. 

Lost  or   stolen,   689-692,   721,   1141;   A. 

W.  10. 

Mail   contractors,   209. 
Mess  and  tableware  and  furniture,   301. 
Militia,  460. 

Packages  by  mail,  penalty  envelope.  837. 
Preservation   and  repair,    67-5. 
Private  uses,  677. 
Proceeds  of  sale,  617-619. 
Purchase  by  officers,  681. 
Receipts,   amounts   not   delivered,   A.   W. 

60. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  689-692. 
Regimental    headquarters,    257. 
Returns.     See  Returns  of  Public  Property. 
Sales.      See  Sales   of  Public  Property. 
Stealing,   wrongfully  selling,   etc.,  A.  W. 

60. 

.  Tents  for  protection,  1183. 
Transfers    to    another    department,    619, 

671. 
Unserviceable,   337,   680,   681,   717,  903- 

908. 

VeriS  cation  of  contents  of  packages,  669. 
Waste  products,  679. 

See  also   Property  Accountability   and 

•  Responsibility. 
Pablic  Works: 

Bonds  and   contracts,   572. 
Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1295. 
Punishments : 

Abandoning  post,  A.  W.  42. 
Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 
Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 
Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  W.  6. 
Ammunition,  sale  or  waste,  A.  W.  16. 
Breach  of  arrest,  A.  W.  65. 
Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  20. 
Contemptuous   words,   A.   W.    19. 
Contumacious  witnesses,  p.  314,  act  Mar. 

2,  1901. 
Damages,   loss,   etc.,  of  property,   A.   W. 

15-17. 

Desertion,  A.  W.  47-51. 
Destroying,  etc.,  military  records,  823. 
Disrespectful  words,  A.  W.  19. 
Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 
Escape  of  prisoners,  A.  W.  69. 
Failure  to  make  returns,  A.  W.  7. 
Failure  to  report  confinement  of  enlisted 

men,  A.  W.  68. 
Failure    to    surrender    offenders    against 

civil  statutes,  A.  W.  59. 
False    certificates    of    absence    or    pay, 

A.  W.  13. 


Punishments — Continued. 

False  musters,  A.  W.  5,  14. 

False  returns,  A.  W.  8. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  36,  37. 

Horses,  sale  or  loss,  A.  W.  17. 

Increase  of  sentences  of  confinement,  967. 

Legality  and  promptness,  2. 

Limitations,   963,  964,  968;   p.   313,   act 

Sept.   27,    1890;    p.    315,    act   Mar.   2, 

1913 ;  A.  W.  38,  98. 

Misbehavior  at  divine  worship,  A.  W.  52. 
Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  W.  41-46, 

57,  100. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24,  43. 
Offenses  against  civil  laws,  A.  W.  55,  58, 

59. 

Officers    pecuniarily    interested    in    vict- 
uals, etc.,  A.  W.  18. 
Pardon,   or  mitigation  of  sentence,   944, 

972 ;  p.  313,  act  June  18,  1898 ;  A.  W. 

112. 

Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 
Provoking    or    reproachful    speeches    or 

gestures,  A.  W.  25. 
Records,  280. 
Release,      unauthorized,      of      prisoners, 

A.  W.  69. 

Sleeping  on  or  leaving  post,  A.  W.  39. 
Spies,  p.  313,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 
Unlawful  enlistments,  A.  W.  3. 
Use  of  Army  as  posse  comitatus,  484. 
Violence    to    traders    in    foreign    parts, 

A.  W.  56. 
Waste    .or     spoil     of     private     property, 

A.  W.  55,  59. 
Purchases : 

Articles   of   uniform   clothing   from   post 

exchange,  1174J. 
Discharge,  by  enlisted  men,  144. 
Forage,  1082. 

Fuel   and   mineral   oil   by   soldiers'    fam- 
ilies, 1038. 
Fuel  by  officers  and  families,  1036,  1037, 

1039,  1040. 

Horses  by  mounted  officers,  1095. 
Lands  for  military  purposes,  704. 
Mineral  oil,  by  officers,  etc.,  1054. 
Public  animals,  1066-1069. 

See  also  Purchases  of  Supplies. 
Purchases  of  Supplies: 

Appropriation  from  which  paid,  624. 

Company  fund,  322,  328. 

Contractors,   561,   566. 

Contracts,    515,   516,   520,   521,   544-550, 

555-566. 

Emergency,  551,  1007. 
Exceptional  articles,  551,  1244. 
Forage  masters,   1093. 
Foreign   articles,   517,   518.   ' 
Forms  of  agreement,  550. 
Fresh  meats  and  beef  cattle,  1200. 
General    provisions,    515—526. 
Interest  in,  by  disbursing  officers,  591. 
Liquid  coffee,   1208. 
Manner  and  methods,  519, 


396 


INDEX. 


Purchases  of  Supplies — Continued. 

Medical   supplies,   1486. 

Mess  fund,  322,  330. 

Military  publications  and  maps,  521. 

Open   market,   551-554. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1511. 

Organized   Militia,   455. 

Personal  service,  519. 

Persons  in  military  service,  521. 

Philippine   Islands,   557. 

Produce  from  Indians,  478,  553. 

Proposals.     See  Proposals. 

Rations,   1220-1222. 

Regimental   fund,   322. 

Seeds  for  post  gardens,  343. 

Signal   Corps    supplies,   1556. 

Subsistence   supplies,   1198. 

Toilet  articles,    1218. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633,  636. 

Wagon   masters,   1093. 
Purchasing    and    Contracting    Officers: 

Ability  of  bidders  to  carry  out  bids,  547. 

Advertisements,    522-526. 

Award,  etc.,  of  contracts,  543,  544,  556- 
558. 

Collections,   721. 

Contractor's    bonds,    569. 

Entitled   to  copy  of  contract,  561. 

Guaranties,  bidders,   535. 

Oath  appended  to  contract,  563. 

Opening  proposals  prematurely,  537. 

Open-market    purchases,    551-554. 

Proposals,   537,  539. 

Quartermaster   Corps,    564. 

Responsibilities,    520. 

Supplies,  persons  in  military  service,  521. 
Qualifications : 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  178. 

Applicants  for  enlistment,   846-849,  862. 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  28,  29,  34. 

Battalion    and    regimental    staff    officers, 
250. 

Chief  of  Staff  of  Army,  761. 

Classification   for   additional   pay,    1343- 
1345. 

Commission  in  Volunteers,  149. 

Counsel    for    prisoners,    961. 

Expert      riflemen,      sharpshooters,      and 
marksmen,  1345. 

General   Staff  Corps  officers,   752. 

Gunners,   Artillery,  1343,   1344. 

Hospital   Corps,    1405,   1410. 

Medical  officers,   1388. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  recruiting  serv- 
ice,  843,   845. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  93,  95. 

Retirement  of  enlisted   men,    134. 

Staff,  personal,  41. 

Staff  duty  and  detached  service,  39. 

Transfer   to    Hospital    Corps,    1411. 

Veterinarians,    88. 
Quarantine  Regulations : 

Enforcement   of,    by    the    Army,    485,    p. 

.    100. 

Reports  of  inspectors,  889. 


Quarrels : 

Provoking    speeches    or    gestures,   A.    W. 

25. 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Quartermaster  and  Commissary: 

Battalion  and  squadron,  248,  254. 
Quartermaster  Coips: 

Ambulances,  1105,  1427. 

Baking  bread,  building  or  tentage,  1201. 

Band  instruments,  262,  1179. 

Barracks    and    quarters.       See    Barracks 

and  Quarters. 
Blank  forms,    1253. 
Bonds  of  officers,  567,  568,  574-577,  580, 

581. 
Civilian    employees,    traveling    expenses, 

738. 
Clothing    and    equipage.       See     Clothing 

and  Equipage. 
Collections,  721. 

Company  books  'and  records,   280. 
Cooking  apparatus,   1252. 
Cooks,   pay,    329. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  87,  167. 
Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 
Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 
Enlisted  men,   1009,   1340. 
Fees  for  administering  oaths,   649. 
Field  service,   Hospital  Corps,  1434. 
Forage.     See  Forage. 
Fuel.     See  Fuel. 
Funds,   1008. 

General  depots,  100.2-1004. 
General  duties,  1000-1008. 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,  90,  1080, 

1095-1098. 

Ice  plants  and  ice,  1215. 
Illuminating     supplies,      89,      283,     301, 

1050-1061. 
Inmates   Soldiers'    Home,    transportation, 

180.  " 

Insane   civilian   employees,   464. 
Installation   and   maintenance  of  electric 

lights,  etc.,   1059,   1060. 
Kitchen  and  table  ware,  301. 
Laundry   charges,   recruits,   1169. 
Libraries  and  schools,  331. 
Mess  furniture,  301. 
Mess  stewards,  pay,  329. 
Military  attache's,  1100. 
Musical   instruments,  262,   1179,   1180. 
Post  cemeteries,  494. 
Public  animals.     See  Public  Animals. 
Purchasing  and  contracting  officers,  564, 

721. 

Record  books,  258. 

Recovery  of  public  property,  689-692. 
Retired   enlisted   men,   135,   137. 
Rewards,  etc.,   121. 
Shoeing  materials,  1097. 
Special  regulations,  note,  p.  191. 
Stationery,  331,  1062-1065,   1100. 
Storehouses,  etc.,  1000,  1001,  1199. 
Straw,   1084,   1085. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,   762. 
Supplies.     See  Quartermaster  Supplies. 


INDEX. 


397 


Quartermaster  Corps — Continued. 
Target  practice,  315,  351. 
Telegraphing,  1044,  1184-1193. 
Telephoning,  1194. 
Transportation.      See    Transportation   of 

the  Army. 

Ungarrisoned  posts,  214. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1074—1076. 

See  also — 

Chief  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps. 
Quartermasters. 
Quartermasters : 

Accountability,  1086-1092,  1094,  1141. 
Allotments   of  pay,   enlisted   men,    1352, 

1354,  1359. 

Band  instruments,  262,  1179. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  1010,  1012,  1019, 

1024-1027. 

Battalion,  248,  249,  254,  255. 
Blank  forms,  1253. 
Bonds,  567,  568,  574-577,  580,  581. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1148,  1149,  1153, 

1156,  1157. 
Commutation    of    rations,     1232,     1233, 

1236-1238. 

Cooking  apparatus,  1252. 
Court-martial  duty,  temporary,  192. 
Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  163,  164. 
Deduction    of    indebtedness    to    post    ex- 
change, 345. 

Deduction  of  laundry  charges,  341. 
Deposits  of  collections,  614. 
Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1335. 
Deserters'  effects,  117. 
Designated  to  pay  discharged  men,  155. 
Detachment  returns,  1009. 
Eligibility  to  command,  18. 
Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  940. 
Estimates  for  funds,  1008. 
Funds  by  express,  1142. 
Funds  kept  in  personal  possession,  587. 
Hospital  buildings,  1466. 
Incorrect  payment  to  enlisted  men,  1336. 
Means  of  transportation,  1106. 
Military  Academy,  1313. 
Militia,  mobilization  camps,  456. 
Movements  of  troops,  1110—1114. 
Notification  discharged  enlisted  men,  155. 
Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044,  1046, 

1047. 

Orders  for  transportation,  1110,  1111. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1547. 
Payments,  discharged  soldiers,  1375-1377, 

1381. 

Pay- roll  calculations,  810. 
Police  supplies,  442,  443. 
Post,    206,    497,    498,    1010,    1012,    1018, 

1019,     1024-1027,    1075,     1076,     1148, 

1149,     1153,     1156-1158,     1206,    1253, 

1466. 

Post  cemeteries,  497,  498. 
Private  buildings  and  lands,  1018. 
Promotion,  24* 
Public  animals,  1072. 
Ration  certificates,  1213. 
Receipts  for  refundments,  etc.,  614,  1384. 


Quartermasters — Continued. 

Regimental,  248-250,  253-255,  262,  1179. 

Requisitions  for  transportation,  1108. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,   1239-1251. 

Savings  of  rations,  1220-1222. 

Senior,  payment  of  Droops,  1254. 

Signal  parties'  supplies,  1567. 

Squadron,  248,  254. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1310,  1311. 

Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1127. 

Target  practice,  351. 

Telegraph  accounts,  1189,  1192. 

Transportation     requests,     1116,     1121, 
1125,  1126,  1129-1131,  1133. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  supplies,  1075, 

1076. 
Quartermaster    Sergeants,    Battalion: 

Appointment,  etc.,  256. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Duties,  254. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Quartermaster    Sergeants,    Company : 

Apppintments,  273,  275. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  276. 

Return  to  grade  of  sergeant,  273. 

Selection  and  appointment,  273,   275. 

Temporary  appointments,  275. 

Travel  accommodations,  1128. 

Warrants,  274. 
Quartermaster  Sergeants,  Quartermaster  Corps : 

Appointment,  duties,  etc.,  93-98,  100. 

Assignment    as    assistant     chief    baker, 
1201. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Discharge  and  reenlistment,  99,  101,  102, 
958. 

Military  control,  99. 

Personal  reports,  100. 

Qualifications,  93,  95. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  102,  958. 

Stationery,  1065. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  958. 
Quartermaster  Sergeants,  Regimental: 

Appointment,  etc.,  256. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Quartermaster  Supplies : 

Applicants  for  enlistment,  1218. 

Care  and  accountability,  1086-1094. 

Electrical  engineers,  etc.,  1568. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Emergency  purchases,  1007. 

Extra  issues,  1006,  1215-1218. 

General  depots,  1002-1004. 

Militia,  1143. 

Recruits,  1217. 

Sales  to  officers,  etc.,  1174. 

Sales  to  officers'  servants,  1175. 

Signal  parties,  1567. 


398 


INDEX. 


Quartermaster  Supplies — Continued. 

Special  requisitions,  1005. 

Transfer  for  use  of  Indians,  476. 

Transfers  to  successors,  1094. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1094. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 

See     also     Subsistence    Supplies     and 

Stores, 
Quarters : 

Absent   from,   without  authority,   A.  W. 
31. 

Allowance,   etc.,    1024-1034,    1044,    1390, 
1397. 

Commutation,  1299-1307. 

Contracts,  515. 

Engineer  officers,  1504. 

Failure  to  retire  at  retreat,  A.  W.  35. 

Hire,  1028,  1029. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1033,  1035. 

Office  rooms,  1046. 

Sergeants,    first    class,    Hospital    Corps, 
1467,  1468. 

Use  of  hospitals,  1470. 

Veterinarians,  89. 

Violence  to  traders  in  foreign  parts,  A. 

W.  56. 
Radio  Telegraphy: 

Use  between  Army  and  Navy,  409,  1561. 
Railroads : 

Bond-aided,  732,  1186. 

Construction  and  repair,   1000. 

Hospital  trains,  1440. 

Land-grant,  485,  p.  102;  1279. 
Bank: 

Commissioned  officers,  9,   11. 

Definition,  7. 

Grades,  9. 

How  held  and  conferred,  8. 

Members   of   courts-martial,    945 ;   A.   W. 
124. 

Noncommissioned   officers,   9. 

Relative,  of  Army  and  Navy  officers,  12. 

Relative,  of  different  corps  of  the  Army, 
6,  10;  A.  W.  122,  124. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  47,  48. 
Rape: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Rates  of  Exchange: 

Credit  allowed,  596,   635,   1100. 
Ration  and  Savings  Accounts : 

Certificates,   1205,   1213. 

Detachments  leaving  post,  1213. 

Duties  of  commanding  officer,  1220. 

Duties  of  the  quartermaster,  1220-1222. 

Individual,  1209. 

Money   accruing  from,   1220. 

Ration   returns,    1205,    1209-1211,    1214, 
1220. 

Sick  in  hospital,  327. 
Ration  of  the  Army: 

Care  and  use,  297,  298. 

Civilian  employees,  733,  1211,  1213. 

Commutation.     See  Commutation  of  Ra- 
tions. 

Components  and   substitutes,    1205. 

Computation  of  cost,   1221. 


Ration  of  .the  Army — Continued. 

Defined,  1202. 

Emergency,   1202,   1205. 

Filipino,    1202,    1205,    1207,    1220,    1221. 

Garrison,   1202,    1205,    1207,   1220,   1221. 

Haversack,  1202,  1205. 

Holiday,  1205,   1221. 

Meal  tickets,  1227. 

Militia  called  into  service,  455. 

Stores     purchased     from     quartermaster, 
1220. 

Temporary  supplies,   1220. 

To    whom    furnished,    1202-1204,    1224, 
1225,   1452,   1453. 

Travel,    1202,    1205,    1207,    1208,    1220, 

1221,  1224,  1225. 

See     also     Subsistence    Supplies     and 
'  Stores. 
Reading  Rooms: 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Quarters  to  be  provided,   331. 

Transportation   of   property,    340. 

Use  of,  by  officers,  331. 
Rear  Admirals: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Rear  Admirals,  Junior: 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Rebellion : 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  485,  p.  101. 
Receipts : 

Clothing,  1157,  1158. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1533. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  1384. 

Transfers    of    money,    refundments,    etc., 
1384. 

Transportation  requests,   1117,  1118. 
Receipts   for  Money   and  Property: 

Amounts  not  paid  or  delivered,  A.  W.  60. 

Blank,  prohibited,  637. 

Corporations,  642-644. 

Failure  to  sign  for  property,  667. 

Firms  and  individuals,  642,  643. 

Funds  transferred,  639. 

Money  amounts,  638,  648. 

Notation  of  checks,  640. 

Payments  by  check  or  cash,  638. 

Public  property  in  use  by  militia,  460. 

Refundments,    stoppages,    transfers,    etc., 
1384. 

Signatures  and  headings,  646. 

Small  sums  for  occasional  services,  644. 

Transfers  of  property,  665. 

Witness  to  signature  by  mark,  647. 
Reconnaissances : 

Engineer     officers'     duties,     1493,     1500- 
1502. 

Escort  commanders'  duties,  20. 

Field  notes,  -'--etches,  etc.,  444-446. 
Record  of  Officers : 

Details  for  detached  service,  etc.,  39. 
Records : 

Army  corps,  821.  ^ 

Battalion,  245. 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  491,  492. 

Brigades,  821. 


INDEX. 


399 


Records — Continued. 

Calls  or  Inquiries  for  Information  from 

military,  774. 

Care  and  preservation,  820. 
Civil  courts,  conviction  of  enlisted  men, 

146. 

Coast  defense  commands,  309. 
Colored  Ink,  822. 
Company,  280,  281,  821. 
Company  fund  account,  328. 
Completion,  etc.,  of  military,  in  The  Ad- 
jutant General's  Office,  774. 
Concealment,   mutilation,  etc..  823. 
Confederate,  774. 
Councils  of  administration,  318. 
Courts-martial,   915,   917,   919-921,    960, 

962,    979-984;  A.   W.    86-93,   95.    113, 

114,  121. 

Departments,  821. 
Deposits  by  enlisted  men,  1361. 
Depots  of  supply,  821. 
Destroying  or  carrying  away,   etc.,   823. 
Discontinued  commands,  821. 
Disposition  of  old,  258,  281. 
Divisions    (tactical),  821. 
Divisions  (territorial),  821. 
Enlistment  of  discharged  soldiers,  860. 
Information    from,    how    furnished,    etc., 

824.. 

Medical,  774. 
Military,  774,  820-824. 
Militia  and  volunteers  after  muster  out, 

774. 

National  cemeteries,  490. 
Office  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  303. 
Post,  211,  821. 
Post  cemeteries,  495,  497. 
Punishments,  280. 
Reenlistments,  860. 
Regimental,  251,  258,  821. 
Regimental  fund  book,  325. 
Separate  brigades,  821. 
Service  of  officers,  39. 
Volunteer  armies,  774. 
Recovery  of  Public  Property: 
Animals  lost  or  stolen,  691. 
Expenses,  how  paid,  692. 
Forcible  seizure,  690. 
Proceedings,  689. 
Rewards,  691. 
Recreation  and  Amuseniemt: 

Buildings,    erection    by   labor  of   troops, 

339. 

Recruiting  Depots: 
Classification,  841. 
Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  192. 
Detachment  of  officers,  192. 
General    recruit    depots,    191,    192,    841, 

842. 

Mess  stewards  and  cooks,  170,  329. 
Police  and  discipline,  recruit  depot  posts, 

841. 

Recruit  companies,  842. 
Recruit  depot  posts,  841,  842. 
Reports,  842. 
Supervision  or  control,  191. 


Recruiting  Officers: 

Appointment,  noncommissioned  officers, 
843-845. 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  118,  123. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1152. 

Details,  840. 

Disbursements,  587. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 

Enlistment  period  noted  on  card,  153. 

Enlistments,   etc.,    Hospital   Corps,    1410. 

Enlistments  and  reenllstments,  847. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  850. 
851,  853-856,  859,  860,  864,  865,  872, 
874,  876,  1167,  1484. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1475. 

Ordnance  and  ordmance  stores,   1532. 
Recruiting  Parties: 

Noncommissioned  officers,  843—845. 

Reenlistments  of  members,  847. 

Summer  clothing,  1167. 
Recruiting  Service: 

Applicants  for  enlistment.  See  Appli- 
cants for  Enlistment. 

Assignments,  enlisted  men,  8^43-845. 

Classifications  and  details,  840. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1152,  1167. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1226,  1229. 

Correspondence,  872. 

Enlistments.  See  Enlistments  and,  Re- 
enlistments. 

Flag,  224. 

General  recruiting  depots,  191. 

General  recruiting  stations,  841,  895. 

Hospital  Corps,  1410. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Management,  etc.,  740,  774. 

Medical  attendance,  1475. 

Periods  of  detail,  840. 

Recruiting  depots,  841,  842. 

Recruiting  officers.  See  Recruiting  Offi- 
cers, i 

Recruits.     See  Recruits. 

Returns,  857. 

Surplus  property,  1152. 
Recruiting  Stations: 

Brooms,  brushes,  and  mops,  1181. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,   192. 

Deserters,   123. 

Flags,  224. 

Inspections,  895. 

Laundry  work,   1169,   1218. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1475. 

Supervision  or  control,  191. 
Recruits : 

Age  limitation,  849. 

Articles  of  War  to  be  read,  856 ;  A.  W.  2. 

Assignment  to  organizations,  872. 

Certificate  of  disability,  870. 

Character,   869. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1224. 

Descriptive  and  assignment  cards,  869, 
873-876,  1169,  1217,  1249. 

Deserters,  A.  W.  50. 

Discharges  for  disability,   841,  1382. 

Distribution,  841. 

Hospital  Corps,  1410. 


400 


INDEX. 


Recruits — Continued. 

Instruction,  etc.,  841,  842. 

Laundry  charges,  1169. 

Oath  to  be  taken,  A.  W.  2. 

Officer  conducting  to  organizations,  873, 
875. 

Payments  to  discharged,  1382. 

Physical  examination,  864,  865,  868-870, 
1484. 

Physical  examination  reports,  774. 

Sales   to,    of   subsistence   supplies,    1242, 
1249. 

Sent  to  organizations,  872-877. 

Toilet  articles,   etc.,   1217. 

Travel  rations,  1224,  1225. 

Vaccination,  865,  866,  869,  1484. 
Redress : 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 

Appeals  of  officers  and  men,  A.  W.  29,  30. 
Redaction  to  the  Ranks: 

General  noncommissioned  staff,  103. 

Hospital  Corps,  958,  1407,  1408. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  276- 
278.    « 

Noncommissioned    staff,    Coast    Artillery 
Corps,  310. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  102,  958. 

Quartermaster     Corps     noncommissioned 
officers,    1009. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  officers,  256. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  staff,  256. 

Signal    Corps,    1557. 
Reenlisted  Pay: 

Rates  and  payment,  1338,  1339. 
Reenlistments : 

Additional  pay,  859,  1338-1340. 

Antedating,   859. 

Date,  859. 

Deposits  may  be  renewed,  1365. 

Disability  contracted  in  line  of  duty,  863. 

Disabled  soldiers,  863. 

Disqualifications,  849,  861. 

Enlistment  period  noted  on  card,  153- 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

General  noncommissioned  staff,   103. 

Hospital  Corps,   1410,  1412. 

Married   men,    852,    1009. 

Noncommissioned  officers,   company,  274. 

Notations  on  discharge  certificates,   148, 
153,  860. 

Other  organizations,   862. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101. 

Prohibited   classes,   849. 

Recruiting  officers,  860. 

Soldier  under  sentence  of  court-martial, 
157. 

Special  authority  required,  861,  862. 
Refugees : 

Bureau  of,  etc.,  records,  774. 
Regimental  Bands: 

Appointment  of  noncommissioned  officers, 
260. 

Discipline  and  efficiency,  253. 

Equipments,  257,  262. 

Fund,  262,  324,  325,  327. 

Lye  and  sapolio,  1182. 


Regimental  Bands — Continued. 
Memorial  Day,  440. 
Musical  instruments,  etc.,  262,  1179. 
National  and  patriotic  airs  to  be  played, 

264,  437. 
Procedure    when    musicians    are    needed, 

263. 

Saluting,  375,  376. 
Station,  261. 
"The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  264,  378, 

437. 

Regimental  Books  and  Records: 
Disposition  of  old,  258. 
Duties  of  adjutant,'  251. 
Enumerated  and  instructions,  258,  259. 
Fund  book,  325. 

Regimental    Colors    and    Standards: 
Care  and  use,  232,  233. 
Cavalry,  230. 

Dropping  during  salute,  375. 
Engineers,  227. 
Field  Artillery,  231. 
Infantry,  229. 
Mourning,  434. 
Saluted,  377. 
Service,  233. 
Regimental  Commanders: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12,  13. 

Aid  to  chaplains,  44. 

Allotments  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1360. 

Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 

Bands  and  field  musicians,  260,  263. 

Battalion  staff  officers,  248,  250. 

Certificates  of  merit,  184. 

Company  fund,  328. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  160. 

Disposition  of  old  records,  reports,  etc., 

258. 

Efficiency  reports,  829. 
Enlistment    or    reenlistment    of    married 

men,  852. 

Furloughs,  106  ;  A.  W.  11. 
General   duties  and  responsibilities,  203, 

246. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  810. 
Noncommissioned    officers,    94,    95,    256, 

271,  275,  276. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  94,  95. 
Recruiting  service,  840. 
Regimental  fund,  324,  325. 
Regimental    staff   officers,   248,   250,   251, 

253,  255. 

Reports,  incapacitated  officers,  890. 
Reports,  issues,  and  roll  calls,  373. 
Returns,  regimental  libraries,  332. 
Returns  of  troops,  811,  812. 
Senior  officer  on  duty,  245. 
Surveying  officers,  711. 
Transfer   or   exchange    of   enlisted    men, 

114. 

Veterinarians,  91. 
Regimental  Commissary  Sergeants: 

See  Commissary  Sergeants,  Regimental. 
Regimental  Noncommissioned  Staff: 
Appointments,  etc.,  256. 
Baggage,  1136. 


INDEX. 


401 


Regimental  Noncommissioned  Staff — Contd. 

Brooms,  brushes,  and  mops,  1181. 

Discharge  and  reenlistment,  256. 

Discipline  and  efficiency,  253. 

Equipments,   257. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 

Quarters,   fuel,   and  stoves,   1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  256. 

Warrants,  256. 
Regimental  Officers: 

Assignments,  field  officers,  247. 
Regimental  Quartermaster  Sergeants: 

See  Quartermaster  Sergeants,  Regimental. 
Regimental  Sergeants  Major: 

See  Sergeants  Major. 
Regiments : 

Administrative  unit,  245. 

Appropriate  command  of  a  colonel,  14. 

Bands.     See  Regimental  Bands. 

Chaplains,  43-46. 

Colors,  names  of  battles,  244. 

Commanders.        See      Regimental      Com- 
manders. 

Composition  and  command,  245. 

Desks,  1139. 

Detached  companies,  813. 

Fund,  232,  321,  322,  324,  325. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Noncommissioned  staff,  253,  256,  257. 

Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony, 
6. 

Public  property,  257. 

Records,  251,  258,  259,  325. 

Records  of,  discontinued,  821. 

Regulations,  245. 

Returns,  811-813,  815. 

Staff  officers,  248-255,  807. 

Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  114. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  48. 
Registry  of  Officers: 

Arriving  at  Washington  or  at  division  or 

department  headquarters,  406,  825. 
Regulars : 

Precedence,  6,  10 ;  A.  W.  122,  124. 
Rejoining  Station: 

Furloughed  soldiers,  110. 

Soldiers   absent  without   leave,  110. 

Travel  allowances,  1289-1294. 
RelatlTe  Rank: 

Army  and  Navy  officers,   12. 

Grades  of  rank,  9. 

Officers,  same  grade,   11. 

Regulars,     Marine     Corps,     militia,     and 

volunteers,  6,  10 ;  A.  W.  122,  124. 
Release : 

General  prisoners,  941. 

Insane  soldiers  from  hospital,  470. 

Officers  without  charges,  924  ;  A.  W.  71. 

Prisoners,  without  authority,  A.  W.   69. 
Relief  to  the  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 
Remittances  of  Funds: 

Fiscal  year  to  be  designated,  621. 
Remount  Depots: 

Care  of  officers'   mounts,   1099. 

Purchase  of  horses  by  officers,  1095. 

90651—17 26 


Rentals : 

Contracts  for,  557. 
Repairs: 

Ambulances,   1427. 

Barracks  and  quarters,   208,   1012-1017, 

1019. 

Electric   power  plants,    1060. 
Hand  Utters,  1430. 
Hospitals,   1466-1469. 
Musical   instruments,    1179. 
Ordnance,  stores,  1520,   1534,  1537-1540. 
Quarters  for   sergeants,   first   class,   Hos- 
pital Corps,   1467,  1468. 
Roads,  walks,  etc.,   1016. 
Shoes,  327. 

Transportation,  means  of,  557. 
Reporters,  Courts-Martial : 
Assistant,  986. 

Employment,  compensation,  etc.,  985-987. 
Traveling  expenses,   738,   986. 
Reports : 

Allotments  of  pay,   enlisted   men,    1348- 

1351,   1353,   1359. 
Annual,    of   territorial    commanders    and 

independent     commands,     preparation, 

etc.,  1931. 

Apprehended   deserters,    123. 
Arrest  of  officers,  924. 
Battle,  816. 

Boards  and  commissioners,   193J. 
Brigade   commanders,    194. 
Burials,   post  cemeteries,  498. 
Channels,   785. 
Chaplains,  45. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  War  Department,  193}. 
Coast  artillery,  305. 
Coast  defense  commands,  305. 
Company,  266. 
Company  records,  280,  281. 
Deaths  and  burials,  45,  83,  87,  167. 
Departmental   affairs,   193. 
Department   commanders,   absent,   196. 
Deserters,   118,  120,   124,   126. 
Detachment    commanders,   369. 
Disposition  of  old,   258,   281. 
Efficiency.    'See  Reports,  Efficiency. 
Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1501. 
Enlisted  men  confined,  A.  W.  68. 
Hunting,  65. 

Incapacitated   officers,    76. 
Indian  scouts,  names  inserted,  483. 
Medals  or  badges,  illegal  possession,  189. 
Medical    examination    of    applicants    for 

enlistment,  871. 

Military   Academy,   United    States,    193J. 
Militia  encampments,  105,  193,  774. 
Mixed  corps  operations,  817. 
Movements   of  troops,    emergencies,    193, 

487. 
Officers  traveling  on  duty  without  troops, 

68. 

Officers  visiting  foreign  countries,  62. 
Outstanding  liabilities,   605. 
Personal.     See  Reports,  Personal. 
Post  cemeteries,  498. 
Post  commanders,  Inspection,  203. 
Post  records,  211. 


402 


INDEX. 


Reports — Continued. 

Recruits,  842. 

Regimental  records,  258. 

Roll  call,  372. 

Sanitary,  1387. 

Sick  and  wounded,  1471. 

Signal  operations,  1558. 

Small-arms  practice,  349. 

Special,  for  recommendations  affecting 
the  service  as  a  whole,  etc.,  193J. 

Summary  courts-martial,  pp.  313,  314, 
act  June  18,  1898. 

Superintendents  national  cemeteries,  490. 

Surveying  officers,  116,  713,  715-725. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  48. 
Reports,  Efficiency : 

Care  enjoined  in  preparation,  39,  832. 

Channels  through  which  forwarded, 
829,  831. 

Final  disposition,  833. 

Inspection  reports,  830,  831,  889,  890. 

Officers  for  retirement  or  promotion,  26. 

Officers  on  duty  at  civil  educational  in- 
stitutions, 830. 

Reporting  officers,  829,  830,  832. 
Reports,  Personal : 

Detached  service,  105,  826-828. 

Enlisted  men  on  detached  service  with 
militia,  105. 

Field  officers,  regimental,  828. 

General  officers,  826. 

Inspectors,  880. 

Leaves  of  absence,  50,  59,  64. 

Observations,  foreign  countries,  62. 

Officers  arriving  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  or 
at  division  or  department  headquar- 
ters, 406,  825. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  97,  100. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 

Retired  officers,  827. 

Senior  signal  officer  of  an  army,  1558. 

Sergeants,  first  class,  Hospital  Corps, 
1406. 

Staff  corps  or  departments,  826,  827. 
Reproachful  Speeches   or   Gestures: 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  25. 
Requests : 

Transportation.     See  Transportation  Re- 
quests. 
Requisitions : 

Band  instruments,  1151. 

Blank  forms,  blank  books,  etc.,  1253, 
1551,  1571. 

Canteen  covers,  corks,  etc.,  1534. 

Clothing,  1152,  1157,  1158. 

Examination,  revision,  etc.,  749,  750. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1052. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1517— 
1519. 

Preparation,  etc.,  748. 

Quartermaster   supplies,   1089. 

Signal   supplies,   1564,   1567. 

Special,  1151,  1152. 

Stationery,  1062. 

Toilet  articles,  etc.,  1216,  1217. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1108. 


Requisitions — Continued. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1074. 

Working  parties,  fieldworks,  1499. 
Reservations : 

Indian.     See  Indian  Reservations. 

Military.     See  Posts  and  Reservations. 
Reservists : 

See  Army  Reserve. 
Resignation  of  Officers: 

Acceptance,  etc.,  of  civil  office,  82. 

Checks,  outstanding,  603. 

Correspondence,  79,  80. 

Leaves  of  absence  on  tender,  81. 

Payments,  1262,  1263. 

Quitting  service  before  acceptance,  A.  W. 
49. 

Tender  and  acceptance,  79. 

Under  charges,  80. 
Responsibility  for  Property: 

See    Property    Accountability    antf'  Re- 
sponsibility. 
Retainers  to  the  Camp:  '    . 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  63. 
Retired  Enlisted  Men:  '    . 

Admission,    etc.,    Army    and    Navy    Hos- 
pital, 1442,  1444. 

Allowances,  137. 

Baggage,  etc.,  1137. 

Certificate  of  merit,  1341. 

Effects  of  deceased,  163. 

Funeral  honors,  423. 

Hospital  charges,    1460. 

Medical   attendance  and  medicines,  1474. 

Order  for  retirement,  135. 

Payments,   137,  138,   1337,   1341. 

Personal  reports,  136. 

Qualifications  for  retirement,  132,  134. 

Rates  of  pay,  137. 

Sales  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1241. 
Retired  Officers: 

Admission,   etc.,    hospitals,    Hot    Springs 
and  Fort  Bayard,  1446. 

Baggage,  etc.,  1137. 

Causes  for  retirement,  76-78,  1388. 

Details,     educational     Institutions,      42, 
1306. 

Forage,  1082. 

Fuel  and  light,  1037,  1057. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  418,  426. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1474. 

Payments  to,  after  retirement,  1257. 

Payments  to,  on  retirement,  1264. 

Personal  reports,  827. 

Professional  books,  etc.,  1139. 

Retiring  boards,  26. 

Salutes  and  honors,  401. 

Stationery,  1064. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1098. 
Retiring  Boards: 

Character   or   efficiency    records,   officers, 
26. 

Subjects    for    consideration    and    report, 

77,  78. 
Retreat : 

Ceremonies,  437. 

Gun,  210. 


INDEX. 


403 


Retreat — Continued. 

Retiring  to  tent  or  quarters,  A.  W.  35. 
Roll  calls  and  signals,  370,  373. 
Return  Journeys: 
Orders,  1285. 

Transportation  requests,  1121. 
Witnesses  before  military  courts,  992. 
Returns : 

Captured  property,  819. 
General  prisoners,  937. 
Killed  and  wounded  in  action,  818. 
Organized  Militia,  193,  774. 
Rations,  Organized  Militia,  455. 
Recruiting  service,  857. 
See  also — 

Returns  of  Public  Property. 
Returns  of  Troops. 
Returns  Office,  Interior  Department: 

Contracts,  542,  561,  563. 
Returns  of  Public  Property: 

Administrative    examination,    702,    708. 

Articles    in   charge  of  guards,   442. 

Charges  of  loss,  etc.,   699. 

Company   property,   694. 

Contingency  purchases,  200. 

Deceased  officers,   86. 

Destroyed  or  lost  in  service,   698. 

Expended  in  the  military  service,  698. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  696,  697. 

Failure  to  render,  700. 

False,  A.  W.  8. 

Insane   officers,    86. 

Libraries,   332,   333. 

Made  for   all   public   property,   693. 

Manuscript,   prohibited,   1572. 

Orders    directing    issues,    etc.,    696. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  701,  1520r- 

1522,   1527,   1543,   1549. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  695. 
Preparation  and   rendition,   701. 
Quartermaster  supplies,  1086-1094.  1167, 

1176. 

Signal   Corps,   sergeants,   695. 
Subsistence  supplies,   701,   1215. 

See   also  Property  Accountability  and 

Responsibility. 
Returns  of  Troops: 

Annual,   of  militia,  774. 

Casualties,   818. 

Consolidation  of  general  returns  of  the 

Army,   774. 

Contract  surgeons,   1489. 
Dental  Corps,    1489. 
Failure  to  make,  A.  W.  7. 
False,  A.  W.  8. 

Indian   scouts,   names   inserted,    483. 
Leaving  or  joining  a  station,   812,   814. 
Manuscript,  prohibited,  1572. 
Medical  officers,  1489. 
Notations    of    officers'    absences,    64. 
On  transports,  812. 
Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  748,  811- 

815,  818,  819,  857. 
Recruiting,    857. 
Rendition,  A.  W.  7. 
Sailing  -from  or  arriving  at  a  port,  812. 


Returns  of  Troops — Continued. 

Special,  812,  814. 

Strength,  811-815. 
Reveille : 

Ceremonies,  437. 

Gun,  210. 

Hours   for   sounding,   370,   373. 
Reviewing  Authority: 

Courts-martial    records,    965,    970,    975, 
981,  983,  984. 

Proceedings  of  medical  examining  boards, 
1388. 

Reconvening   courts-martial,    983. 
Reviews : 

Musters,   439. 

Precedence   of  regiments   and  corps,   6. 

Tendered  to  visitors  to  posts,  403. 
Revolutionary  War: 

Care  and   custody    of   records,    774. 
Rewards : 

Deserters,   121,   123,   127,   128,   131. 

Escaped    military   prisoners,    121. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen  animals,  691. 
Rice: 

Ration,   1205. 
Riots : 

Disturbing  courts-martial,  A.   W.  86. 

Use  of   troops,   487-489. 
Rivers  and  Harbors: 

Change   of   station   of   officers,    742. 

Improvements,    1493. 
Roads : 

Construction  and  repair,  1000,  1016. 
Robbery : 

Punishable  by  military  cours,  A.  W.  58. 
Roll  Calls  and  Signals: 

Daily  and  special,  370-373. 
Roster  of  Duties: 

Classification,    357. 

Company,   282. 

Definition  of  a  roster,  355. 

Detachments,  365-369. 

Details  and  duties,  355-364. 

Disposition  of  old,  282. 

Duties,   etc.,   adjutant,   251. 

Signal   Corps,  364. 

Tours,  360-362. 
Roster  of  Troops: 

Copies  furnished,  etc.,  805. 
Route  Maps: 

Preparation,  444,  445. 

Preservation  and  use,  445. 
Rubber  Stamps: 

Use  in  preparing  checks,  600. 
Sabbath : 

Duty   and   labor,   205. 

Orderly    observance    enjoined,    205. 
Sabers : 

Barrack    regulations,    285. 
Saddlers : 

Appointment,   etc.,   275,   278. 

Extra-duty  detail,  173. 
Saddler  Shops: 

Stoves,   1044. 
Safeguards : 

Punishment  for  forcing,   A.   W.  57. 


404 


INDEX. 


Sales  of  Public  Property: 

Abstract  of  sales  of  subsistence  supplies, 

1250. 

Advertisements,    503. 
Auctioneer's  account  of  sale,  680. 
Cartridges   to   enlisted   men,   354. 
Cash,  1239-1241,  1244,  1245. 
Clothing,  for  servants,   1175. 
Condemned  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 

1543. 

Condemned  or  reduced  in  price,  68L 
Condemned  public  animals,   1073. 
Credit,  1242,  1243,  1249. 
Exceptional   articles,   1244. 
Forage,    by    officers,    1083. 
Horses,    to    mounted    officers,    1095. 
Illuminating  supplies,   1038,   1054. 
Obtained  from  quartermaster,  1247. 
Ordnance    and    ordnance     stores,    1520, 

1521,   1526. 

Price  of  subsistence  supplies,   1251. 
Quartermaster  supplies,  1055,   1174. 
Regulated  by  post  commanders,   1247- 
Rules,  1196. 

Signal  Corps  equipment,  1564. 
Sold   as   purchased,    1246. 
Subsistence    supplies,    885,    1196,    1239- 

1251. 

Surplus,  and  in  urgent  cases,   1197. 
Surplus    garden    products,    344. 
Transfers  not  regarded,  619. 
Unauthorized,   1198;  A.  W.  60. 
Waste  products,  679. 
Salt: 

Public  animals,  1215. 
Ration,  1205. 
Salutes : 

Brevet  rank  assignments,  401. 

Cannon,    393-400,   440. 

Colors  and  standards,  375. 

Commanding  officers,  380. 

Compliments  to  visitors,  403. 

Dipping  of  flag  of  military  post,  405. 

Enlisted  men,  to  officers,  383-392. 

Field  music,  375-377,  437. 

Foreign   ships  of  war,   399. 

Funeral  honors,  396,  417-421. 

Memorial  Day,  440. 

National,   398. 

National  flag,  398. 

National  flag  displayed,  397. 

National   or  regimental  colors,  etc.,  377. 

Occasions  of  public  nature,  404. 

Occasions  outdoors,  etc.,  392. 

Official  duty   and   official  occasions,  381, 

382. 

Personal,  375-377,  400-403,  412. 
Saluting  stations,  399. 
Standards  and  colors,  375. 
Time  of  firing,  397. 
To  the  Union  on  July  4,  398. 
Troops  saluting,  379,  380. 
Visits  and  courtesies,  411— 41E. 
Saluting  Stations: 

Designated  by  War  Department,  399, 


San  Diego,  Cal.: 

Service    school,    Signal    Corps,    Aviation, 

449. 
Sandy  Hook,  X.  J.: 

Inspection  of  proving  ground,  895. 
Sanitation : 

Reports  and  inspections,  1387. 
Saturday  Inspection: 

By  company,  band,  and  detachment  com- 
manders,  283. 

Guard  and  sick  in  hospital  excused,  283. 

Hospital   Corps,  1447. 

Police  of  barracks,  287. 
Savings  of  Rations: 

See  Ration  and  Savings  Accounts. 
School  of  Fire  for  Field  Artillery: 

Detachment  of  officers,  192. 

Inspection,   896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Location,  Fort  Sill,  Okla.,  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
School  of  Musketry: 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Location,  Fort  Sill,  Okla.,  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Schools : 

See — 

Garrison  Schools. 
Post  Schools. 
Service  Schools. 
Seamen : 

Admission  to  hospital,  and  charges,  1459. 

Hours  of  labor,  731. 

Rations,    1204. 
Sea  Travel: 

Statement  of   expenses,    1280. 

Travel  not  so  regarded,  1280. 
Second  Lieutenants: 

Appointment,   27-37. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Eligibility   of  ex-cadets  for  commissions, 
37. 

Forage,  1080. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  422,  426. 

Joining  station  after  appoimtment,  1098, 
1296,    1297. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Relative  rank  with  naval  officers,  12. 

Vacancies  in  grade,  how  filled,  27-37. 
Secretary  of  Agriculture: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Secretary  of  Commerce: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Secretary  of  Labor: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Secretary  of  State: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 
'Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 


INDEX. 


405 


Secretary  of  the  Interior: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Secretary  of  the  Navy: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Rules    governing    visits    and    courtesies, 
408. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury: 

Certificates  of  deposit,  612,  616. 

Dupjicate  checks,  602. 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Outstanding  and  unpaid  checks,  588,  605— 
607. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 

Surety  companies,  575,  577. 
Secretary   of   War : 

Administration  and  control  of  Army,  761. 

Allotment  of  funds,   200. 

Annual   report,    193J. 

Army  Transport  Service,  1109. 

Articles  for  sale,   885. 

Authority  for  special  enlistments,  861. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  707,  912. 

Boards  of  staff  officers,  744. 

Certificates  of  deposit,   616. 

Channels  of  action,  certain  military  busi- 
ness, note,  p.  145. 

Chaplains,  43. 

Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army,  military  ad- 
viser, 761. 

Civil   counsel,    996. 

Civilian  employees,  727-729,  731,  739. 

Civilians  on  reservations,  212. 

Colors,  221. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  239. 

Command  of  Army  exercised  by  the  Presi- 
dent through,   761. 

Communications  to,  782,  786. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1302. 

Contingent  expenses,  200. 

Contracts,   supplies,  and  services,  562. 

Courts-martial,  917. 

Courts-martial  proceedings,  921. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  87,  167. 

Department  inspectors,  899. 

Directions  and  orders  of  the  President, 
761,  762. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  897. 

Disbursing  officers,  586,  589,  895. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139  ;  A.  W.  4. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1102. 

Efficiency  reports,  833. 

Establishment  of  posts,  etc.,  201. 

Expenditures,  public  buildings,  707. 

Extra-duty  details,  169,  171. 

Flag,  219. 

Forage  for  mounted  officers,  1080. 

Foreign    productions    or    manufacturers, 
517. 

Fortifications,  348,  1505. 

Funeral    honors    and    escort,    418,    421, 
426. 

General  prisoners,  confinement  and  treat- 
ment, etc.,  936,  966,  1216. 


Secretary  of  War — Continued. 

Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing,  1455. 

Heavy  furniture  for  officers'  quarters, 
1020. 

Hire  of  quarters,  1028,  1029,  1040. 

Hospital  Corps,  1405,  1418. 

Hospitals,  1439,  1441,  1442,  1445,  1465. 
1466,  1468,  1482. 

Indian  country,  472. 

Insane  soldiers,  465,  466. 

Inspectors  general,  879,  895. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1277. 

Manuals  and  blank  forms  of  staff  de- 
partments, 1570,  1571. 

Mileage  appropriations,  1284. 

Military  Academy,  1277. 

Military  commissions,  917. 

Militia  called  into  service,  450,  459. 

Mixed  corps  operations,  817. 

Money  accounts,  655. 

Mounted  service,  1272. 

National  Home  Disabled  Volunteer  Sol- 
diers, 894. 

National  parks,  485,  p.  100. 

Nurses,  1421. 

Open-market  purchases,  554. 

Orders,  etc.,  affecting  the  Army  and  offi- 
cers and  men,  766,  774. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  913. 

Ordnance  depots,  1515. 

Pardon,  or  mitigation  of  punishment, 
944. 

Post  libraries,  331. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  93. 

Post  schools,  331. 

Printing,  499,  507,  512. 

Property  lost,  etc.,  by  officers,  683. 

Public  animals,  1066. 

Public  buildings,  912. 

Purchases  from  Indians,  478. 

Quartermaster  Corps  noncommissioned 
officers,  1009. 

Quartermaster  supplies,   1086,  1092. 

Quarters  for  sergeants,  first  class,  Hos- 
pital Corps,  1468. 

Readvertisements,  501. 

Recruiting  service,  872. 

Relations  to  and  with  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
761. 

Retirement  of  officers,  76. 

Returns   of   public    property,    702,    703. 

Rules  governing  visits  and  courtesies, 
408. 

Salutes  and  honors,   376,   400,  403. 

Schools  of  instruction,   191. 

Sentences  of  military   courts,   774. 

Stoppages  of  officers'   pay,   1308-1310. 

Supplies  for  Indians,   476. 

Supply,   payment,  etc.,   of  Army,   740. 

Sureties,  568,  577,  581. 

Surveying  officers'   reports,   722. 

Surveying  or  exploring  expeditions.  672. 

Tests  and  experimental  trials  of  arms  or 
munitions  of  war,  1553,  1554. 

Transfer  of  supplies,   671. 


406 


INDEX. 


Secretary  of  War — Continued. 

Uniform    and    equipments   of   the   Army, 
1569. 

Veterinarians,  88. 

See  also  War  Department. 
Sedition: 

Punishments,  A.  W.  21-24,  43. 
Sentences,   Courts-Martial : 

See  Courts-Martial  Sentences. 
Sentences,  Military  Commissions: 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men.    139. 
Sentinels : 

Sleeping  on  or  leaving  post,  A.   W.  39. 
Separate  Brigades: 

See  Brigades,  Separate. 
Separate  Command: 

Alterations  in   strength,   814. 
Sequoia  National  Park: 

Trespassers  or  intruders,   485,  p.    100. 
Sergeants : 

Appointment,    271,   275,    1009. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428. 

Indian   scouts,   480. 

Quarters,   fuel,   and  stoves,    1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Recruiting  parties,  843-845. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  276,  277,  1009. 

Reproving,  270. 

Roster  duties,   358. 

Selection  and  instruction,  270. 

Temporary  appointments,   275. 

Travel   accommodations,   1128. 

Warrants,   274,    1009. 

Whistles,   1180. 
Sergeants,  Color: 

See  Color  Sergeants. 
Sergeants,  First  Class,  Hospital  Corps: 

Appointment,   1405. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Discharge  and  reenlistment,  958. 

Examination,   1405. 

Personal  reports,  1406. 

Qualifications,    1405. 

Quarters,  fuel,  etc.,  1044,  1467,  1468. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction,  958,   1407. 

Reenlistment,  1410. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  958. 

Warrants,  1405,  1410. 
Sergeants,  First  Class,  Quartermaster  Corps: 

Appointment,  etc.,  1009. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Sergeants,   Hospital   Corps: 

Examination  and  appointment,  1405. 

Reduction,  1407. 

Reenlistment,   1410,   1412. 

Warrants,  1405,  1410. 
Sergeants  Major: 

Battalion,  9,  256,  1044,  1136. 

Coast  Artillery  Corps,  9,  310,  1044,  1136. 

Regimental,  9,  256,  1044,  1136. 

Squadron,    9,    1044,    1136. 
Servants : 

Clothing,  1175. 


Servants— Continued. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,   1476. 
Officers',  1175. 
Service  Calls  and  Signals: 

Daily  and  special,   370-373. 
Service  Colors  and  Standards: 
Description  and  use,  233. 
Service  Records— 

See   Descriptive    and   Assignment   Cards 

and  Descriptive  Lists. 
Services :  • 

Acceptance  of  voluntary,  515. 
Computation  of  time,  651. 
Distinguished   gallantry    in    action,    182- 

188. 

Employment  of  unauthorized,  515. 
Nonpersonal,  contracts  for,  557. 
Payment  for,  by  contractor,  572. 
Personal,  519,  633,  650,  651. 
Service  Schools: 
Designated,  449. 
Regulations  for,  191,  192,  449,  512,  896, 

1272,   1277. 
Student  officers,  40. 
See  also — 

Army  Field  Engineer  School. 
Army  Field  Service  and  Correspond- 
ence School  for  Medical  Officers. 
Army  Medical  School. 
Army  School  of  the  Line. 
Army  Signal  School. 
Army  Staff  College. 
Army  War  College. 
Bakers  and  Cooks,  Schools  for. 
Coast  Artillery  School. 
Engineer  School. 
Mounted   Service  School. 
School  of  Fire  for  Field  Artillery. 
School  of  Musketry. 
Signal  Corps  Aviation  School. 
Senlng  Machines: 

General  prisoners,  1216. 
Skarpshooters : 

Additional  pay,  1345. 
Sheriffs: 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  118,  121. 
Shoeing  and  Materials: 

Animals  pertaining  to  militia,  456. 
Contracts  for,  557. 
Supply  and  issue,  1097. 
Shoemakers : 

Purchase  of  subsistence  stores,  1245. 
Sick  and   Wounded: 

Attention  by  Army  nurses,   1423. 

Care  of,  on  the  march  or  elsewhere,  1437, 

1438. 

Daily  report,  1471. 
First-aid  treatment,  1419,  1420. 
Information    concerning,     from    records, 

824. 

Leaves  of  absence,  57,  1035,  1301. 
Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128. 
Transportation,  1105. 
Sick  Call: 

Surgeons,  1471. 
Sick  In  Hospital: 

See  Patients  in  Hospitals. 


INDEX. 


407 


Sick  Report  Book: 

Company,  280,  1471,  1472. 
Signal  Codes: 

Army  and  Navy,  1561. 

Cards,  1564. 
Signal  Corps: 

Aviation  school,  449. 

Chief  Signal  Officer,  103. 

Communication    between   the   Army    and 
Navy,  409,  1561. 

Confidential  communications,  1560,  1561. 

Department  commander's  staff,  197,  199. 

Electrical  engineers,  etc.,  1568. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Enlistments,  etc.,  1557. 

Exemptions  from  detail,  officers  and  men, 
364. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  172. 

Guidons,  238. 

Management  and  direction,  1556. 

Master  electricians,  9,  1044,  1136. 

Military    telegraph    and   telephone   lines, 
1556,  1559-1561,  1563. 

Officers.     See  Signal  Corps  Officers. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1337. 

Presedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 

Promotion  and   reduction,   enlisted    men, 
1557. 

Special  regulations,  note,  p.  296. 

Supervision  of,  by  Chief  of  Staff,  762. 

Supplies  for  Organized  Militia,  1565. 

See  also  Chief  Signal  Officer. 
Signal  Corps  Aviation  School: 

Detachment  of  officers,  192. 

Inspection,  896. 

Leaves  of  absence,  officers,  1277. 

Letter  and  note  heads,  512. 

Location,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  449. 

Supervision  and  regulations,  191,  449. 
Signal  Corps  Officers: 

Eligibility  to  'command,  18. 

Military  telegraph  lines,  1559. 

Office  rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Post,  206. 

Promotion,  24. 

Senior,    with    Army    in    the    field,    1558, 
1561. 

Signaling  operations  in  the  field,  1558. 

Signal  supplies,  1564. 

Staff  service,  197,  199. 
Signal   Corps  Sergeants: 

Accountability,  etc.,  for  property,  695. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction,  1557. 

Warrants,  103. 
Signal  Corps  Supplies: 

Accountability,  etc.,  1564. 

Condemnation,  1566. 

Purchase,  preservation,  and  care,  1556. 
Signaling: 

See  Military  Signaling  and  Signal  Duties. 
Signal  Parties: 

Reports,  duties,  strength,  etc.,   1558. 


Signal  Parties — Continued. 

Supplies,  quartermaster  and  subsistence, 

1567. 
Signal  Stations: 

Establishment  in  the  field,  1558. 
Signatures : 

Bidders,  532. 

By  mark,  witnessed,  647. 

Certificate  to  voucher,   634. 

Contracts,  559. 

Disbursing  officers,  594. 

Discharged  enlisted  men,   155. 

Official  communications,  779. 

Proposals,  532. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  135. 

Signing  checks  in  blank  prohibited,  637. 

Vouchers  and  receipts,  642,  643,  646. 
Sirup: 

Ration,  1205. 
Sleeping  Cars: 

See  Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars. 
Sleeping  on  or  Leaving  Post: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  39. 
Small- Arms   Practice : 

Ammunition,  350,  353. 

Brigade  commanders,  194. 

Company  cooks,  329. 

Department  commanders,  193. 

Expert  riflemen,  1345. 

Flour  for  paste,  351. 

General  mess  attendants,  329. 

Inspectors'  duties,   197. 

Marksmen,  1345, 

Mode  of  conducting,  349. 

Ranges,  shelters,  targets,  flags,  etc.,  351. 

Reports,  349. 

Sharpshooters,  1345. 
Soap  and  Sapollo: 

Allowance,  1182,  1215. 
Soldier: 

Definition,  p.  301,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

See  also  Enlisted  Men. 
Soldiers'  Home,  D.  »'.: 

Annual  inspection,  894. 

Applications,    etc.,    for    admission,     178, 
179. 

Board  of  Commissioners,  179,  180. 

Insane  inmates,  464. 

Transportation  to,  180. 
Sovereigns,  Foreign  Countries: 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 

Traveling  on  vessels  of  war,  415. 
Speaker  of  the  Honse  of  Representatives: 

Funeral  honors,  421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  376,  400,  403. 
Special   Courts-Martial : 

See  Courts-Martial,  Special. 
Special  Duty: 

Enlisted   men.      See  Extra    and    Special 
Duty. 

Officers,  Coast  Artillery,  303. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  staff,  742. 

Personal  reports,  826. 

Supervision  or  control  of  officers,  191. 
Special  Inspectors: 

Detail,  duties,  etc.,  897,  903. 


408 


INDEX. 


Special  Orders: 

See  Orders. 
Special  Regulations : 

Confinement  of  general  prisoners,  936. 

Corps  of  Engineers,  note,  p.  287. 

Educational  institutions,  449. 

Medical  Department,  note,  p.  269. 
•    Ordnance  Department,  note,  p.  290. 

Post  exchanges,  345. 

Quartermaster  Corps,  note,  p.  191, 

Signal  Corps,  note,  p.  296. 

Uniforms,  1569. 
Specifications : 

Bidders  furnished  with,  528. 

Hospitals,  1465,   1466,   1468. 

Quarters   for   sergeants,    first-class.    Hos- 
pital Corps,  1466,  1468. 

Reference  in  proposals,  533. 

Supplies  and  services,  523,  526,  528. 
Specific  Duty: 

Orders  directing  travel,  69. 
Spices : 

Ration,  1205. 
Spies : 

Punishment,  p.  313,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 
Spring  Wagons : 

Allowance  to  posts,  1103. 

Definition,  1103. 

Purposes  for  which  used,  1104. 
Squadrons : 

Designation  in  Army  Regulations,  15. 

Staff  officers,  248,  254. 
Squads : 

Chiefs  of,  duties,  etc.,  287,  288. 

Division  Into,  of  companies,  284. 

Housewife,  1215. 

Noncommissioned  officer  in  charge,  284. 
Squatters : 

Public  lands,  485,  pp.  99,  100. 
Stables : 

Candles  and  lanterns,   1052. 

Guard  duty  roster,  357. 

Policing,  1106. 
Stable  Sergeants : 

Appointments,  273,  275. 

Baggage,  1136. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1044. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  276. 

Return  to  grade  of  sergeant,  273. 

Selection  and  appointment,  273,  275. 

Temporary  appointments,   275. 

Travel   accommodations,   1128. 

Warrants,  274. 
Staff-,  Administration : 

Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  The,  742, 
743. 

Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army,  740. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  742,  744,  745. 

Chiefs  of  staff  departments  of  any  com- 
mand, 750. 

Commanding  officers,  746,  748,  751. 

Department  commanders,  743,  745,  747. 

Extra-duty  detail,  enlisted  men,  172. 

Post  commanders,  749. 

Secretary  of  War,  740,  744. 


Staff,  Administration — Continued. 

Volunteers     and    Organized     Militia,     In 

service,  741. 
Staff,  Personal: 

Allowance  to  general  officers,  41. 

Appointments   and  details,   41. 

General  oflicers  changing  station,  71. 

Limitation  of  service,  41. 

Qualifications,  41. 

Travel  on  duty,  71. 
Staff  Corps  and  Departments: 

Additional  pay,  two  appointments  for  the 
same  time,  1270. 

Appointments,  detail,  or  removal.  806. 

Assignments  to  stations,  743. 

Changes  of  station,  etc.,  742. 

Chief  of  staff  departments  of  commands, 
750. 

Civilian  employees,  727,  730-739. 

Detail  of  line  officers,  38-40. 

Efficiency  reports,   829,   833. 

Enumeration   and   designation,    197,    199. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  172. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

General    Staff    Corps    and    current    busi- 
ness, 758. 

Leaves  of  oflicers,  51,  52. 

Manuals,   1570. 

Mounted  officers,  1272. 

Official   correspondence,  783,  784. 

Promotion,  24. 

Returns,   811. 

Supervision  or  control  of  officers,  746. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 
Staff  Officers: 

Arrest  of  officers,  922. 

Battalion,  248,   249,   254,   255,   807. 

Books,  papers,  and  instruments,  1139. 

Brigades,  198. 

Coast  defense  commands,  249,  307,   308. 

Departments,  197,  199,  200. 

Districts,  198. 

Divisions,   197. 

Efficiency  reports,  829,  833. 

Eligibilty  to  command,   18,   19. 

General  officers  on  duty  beyond  limits  of 
command,  71. 

Hospital   transports,  etc.,  1440. 

Inspection   reports  concerning,   831. 

Journals  of  field  operations,  816. 

Leaves   of  absence,   51.    52. 

Mounted  pay,  1272. 

Official   address  at  posts,   206. 

Personal  reports,  826,  827. 

Post,  198,  206. 

Regimental,    248-254,   281,   807. 

Settlement  with  commanders,  281. 

Squadron,  248,  254. 

Travel  on  duty,  72. 
Stamps,  Official: 

Boxes  of  ordnance  stores,  1546. 
Standards : 

Foreign,  415. 

National   and   regimental,    230,   231. 
See  also  Colors  and  Standards. 


INDEX. 


409 


Standing  Mute: 

Prisoners,  A.  W.  89. 
Star  Spangled  Banner,  The: 

See   "  The   Star   Spangled   Banner." 
Starvation: 

Relief  for  destitute  persons,  1219. 
State   Courts: 

Writs   of  habeas   corpus,  997,   998. 
State  Department: 

Passports,  63. 
State  Legislatures : 

Disrespect  or  contempt,  A.  W.  19. 
Staterooms : 

To  whom  allowed,  733,  989,  1128,  1280. 
States : 

Domestic  violence,  etc.,  485,  pp.  98,  101. 

Jurisdiction  over  military  lands,  704. 
Stationery : 

Allowance  and  issue,  1062-1065. 

Military  attache's,  1100. 

Posts,  requisitions,  203. 

Post  schools,  331. 
Stations : 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1086,  1558. 

Signal,  1558. 

See  also  Changes  of  Station. 
Statute  of  Limitations : 

Release  of  deserters,  125 ;  A.  W.  103. 

Rewards,  etc.,  deserters,  121. 
Stealing: 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  W.  60. 
Stewards : 

General  messes,  329. 
Stockholders  of  Corporations : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  573. 
Stolen  Property : 

Means  authorized  for  recovery,  689-692. 
Stoppages  of  Pay : 

Circular  notice,  1310. 

Deserters,  1372-1374. 

Enlisted  men,  127,  128,  724,  1368,  1370. 

Enlistments     or     acceptances     carelessly 
made,  851. 

Entry  on  rolls,  and  collections,  1370. 

Failure  to  account,  700,  703. 

Loss  or  damage  to  public  property,  etc., 
1370. 

Notice  to  quartermasters,  1310. 

Officers,  1308-1311. 

Receipt  when  ordered,  1384. 
Storehouses : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Preservation    of    Army    supplies,     1000, 
1001. 

Provided  by  Quartermaster  Corps,  1000, 
1001. 

Storage    in    or    near,    of    coal    oil,    etc., 

1199. 
Storekeepers,  Civilian : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  730. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732. 
Storeships : 

Salutes,  399.     .,-- 
Storm  Flag : 

Description  and  when  used,  223. 


Storms : 

Damage  or  destruction  of  property,  709. 
Stoves : 

Allowance,  1044-1048. 
Straw : 

Allowance  for  bedding,  1084,  1085. 
Street-Car  Tickets : 

Purchase,  use,  etc.,  1127. 
Strength  of  Army : 

Monthly  returns,  811,  813,  815. 

Recruiting  returns,  857. 

Special  returns,  812,  814. 
Striking  Superior  Officer: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  21,  24. 
Subpoenas : 

Witnesses,  courts-martial,  950,  951. 
Snbposts : 

Returns  of  troops,  811. 
Subsistence : 

Enlisted  men  returning  from  furlough  or 
absence  without  leave,    110. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  181. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escorts,  468. 

Militia   called    Into    service,   455. 

Witnesses  against  deserters,  127. 
Subsistence  Supplies  and  Stores : 

Articles   kept  for  sale,   885. 

Care  and  protection,  1199. 

Civilians  in  hospital,   1459. 

Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515,  557. 

Destitute   persons,    1219. 

Deteriorated    or   deteriorating,    717,    904. 

Electrical  engineers,  etc.,  1568. 

Embezzlement,   etc.,   A.   W.   60. 

Enumerated,    1195. 

Exceptional  articles,  551,  1244. 

General   prisoners,    1216. 

Indian  prisoners  of  war,  477. 

Indians,    Interior    Department,    477. 

Organized  Militia,  455. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  617. 

Purchase  and  distribution,  478,  553,  557, 
1198,   1251. 

Rations,  1202-1214,   1220-1238. 

Reserve  rations,  1220,  1221. 

Returns,  701. 

Rules  for  issue,  etc.,  of  stores,  1196. 

Sales,  1197,  1198,  1239-1251. 

Signal   parties,    1567. 

Stores  in  bulk,  1195-1198. 

Surplus   articles,    1220,    1221. 

Transfer,   for   use   of   Indians,   476. 

Transfers,   619,   671,   1198,   1251. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 
Sugar: 

Ration,  1205. 
Summary  Courts-M artlal : 

See  Courts-Martial,  Summary. 
Sunday : 

Duty  and  labor,  205. 

Musters,  439. 

Observance,   205. 

Salutes,  397. 

Summary  courts,  959. 


410 


INDEX. 


Superintendent  Military  Academy : 

Annual  report,  preparation,  etc.,  193}. 

Efficiency   reports,   829. 

Leaves   to  officers,   1277. 
Superintendents  National  Cemeteries : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1044. 

Monthly  reports,  490. 
Supply  Depots : 

See  Depots  of  Supply. 
Supreme  Court  Decision : 

Habeas  corpus,  jurisdiction,  998,  999. 
Sureties : 

Contractors'  bonds,  570,  573-581. 

Corporate  guarantors,  573,  575-577,  580, 
581. 

Disbursing  officers'   bonds,   574-577,   580, 
581. 

Noncorporate  guarantors,  578. 
Surety  Companies : 

Bonds  accepted  as  sureties,  573,  575—577, 
580,  581. 

Lists  of,  published,  573. 
Surgeon  General : 

Acting  dental  surgeons,  1390,  1395,  1396. 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1490. 

Chronic  complaints,  1476. 

Civil  hospital  accounts,  1481. 

Contract  surgeons,  1390. 

Dental  surgeons,  1396. 

Discharges  for  disability,  160. 

Hospital    Corps,    1405-1408,    1410,    1414, 
1418. 

Hospital  fund,  1462. 

Hospital  matrons,  1449. 

Hospitals,   1439,  1442,   1461,  1464,  1465, 
1467-1469. 

Medical     attendance,     etc.,     1476,     1477, 
1479,  1483. 

Medical  Reserve  Corps,  1389. 

Medical  supplies,  1457,  1486. 

Nurses,  1421,  1422,  1424. 

Quarters  for  sergeants,  first  class,   Hos- 
pital Corps,  1467,   1468. 

Sanitary  reports,  post  surgeons,  1387. 

Special  nurses,  1482. 

Vaccine  virus,  866. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  240. 

Warrants,  noncommissioned  officers,  Hos- 
pital Corps,  103. 

See  also  Medical  Department. 
Surgeons : 

See  Medical  Officers. 
Surgical  Appliances : 

Damaged  or  unserviceable,  1488. 

Purchase,  1476. 
Surrender : 

Compelling  commanding  officer,  A.  W.  43. 

Deserters,  124,  125. 

Public  animals,  1072. 
Surveying : 

Engineer  officers'  duties,  1493,  1500. 

Expeditions,  672,  1526. 

Instruments,  447,  448. 

Maps,  1502. 

Military,  1295,  1493. 


Surveying  Officers : 

Administration  of  oaths,  714. 

Appointment,  203,  711,  723. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  239. 

Condemnation  of  property  not  authorized, 
715. 

Damaged    or    stolen    property,    685-688, 
1178. 

Defects  or  shortages,  668,  669. 

Effects  of  deserters,  116. 

Evidence  considered,  712,  713. 

General  powers  and  duties,  710,  712,  715, 
717,  1073. 

Mess  outfits,  1023. 

Musical  instruments,  1179. 

Posts,   etc.,    not   under   department   com- 
mander, 723. 

Property  lost,  etc.,  in  transit,  721. 

Quartermaster  supplies,  1094. 

Reports,  713,  715-725,  1023.  «, 

Unserviceable  property,  678. 
Surveying  Vessels : 

Salutes,  399. 
Suspension  from  Command  or  Duty : 

Forfeitures  under  sentence,  A.  W.  101. 

Quarters  for  officers,  1033. 
Suspension  of  Sentences : 

Death  or  dismissal  of  officer,  A.  W.  111. 
Switchboard  Operators : 

Extra-duty  pay,  170. 
Tableware : 

Allowance  and  how  supplied,  301. 

Care  and  preservation,  1178. 

Estimates,  1177. 
Tactical  Exercises  and  Instruction: 

Battalion  commanders,  245. 

Brigade  commanders,  194. 

Coast  defense  commanders,  246. 

Company  commanders,  266. 

Department  commanders,  193. 

Inspection,  887,  889. 

Post  commanders,  203. 

Regimental  commanders,  246. 
Tailors : 

Company  tailor  shops,  327. 

Details,  279. 

Employment  of  civilian,  279. 

Prices  and  payments,  279. 

Purchase  of  subsistence  stores,  1245. 
Target  Practice : 

Coast  Artillery,  313-315,  1550. 

Cooks  and  attendants,  general  mess,  329. 

Field  Artillery,  351-353,  1550. 

Flour  for  paste,  351,  1215. 

Machine  guns,  351-353. 

Methods  of  conducting,  313,  349,  352. 

Small  arms,  193,  194,  197,  349-351,  1345. 

Superintendence,  etc.,  193,  194. 

Telephones  and  instruments,  1556. 
Tattoo  and  Taps : 

Hours  for  sounding,  etc.,  370. 
Tattooing : 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38,  98. 
Tea: 

Ration,  1205. 


INDEX. 


411 


Teamsters,  ('Milan : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727,  730. 

Hours  of  labor,  731. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  732,  734. 
Telegraphing  and  Telephoning : 

Accounts,  644,  1186,  1189,  1191-1194. 

Addresses  and  signatures,  1188. 

Apparatus,  1556,  1566. 

Authority  to  advertise,  500. 

Blank  forms,  1190. 

Cable  dispatches,  1184. 

Candles  for  stations,  1215. 

Casualties  in  action,  818. 

Code,  1185,  1556,  1561. 

Confidential   communications,   778,   1188, 
1560. 

Copies  by  mail,  775. 

Damage  by  fire,  storm,  etc.,  709. 

Deaths  of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  83, 
167. 

Delivery  by  mail,  1193. 

Framing  of  messages,  1188. 

Insane  soldiers,  467. 

Land-grant  railroad  lines,  485,  p.  102. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1187. 

Messages    sent    by    private    Individuals, 
1192. 

Movements  of  troops,  814. 

Order  of  priority  of  important  dispatches, 
1561. 

Patients,   hospitals  at   Hot   Springs  and 
Fort  Bayard,  1446. 

Precedence  of  messages,  1561. 

Special  delivery,  193. 

Stoves  for  offices,  1044. 

Supplies   urgently  needed,    1151. 

Surrender  or  delivery  of  deserters,   123. 

Telegrams    "  collect,"    1186,    1187,    1192. 

Troops  changing  station,  193. 

Unimportant  words,  1184,  1188. 

Use,  limitation  of,  1184. 

Wireless  installations,   1556. 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  999. 

See  also  Military  Telegraph  and  Tele- 
phone Lines. 
Telegraphy : 

Instruction,  1556. 

Radio,  use  between  Army  and  Navy,  409, 

1561.     . 
Telephones : 

Contracts  for,  557. 
Temporary  Duty : 

Baggage,  1138. 

Officers  on  leave,  1278,  1289-1291. 
Temporary  Posts : 

Styled  camps,  202. 
Tents : 

Authorized  use,  1183. 

Failure  to  retire  to,  at  retreat,  A.  W.  86. 

Infected,    1454. 

Pins  dropped  from  returns,  1176. 

Use  of,  in  emergencies,  1183. 
Term  of  Service : 

Deserters  to   make   good   time   lost,   130, 
131 ;  A.  W.  48.    ' 

Discharge  on  expiration,   143 ;  A.   W.   4. 


Term  of  Service — Continued. 

Enlisted  men,  855. 

Expiration,    date,    payments,    etc.,    1255. 

Return  to  service  of  deserters,  130. 

Trial  of  deserters  after  expiration,  A.  W. 

48. 
Tests : 

Arms  or  munitions  of  war,  1553-1555. 

Witnesses,  1554,  1555. 
Textbooks : 

Post  schools,  331. 

Responsibility  for  safe-keeping,  291. 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army : 

See  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  The. 
Theft : 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  W.  60. 
"  The  Star-Spangled  Banner :  " 

Honors  to  the  President  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent, 375. 

Played  on  lowering  flag,  437. 

Playing  as  part  of  medley  prohibited,  264. 

Respect  to  be  observed  when  played,  378. 
Tickets : 

Round   trips,    1121. 

Street-car  and  ferry,  1127. 

Transportation    requests,    1117. 

Unused,  1120. 
Timber : 

Depredations  in  Florida,  485,  p.  99. 
Time  Lost  by  Desertion : 

Deserters  to  make  good,  130,  131 ;  A.  W. 

48. 
Title: 

Lands  for  military  purposes,  704. 
Title  or  Address : 

Official  letters,  780. 
Title  Papers : 

Military  lands,  705,  915. 

Public  buildings  and  grounds,  D.  C.,  1493. 

Washington    Aqueduct,    1493. 
Toilet  Articles: 

Purchase  and  issue,   1215-1218. 
Tomatoes : 

Ration,   1205. 
Tomploms : 

Use  of,  in  small  arms,  292. 
Topographers : 

Detail  and  duties,  444. 
Towels : 

Allowance    and    Issue,     1215-1218. 
Traders : 

Arms,   etc.,   Indian  country,   475. 

Violence  to,   In  foreign  parts,  A.  W.  56. 
Tradesmen : 

Prices  for  repairing,   etc.,  uniform,  279, 

319. 
Transfers : 

Chaplains,  43. 

Discharged  soldiers'  claims  for  pay  due, 
1383. 

Hospital  Corps,   1409,   1414. 

Noncommissioned    officers,    276. 

Ordnance   stores,    671,    701,    1524,    1535, 
1536. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,   1258. 

Public  animals,   1071. 


412 


INDEX. 


Transfers — Continued. 

Public    money    and    property,    589,    597, 

598,  619,  665,  671,  701,  1509. 
Special  funds,  324. 
Submarine   mine   property,    701. 
Subsistence  stores,  619,  671,  1198,  1251. 
Troops,   193. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  supplies,  1076. 
Transfers  of  Enlisted  Hen: 
Date  when  effective,  115. 
Descriptive  lists,  115,  1163,   1356,   1361, 

1451. 

Gunners,    expert   riflemen,   etc.,   for   con- 
venience- of    the     Government,     1343, 

1345. 

One  arm  of  service  to  another,  114. 
Staff  corps  or  departments,  114. 
To   Hospital  Corps,   1409,   1411,   1412. 
To   Quartermaster   Corps,    1009. 
Transfers  of  Officers : 

Coast  Artillery  Corps,  48,  303. 
Mileage  to  new   station,   1297. 
One  arm  of  service   to   another,  47. 
One  regiment  to  another,  48. 
Transportation  of  the  Army : 

Accepted  applicants  for  enlistment,  1115. 

Accommodations,    1114,    1128,    1134. 

Accounts,  180,   1126,   1127,   1492.       w 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Allotment,  draft  and  pack  animals,  1102. 

Ambulances,   1105. 

Applicants  for  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1491, 

1492. 

Arms  and  equipment  for  militia,  1143. 
Baggage,    1135-1139. 
Bakery  utensils,  etc.,  340. 
Barrack  furniture,   1023. 
Books,   etc.,   post   chapels,   1144. 
Civilian  employees,  732,  737,  738,   1128, 
Contracts,   515. 

Deceased   officers   and    soldiers,    87,    167. 
Discharged  soldiers,  145,  158,  1235. 
Donations    to    libraries     and     museums, 

1145. 

Enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty,  1111. 
Exceptional    articles    for   sale,    1244. 
Furloughed    soldiers,    110,    112,    1111. 
Gymnasium   appliances,    340. 
Horses  for  saddle  purposes,  etc.,  1101. 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1098,  1099. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  180. 
Insane  soldiers  and  escorts,  468. 
Inspection  at  posts,  889. 
Land-grant  railroads,   1279. 
Library  property,  etc.,   340. 
Loss  or  damage  to  supplies,  721,  1141. 
Mail  contractors,  209. 
Means  of,  at  posts,  1105,  11O6. 
Means  provided  by  Quartermaster  Corps, 

1000,  1001. 
Movement    of    troops,    1107,    1109-1114, 

1281. 

Mules  generally  employed,  1101. 
Orders,   1110,  1111. 
Ordnance    and    ordnance     stores,     1547, 

1548. 


Transportation  of  the  Army — Continued. 

Outside  continental  limits  U.  S.,  1109. 

Post  school  materials,  etc.,  340. 

Publications  for  hospital  libraries,  1463. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  122. 

Reading-room  articles,  340. 

Repairs,   contracts   for,   557. 

Requests.     See  Transportation  Requests. 

Requisitions  at  posts,  1108. 

Routes,   1112,   1288. 

Sea  travel,  1280. 

Soldiers  returning  from  absence  without 
leave,  110. 

Spring  wagons,  1103,  1104. 

Supplies,  721,   1109,  1140-1142. 

Use  by  officers,  1108. 

Wagon  and  pack,  1101,  1105. 

Witnesses,  75,  127,  989. 
Transportation  Bequests : 

Accommodations,  1128-1134. 

Alterations   and   explanations,   1119. 

Baggage,  1117,  1122-1125. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  732. 

Bridges  and  turnpikes,  1126. 

Ferries  and  ferry  tickets,  1126,  1127. 

Issue,  1116,  1119,  1121,  1125,  1126,  1279. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128-1134. 

Preparation,  1116,  1119,  1121. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  122. 

Receipts,  1117,  1118. 

Round  or  return  trips,  1121. 

Street  car  tickets,  1127. 

Tickets,  1117,   1120,  1121. 

Unused,  1120. 
Transports : 

Damage  or  destruction,  709. 

Enlisted  men  on  furlough,  1234. 

Hospital  boats,  etc.,  1440. 

Inspection,  898. 

Mess  sergeants,  1346. 

Officers    of,    parlor    and    sleeping    cars, 
1128. 

Salutes,  399. 

Subsistence  for  discharged  soldiers,  1235. 

Travel  allowances,  1280. 

Travel  on  duty,  enlisted  men,  1231. 
See  also  Army   Transport  Service. 
Travel  Allowances : 

Actual  expenses,  1279,  1280. 

Approval  of  journey,  1285. 

Arsenals,  1295. 

Authority,  1284,  1285. 

Baggage,  1122-1125. 

By  sea,  1280. 

Cadets,    1313. 

Civilian  employees,  733-739,  1128. 

Coast  defense  commands,   1286. 

Computation,  1279,  1282. 

Discharged  soldiers,  145,  158,  1235,  1378, 
1379. 

Engineer  officers,   1507. 

Explorations,  military,  1295. 

Inspections,  1284. 

Interpreters,   courts-martial,  988. 

Joining  first  station,  1296,  1297. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1289-1294. 


INDEX. 


413 


Travel  Allowances — Continued. 

Lines  of  travel,  1287. 

Orders,  71,  1284-1288. 

Outside   continental   limits,   U.    S.,    1279, 
1280. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1128-1134. 

Payments,  1283. 

Public  works,   1295. 

Return  journeys,   1285. 

Route  of  travel,  1282,   1287. 

Surveys,  military,   1295. 

Tipping  fees,   1280. 

Transportation     in     kind,     1279,     1281, 
1288. 

Travel    with    or    without    troops,    1279- 
1281. 

Unauthorized,  1297. 

Urgent  duty,   1285. 

Witnesses,    75,    989-993,    1298;    p.    314, 

act  March  2,  1901. 
Travel  on  Duty,  Enlisted  Men : 

Baggage,  1124,  1125. 

Commercial  vessels,  134. 

Commutation     of     rations,     1111,     1226, 
1229,    1231,    1232. 

Delays,  107. 

Meal  tickets,  1227. 

Orders,  189. 

Sleeping  cars,  1128. 
Travel  on  Only,  Officers : 

Change  of  station,  68. 

Delays,  70. 

Engineer  duty,  742,  1507. 

General  officers,  71. 

Orders,  68-74,  800. 

Outside  continental  limits  U.  S.,  71. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  74. 

Specific  duty,  69. 

Staff  officers,  71,  72. 

Urgent  public  duty,  73. 

Witnesses,  civil  courts,   75. 
Travel  rfatlon: 

Composition,   issue,  etc.,   1205. 

Computation   of  cost,   1221. 

DeflnJtion,   use,   etc.,   1202. 

Liquid  coffee,  1208. 

Savings,   1220. 

Value,   1207. 

When  furnished,   1224,   1225. 
Travels : 

Inspections,  1432. 

Issues,   1431. 
Treasurer  Military  Academy : 

Payments  to  cadets,   1312. 
Treasurer  of  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.: 

Accounts,      transportation     of     Inmates, 

180. 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States : 

Balances    to    credit    of    deceased    or    in- 
sane officers  deposited  to  credit  of,  86. 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  590. 

Disbursing    officers'    deposits,    586,    589, 

590. 
Treasurer  Regimental  Fund : 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  325. 


Treasury  Department : 

Certificates  of  deposit,  611,  612,  616. 

Money  accounts,  655,  671. 

Stoppages  of  pay,  703. 

Surety  companies,  575. 
Treasury  Draft : 

Transfer  of  funds,  595. 
Trespassers : 

Indian  country,  473,  485,  p.  99. 

National  parks,  485,  p.  100. 

Public  lands,  485,  pp.  99,  100. 

Reservations,   212. 
Trial : 

Deserters,  125,  126,  128,  129;  A.  W.  48, 
103. 

Officers  released  without  charges,  A.  W. 
71. 

Second  time,  same  offense,  A.  W.  102. 

Soldiers    awaiting,    when    term    expires, 
157. 

Statute  of  limitations,  A.  W.  103. 
Trial  Officers,  Summary  Courts : 

Administration  of  oaths,  p.  313,  act  July 

27,  1892. 
Trinkets,  etc. : 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  85,  163. 
Troop : 

Designation  In  Army  Regulations,  15. 
Troops : 

Action  against  mobs,  489. 

Compelling  surrender,  A.  W.  43. 

Employment  in  labors,  168. 

Funeral  escort,  426,  428. 

Historical  records,  774. 

Inspections,   193,  194,  887-889,  892. 

Payment,  191,  1254,  1255. 

Precedence,  6. 

Quarters  in  garrison,   1025,  1027. 

Returns  of  strength  in  campaign,  815. 

Rosters   forwarded    to   War    Department, 
805. 

Saluting,  379,  380. 

Transportation,  1105. 
See  also — 

Labor  of  Troops. 
Movement  of 'Troops. 
Returns  of  Troops. 
Troops,  Batteries,  and  Companies : 

Company  books  and  records,  280,  281. 

Interior  economy,  283-295. 

Messing  and  cooking,  296-302. 

Officers,    noncommissioned    officers,    etc., 

265-279. 
Trumpeters : 

Appointment,  etc.,  275,  278. 
Trunk  Locken: 

Permanent  barracks,   1021,   1023. 
Tuberculosis,  Pulmonary : 

Responsibility  .for  proper  diagnosis,  1446. 

Treatment,   general    hospital,    Port   Bay- 
ard, N.  Mex.,  1445. 
Turkey : 

Ration,   1205. 
Turnpikes : 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1126. 


414 


INDEX. 


Typewriters : 
Use,  600. 
Typhoid  Prophylactic: 

Administration,  104. 
Undertakers : 

Contracts,  87,   167. 
Uniform  of  the  Army : 

Medals  or  badges,  illegal  possession,  189. 

Officers  saluted  whether  in,  or  not,  383. 

Worn  by  men  in  camp  or  garrison,  289. 
Uniforms : 

Band,  1167. 

Fatigue  dress,  289. 

Making,  repairing,  and  altering,  279. 

Prices  for  repairs,  etc.,  319. 

Purchase  of  articles  by  officers,  1174. 

Purchase    of    certain    articles    from   post 
exchange,  1174|. 

Recruiting  parties,  1167. 

Special  regulations,  1569. 

See  also  Clothing  and  Equipage. 
Union,  Salute : 

Number  of  guns  and  when  fired,  398. 
United  States : 

Enforcement  of  laws  by  the  Army,  484- 
489. 

Officers  outside  continental  limits,  60,  71. 
United  States  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  139. 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  999. 
United  States  Malls : 

Obstructing  or  retarding,   485,   p.   101. 
United  States  Marshals : 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  75. 
United  States  Military  Prison : 

Exercise  of  clemency  by  President,  944. 

Inspection,  191. 

Reading  matter,  1144. 

Supervision  or  control,   191. 
United  States  Penitentiary : 

Annual  inspection,  895. 

Imprisonment  of  general  prisoners,  966. 

See  also  Penitentiaries. 
United  States  Tessels  of  War : 

Plying  President's  flag,  415. 

Saluting,  etc.,  399.    • 

Visits  and  courtesies,  407—412,  414. 
Unlawful  Iiiclosnres : 

Public  lands,  485,  p.  100. 
Upbraiding  Language : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  28. 
Vacancies : 

General  Staff  Corps,  773. 

Grade  of  second  lieutenant,  27-37. 

Noncommissioned  officers,   company,   275. 

Payments  to  officers  promoted,  1260. 

Signal  Corps,  1557. 

Transfer    of    members    Hospital     Corps, 

1414. 
Tacclnations : 

Enlisted  men,  1485. 

Notation  upon  descriptive  lists,  104. 

Record  of,  280. 

Recruits,  865,  866,  869,  1484. 

Typhoid,  104. 

Virus  supplied  by  Surgeon  General,  866. 


Vegetables : 

Contracts  for,  or  purchase,  557. 

Raised  in  post  gardens,   344,   120C. 

Ration,  1205. 
Tessels : 

Built  and  chartered  by  Q.  M.  Corps,  1000. 

Damage  or  loss,  709. 

Hospital   transports,   1440. 

Hours  of  labor,  officers  and  crews,  731. 
Yessels  of  War : 

Boarding  visits,  407,  411. 

Flags  at  halfstaff,   424. 

Foreign,   399,  407,  410-413,  415. 

United  States,  399,  407-412,  414,  415. 
Veterinarians : 

Allowances,  89. 

Appointment,   88. 

Baggage,   1136. 

Duties,  90,  91,   1096,  1099. 

Fuel,    1037. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1054,   1057. 

Pay,  89. 

Qualifications,    88. 

Quartermaster   supplies,    1174. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Subsistence  supplies,   1239. 
Veterinary  Hospitals : 

Provision  for  establishment,   92. 
Veterinary  Supplies : 

Accountability   and   custody,   1075,    1076. 

Estimates  and  requisitions,  1074. 
Vice  Admirals : 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 
Vice  Gorernor  of  Philippine  Islands : 

Funeral   honors,    421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  400,  403. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  408. 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States : 

Disrespect  or  contempt,  A.  W.  19. 

Funeral   honors,   421. 

Salutes  and  honors,  375,  400,  403. 
Vinegar : 

Public  animals,   1215. 

Ration,   1205. 
Violence : 

Suppression  of  domestic,  485,  pp.  98,  101. 

Traders  in  foreign  ports,  A.  W.  56. 
Visiting  Foreign  Countries : 

Enlisted  men,   109. 

Officers,   61-63. 
Visitors : 

Lake  and  seacoast  defenses,  347. 

Military  posts,  403. 
Visits  and  Courtesies : 

Headquarters,   403,   406. 

Military  and  naval,  240,  407-414. 

Officers  under  arrest,  926. 

Rules  for  rowing  of  boats,  414. 
Volunteer  Officers : 

See  Officers,  Volunteers. 
Volunteers : 

Charge  of  records  of  armies,  774. 

Hospital   records,   774. 

Organizing,    equipping,    etc.,    in    time    of 
war,  193,  741. 


INDEX. 


415 


Yoln  nteen — Continued . 

Relative  rank  with  regulars,  militia,  etc., 
6,  10 ;  A.  W.  122,  124. 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  64. 
Touchers : 

Civilian  witnesses,  courts-martial,  993. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1307. 

Mileage,  1288. 

Ration  and  savings  accounts,  1222. 

Transportation    of    applicants    for    arti- 
ficial limbs,  1492. 

Transportation  of  funds,  1142. 

Travel  allowances,  1288. 

See  also  Money  Vouchers. 
Wagoners : 

Appointment,  etc.,   275,   278. 

Extra-duty  details,  173. 
Wagon  Blasters : 

Interest   or    concern    in    purchases,    etc., 

1093. 
Wagons : 

Purchase  and  repair,  1105. 

Quartermaster  Corps,   1000. 
Walter  Reed  General  Hospital,  D.  C. : 

Field  hospital,  supplies,  etc.,  1436. 
War  Department : 

Aids  to  general  officers,  41. 

Appeals  of  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Appointment   and    promotion   of   officers, 
21. 

Barracks,   quarters,    and   furniture,    912, 
1011. 

Battles,  names  and  dates,  244. 

Candidates  for  appointment  and  promo- 
tion, 32,   33,  35. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  616. 

Certificates    of   eligibility,    enlisted   men, 
32. 

Certificates  of  service,  151. 

Change  of  station  of  troops,  193. 

Chief  of  staff  serving  with  troops,  771. 

Colors,   standards,   and  guidons,   434. 

Communications  to,  782,  786. 

Contracts,  supplies  and  services,  565. 

Corrections    and    changes,    muster    rolls, 
810. 

Correspondence  with  the  Army,  782. 

Court-martial  orders,  984. 

Delays,   70. 

Detail  of  line  to  staff,  38. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,   144. 

Discharge  of  recruits,  841. 

Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1494,  1496. 

Examination  boards,   promotion,  30. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  172,  177. 

Fortifications,   1506,  1528. 

Furloughs,   107. 

Furniture  and  mess  outfits,   1023. 

Indian  country,  471. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Inmates   Soldiers'    Home,   transportation, 
180. 

Inspectors  general,  879. 

Land   titles,   deeds,   etc.,   915. 

Leaves  of  absence,  51. 

Medals  of  honor,  183. 


War  Department — Continued. 

Military  Academy,  896. 

Military  education,  449. 

Musters  for  pay,  438. 

Office  Chief  of  Staff  a  supervising  bureau, 
761. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,   1532. 

Passports  for  officers  traveling  abroad, 
63. 

Payments  to  furloughed  men,  113. 

Post  exchanges,  345. 

Post  laundries,  341. 

Post  libraries,  338. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  96,  101. 

Publication,  of  laws,  etc.,  governing  de- 
tails of  officers  at  educational  institu- 
tions, 42. 

Public  buildings  and  works,  572,  1017. 

Recruiting  service,   840-842,  845,  863. 

Reports  of  deserters,  120. 

Resignation  of  officers,  79. 

Saluting  stations,   399. 

Schools  of  instruction,   192. 

Service   schools,    896. 

Settlement  of  officers'  accounts,  74. 

Signaling  and  telegraphy  instruction, 
1556. 

Staff  department   assignments,   743. 

Staff  officers'   travel,  72. 

Sureties,  576. 

Target  practice,  313,  314,  349,  352,  353. 

Telegraph  code,  1185. 

Transfer,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  114. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  48. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1101,  1103. 

Witnesses,  civil  courts,  75. 

See  also  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department  General  Staff: 

Advisory  relation  to  Chief  of  Staff  of  the 
Army,  760. 

Arranged  in  sections,   759. 

Committees  designated,  759. 

Composition,  etc.,  757. 

•Duties  regulated  by  Chief  of  Staff  of  the 

Army,  760. 
Warehouses : 

See  Storehouses. 
Warrants : 

Battalion  and  regimental  noncommis- 
sioned staff,  256. 

Coast  Artillery  Corps  noncommissioned 
staff,  310. 

Company   noncommissioned   officers,    274. 

Dates  determine  precedence,  9. 

General  noncomissioned  staff,  103,  1405, 
1410,  1557. 

Hospital  Corps  noncommissioned  staff; 
1405,  1410. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101. 

Quartermaster  Corps  noncommissioned 
staff,  1009. 

Signal      Corps      noncommissioned     staff, 

1557. 
War  Serrlce : 

See  Field  Service  and  Duties. 


416 


INDEX. 


Washington,  1>.  C. : 

Aqueduct,    title    and    other    papers,    705, 
915,  1493. 

Officers  visiting,  74,  825. 

Registry  of  officers  arriving  at,   825. 

Service  schools — 

Army  Medical  School,   449. 
Army  War  College,  449. 
Bakers  and  Cooks,  449. 
Engineer   School,   449. 
Waste  or  Spoil : 

Committed  by  troops,  A.   W.   55,  59. 
Watchmen : 

Employment,    payment,   etc.,   730. 

Transportation    and   expenses,    732. 
Watchword : 

Disclosing  or  changing,  A.   W.  44. 
Water : 

Contracts  for,  557. 
Weapon : 

Drawing  on  superior  officer,  A.  W.  21,  24. 
West  Point,  N.  T. : 

See  Military  Academy,  United  States. 
Whistles : 

Issue,  1180. 
Wicks: 

Requisitions  for,  and  issue,  1052. 

Sales  to  officers    etc..  1054. 
Wine: 

Sale  in  exchanges  prohibited,  346. 

Unlawful  introduction  into  Indian  coun- 
try, 471. 
Without  Honor  Discharge : 

Preparation   of  certificate,   150. 
Witnesses : 

Allotments  of  pay,  enlisted  men,  1349. 

Certificates  of  merit,  185. 

Contractors'  bonds,  570. 

Medals  of  honor,  182. 

Payments  to  soldiers,   1318,  1319,   1325, 
1326,  1332,  1333. 


Witnesses — Continued. 

Tests   and   experimental   trials,  arms   or 

munitions  of  war,  1554,  1555. 
Witnesses,  Civil  Courts : 

Enlisted  men,  75,  951. 

Indians  competent,  etc.,  471. 

Officers,  75,  951. 

Pay  and  allowances,  994,  1298. 
Witnesses,  Courts-Martial : 

Against  deserters,  124,  127. 

Civilian,  952,  989-993 ;  p.  313,  sec.  1202 
R.   S. 

Deposition  of  absent,  A.  W.  91. 

Enlisted  men,  951. 

Oaths   or  affirmations,   p.    313,   act   July 
27,  1892  ;  A.  W.  92. 

Officers,   951. 

Pay    and   allowances,    989-993 ;    p.    314, 
act  March  2,  1901. 

Payment  of  traveling  expenses^.  738. 

Refusal  to  obey  summons,  etc.,  991 ;   p. 
314,  act  March  2,  1901. 

Summons   and   service,   950-952 ;   p.   313, 

sec.   1202   R.   S. 
Witnesses,  Courts  of  Inquiry : 

Examination  and  oath,  A.  W.  118. 
Working  Parties : 

Armed,  military  works,  357. 

Construction  of  fieldworks,  1499. 
Workmen : 

Hours  of  labor,  731. 
Wounded  Officers  and  Men : 

See  Sick  and  Wounded. 
Writ  of  Habeas  Corpus : 

See  Habeas  Corpus. 
Writs  of  Attachment : 

Witnesses,    courts-martial,   952 ;    p.    313, 

sec.  1202  R.  S. 
Wrongs : 

Appeals  for  redress,  A.  W.  29,  30. 
Tosemite  National  Park : 

Trespassers  or  intruders,  485,  p.  100. 


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